My friend and a great sf author Dr Peter Watts has just been beaten up by US border guards and charged with assaulting an officer. This kangaroo circus might end with a two year imprisonment. Please give what you can to his legal defense fund.

Story:
Boing Boing

Send money via Paypal to:
donate@rifters.com

I just donated $50. Cory Doctorow gave $1000. Contesting criminal charges in US court gets very expensive, so every little bit matters.

At work, we’ve just put out the 9.7.1 refresh of DB2 Express-C. By all accounts, it’s a solid release. There’s a changelog here, and you can discuss it in the forum.

I recommend picking it up if you are running the free edition of DB2.