Highlights of various e-mail lists this week:

On the WWWAC list:
"use Net::DNS;
if (!( Net::DNS::Question($host, 'MX', 'IN') ||
Net::DNS::Question($host, 'A', 'IN')))
{
# bad hostname
}"

On the Goodtimes list:
A link to " http://www.homestead.com/hackfurby/" ("HackFurby is a
Technically-Oriented site devoted to investigating the geek-appeal of the Furby toy. Specifically, the primary goal of HackFurby is to fully document the Furby IR protocol.")