You know, my daily ritual is more or less the same - code a lot, read the blogs, and code some more. Most of the stuff I read on the net is more or less the same - mostly technical stuff, with some business content thrown in here and there. But there are some things that happen once in a while, that make your day. Here are two instances of courage I found on the intar-webs today, and made me smile.
One is the infamous Digg & the HD-DVD key fiasco - somebody posted a link to a forums entry that explains how he broke the DRM on the latest DVD formats, HD-DVD and even Blu-Ray. Somebody sent Digg a cease and desist order, to take the story off. Digg did so, and thousands of people created alternate links and voted them to the top of the story, so that the DVD key story would not die. Finally, Digg relented, and decided to keep the links. Bravo Kevin, whatever happens, you took a stand, and you have my admiration.
One more inspiring story is about a VC, Jeff Nolan, who fired himself out of a startup, because he felt the company can hire a couple more developers by not paying his steep salary, and it's more of a value add. How many VCs would actually do this? Jeff Nolan, my hat's off for you.