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I think we're all aware of the problems with social networking. Or, at least, I'm aware, and you should be too if you've been reading my blog. But anyway, never fear, The FSF is working on it! As much as I dislike Facebook, I don't think anyone's going to leap at the opportunity to ditch them if it involves paying $100 for a wall-plug computer. It's good to see that even though I agree with them, the FSF is still just as laughable as ever.

And in a bizarre twist, the Internet Explorer team has finally decided to start supporting DOM Level 2 (and 3) Events! Finally, I can get rid of the nasty shims to support less-featured DHTML events. And if they can get IE9 released before November, it will be just less than ten years since the specification became a W3C recommendation. Way to go, guys! Now if only there were some agreement on how to get the dimensions of a window and document...

And in what might be the best video game development all year, Cave Story is finally getting a proper release on the place it always wanted to be: a Nintendo system. Unfortunately, it's about fifteen years too late for the SNES, so we have the next best thing, Cave Story for WiiWare. It's not just a port, either. The game has been refreshed with new graphics and music, widescreen support, and bonus content. There's even the option for classic graphics and music for die-hard fans of the original. It's 1200 Wii Points (That's $12 — Wii Points aren't like the intentionally confusing eighty-to-the-dollar Microsoft Points), and it's available TODAY. And if that's too much, the original Cave Story is still available free on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

BONUS ROUND: If you like Cave Story, you'll probably also like Knytt Stories. It's the same kind of exploratory platformer, but with less shooting and more user-generated content!