The battery in my iPod has finally carked it. Although its play time had been declining (down to about an hour lately), as of this afternoon it doesn’t even boot after you pull it off its FireWire teat. Cara, I’m feeling quite jealous of your iRiver right about now …

Meanwhile, a rant: although the mysterious death of Slobodan Milosevic does cast some doubt over the war crimes tribunals in The Hague, it’s easy to forget that the term “ethnic cleansing” exists because of that man. I hope that the inevitable controversy doesn’t hurt the International Criminal Court, which strikes me as something that deserves a chance to prove its worth.