Going into a long weekend here in Canada (despite May 24, I still consider the July 1st weekend the first long weekend of the summer — as it official is) and I’m awaiting my shipment of an “employee”-discounted copy of Windows XP.

Auditors are saying Salon’s future is in “substantial doubt.” Guess I was wrong. If Salon does fold, it will complete the triumvirate — although it is hardly the magazine it once was.

And CNET is laying off another 200 workers, leaving 1,700 employees which is almost 1,000 more than worked at the company in 1999.