Hub's ballot practice illegal, Galvin says. Boston's longstanding election policy of stocking polling places with only enough ballots for half the registered voters violates state law, Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday in a letter lambasting the city for its handling of Tuesday's election. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

It's Patrick in a romp. Completing one of the most extraordinary political journeys the state has seen, Democrat Deval L. Patrick won a landslide victory yesterday over Republican Kerry Healey and two other candidates to become the first African-American elected governor of Massachusetts. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats. Robert Gates, former head of the C.I.A., was nominated to replace a Cabinet member who came to symbolize President Bush’s controversial Iraq policy. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JIM RUTENBERG. [NYT > Home Page]

Tomboy note searching just got easier. I spent a bunch of time yesterday hacking on an improved search interface for Tomboy. I'm still waiting to get “approval” to check this in, but some variation of it will hopefully make it into Tomboy soon. I wish all apps would adopt this style of searching instead of… Continue reading Tomboy note searching just got easier

We're selling DropSend!. We've decided to sell DropSend, our successful web app that helps you send large files that you can't email. We're going to document the whole process on Bare Naked App. We'll be revealing: – How much revenue DropSend brings in each month – What the rate of revenue growth is each month… Continue reading We're selling DropSend!

Can Your Website Be Your API?. Drew McLellan on how semantic markup and microformats may just be all you need. Great topic. Visit site [SimpleBits]

The Problem of Email. By Allison Randal I have a problem, and its name is “email”. Many people have the same problem. Not many have it quite as badly as I do. When I say “my inbox is out of control”, people respond “Yeah, mine too. I spent 5 hours this weekend and knocked it… Continue reading The Problem of Email

Cultivating Server Farms. By Tim O'Reilly Reprising a theme that we wrote about on Radar a few months ago (see Cloudy, with a Chance of Servers), the New York Times has an intriguing article about the resurgence of the data center business. Building data centers was a booming business before the dotcom bust, but that… Continue reading Cultivating Server Farms

Iraq: Victory Not An Option. The Baker Commission will be providing a report on the options available to the administration regarding Iraq after the midterm elections. Of the options, victory is not one of them in the foreseeable future. Neither is stay the course. The report will outline at least two major options, draw down… Continue reading Iraq: Victory Not An Option

Consultant's e-mails show Mormon plan for Romney. Despite repeated denials by the Mormon Church and Governor Mitt Romney's advisers, e-mails from a key Romney consultant state that the leader of the worldwide church was consulted on an effort to build Mormon support for the governor's potential presidential bid and that a key church leader has… Continue reading Consultant's e-mails show Mormon plan for Romney