More Restaurant.com discount codes, plus free $10 certificates

Restaurant.com is having another sale on their $25 gift certificates: enter discount code "SANTA" at checkout and get $25 certificates for $2 each (through Dec. 21). If you use the certificates or like to give them, sign up for the email list; it seems like they're always sending some sort of discount code.

Re: free certificates
They're offering a deal in which you can send up to three friends a free $10 gift certificate each day through Christmas. If you would like one, send me your name and preferred address to catherine at mad . scientist . com and I'll send one your way. (If you're not familiar with the service, note that most places will have a minimum purchase requirement and some have blackout days.)

Good advice at the best of times

...but particularly good right now:

If you're currently using Internet Explorer (any version from 5 to 8 beta 2) as your browser, don't. (More at Security Fix/Washington Post)

Use Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera for a bit, until Microsoft can get this patched. (It was not fixed in the IE update in the last round of Patch Tuesday updates.)

[Edit 12/17: The patch is out; hit up Microsoft Update for it.]