Monday, November 10, 2003
Wilmington, Delaware, was site to a unique new service, back in 1909: Distributing Music Over Telephone Lines
Sunday, November 09, 2003
Friday, November 07, 2003
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Monday, November 03, 2003
I've got a new favorite car. Produced from 1910 to 1923, the Climber Motor Corporation's Climber Automobile could actually climb up steps. Sounds a bit like the Segway of its time.
Saturday, November 01, 2003
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Monday, October 27, 2003
I'm not sure that it's really necessary to critcize or parody the Fox News Network. They do a good job of making themselves look ridiculous: Fox News Threatened to Sue The Simpsons
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Friday, October 24, 2003
Witch wins government grant Of course, this award was contingent upon her not trying spells that might hurt anyone.
Who says that the federal government doesn't have a sense of humor? Their move to uncover illegal immigrants working at Wal-Marts was code-named Operation Rollback. They did discover 250 in 61 stores in 21 states.
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
I 've been overhearing a lot of people saying how much they hate our government. You know, it's easy to do when you read an article like this one: Student charged in airline box cutter scare and realize that the ineptitude of the security forces is being covered up by a serious effort to prosecute the student involved as if he were a criminal.
The real question isn't whether you prosecute this young man for a lack of judgment. It's why did it take more than a month to discover the items palnted aboard planes, and would they have evedr been discovered if he hadn't called attention to them.
The real question isn't whether you prosecute this young man for a lack of judgment. It's why did it take more than a month to discover the items palnted aboard planes, and would they have evedr been discovered if he hadn't called attention to them.
I'm not sure of the merits of this announcement, but it seems that a new method of generating electricity has been discovered: Water sparks new power source
Monday, October 20, 2003
Saturday, October 18, 2003
Space based radar watching everything you do? It could happen: Wired News: Feds Want All-Seeing Eye in Sky
If you're taller, you could earn more? Where's my elevator shoes? See: Want a Raise? Standing Tall May Help
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The Recording Industry goofs again in pursuit of truth, justice, and the American way as the Electronic Frontier Foundation Defends an alleged filesharer.
One of the major keys to learning something new is to find a good teacher. The maxdesign folks are here for us. I'm going to squeeze in a few minutes and take their Floatutorial: Step by step CSS float tutorial
I'm going to have to rekindle my plans to put together a combination computer boot camp and holiday cruise in light of this CNN article about Execs who are tech dummies seek secret training
Sunday, October 12, 2003
Saturday, October 11, 2003
A close look at the lack of standards, ignorance of users needs, and a need for industry wide segment marketing in what might be called an autopsy for the Handheld Computer
Quite a bit to learn about George Orwell, and about writing in Jeffrey Meyers' article titled Orwell on writing
In the good news department - good sense strikes, and the decision to initiate a lawsuit against Princeton student by CD protection software company is dropped.
Joel on Software is carrying an excellent essay oncharacter encoding. If you build web sites, and you want to know more about what that content type tag does, it's worth a read.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Studies are wonderful things. Always pay attention to whom funded ones you look at. For instance, a recent study that tells us work stations with multiple monitors at each computer make for a much more efficient office. Give you one guess what the company that paid for that study manufacture.
Wharton Business school has some terrific articles, like this one on whether or not suing your customers is a good business strategy. The Henry Ford comparison is priceless.
Thursday, October 09, 2003
The world doesn't have to be homogenized for the masses. Different cultures and different people have a lot to offer America. We should seriously consider letting them do that. There's probably a lesson in the following article for the Mattel people to ponder. My expectation is that they won't. See: Muslim doll offers modest alternative to Barbie
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
For anyone interesting in online communities, and post rating systems: kuro5hin.org || Comment Rating Changes
The Philly Inquirer comes clean, clearing up their confusion over Klingons and evil monomaniacal humans: Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/07/2003 | Clearing the record
A look at the antics and adventures of Elizabeth Spiers: An unlikely new source of writing talent: Blogs
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
More details on Microsoft's technological reaction to Eolas: Microsoft tweaks Explorer to address ruling
Monday, October 06, 2003
Sunday, October 05, 2003
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