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
Saturday, October 04, 2003
No real surprise here:
This effort sounds like an attempt to dumb down computers, and make them less of a "computer" and more of a vehicle for the offereings of big business: ZDNet UK - News - Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS
This effort sounds like an attempt to dumb down computers, and make them less of a "computer" and more of a vehicle for the offereings of big business: ZDNet UK - News - Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS
Friday, October 03, 2003
Wednesday, October 01, 2003
I described a few months back Larry Lessig's notion about a bounty on spammers to some friends who misunderstood, and thought it was my idea. They believed I was getting militant on the subject.
I wasn't, but spam is such a pathetic business model, that you would wish all of these spammers would just find something else to do. They also need to know that people will get militant if they continue to do things like described in Wired News: Spam: This Time It's Personal
I wasn't, but spam is such a pathetic business model, that you would wish all of these spammers would just find something else to do. They also need to know that people will get militant if they continue to do things like described in Wired News: Spam: This Time It's Personal
Bruce Sterling's take on technology is always worth a listen or three. So open up your ears and listen closely as he tells you about Ten Technologies That Deserve to Die
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Learning about how the internet works is best done through methods such as those used in The Bongo Project
Monday, September 29, 2003
Sunday, September 28, 2003
In the face of the US government monitoring Whisky of Mass Destruction, I'm tempted to write to the IRS and ask for a refund of my tax dollars. I don't think that is how that money was to have been spent.
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