I noticed that the Trillian IM client stopped connecting to AOL the other day. So, I went to Google to see if I could find a posting on Usenet via Google Groups about the blockage (because Usenet is were I always look first for breaking news). However, I inadvertently typed my search query ("trillian aol") into the main Google search box and to my surprise the first two links we labeled "News" and highlighted two articles posted today on CNET and The Register.

Wow! This may have been available on Google for a while, but this is the first time I realized that Google is indexing "News" sites on a daily (hourly?) basis. Google aways amazes me. Thanks for such a great service!

Anyway, here's the news about the Trillian blockage:  

AOL Shuts Out Users in Battle Over IM (CNET - 10:11  31 Jan 2002)
AOL blocks Trillian IM access (The Register, UK - 4:01  31 Jan 2002)

Rafe Colburn reminisces about Network Solutions  "… until I remembered that they are evil, influence purchasing, customer hating, monopolistic scumbags who deserve to be run out of business as rapidly as possible." Amen Brother!

found a link to this on ScriptingNews: "Many, if not all companies have knowledge workers. Some, are composed entirely of knowledge workers. These people are domain experts. They keep up to-date (or should) with the evolution of knowledge within their chosen domain. They have thinking skills that have been developed to process data within that domain. Everything they think about within the envelope of that domain has value. Unfortunately, most companies don't capture, package, and distribute that insight. " 

From: John Robb's Radio Weblog

"Blogger Pro is for users who are willing to pay for increased reliability, higher performance, new tools, and advanced features and flexibility." … interesting, check out some of the features …

from the book review on Linux Journal of "Building Wireless Community Networks"

"WiFi is great for setting up a simple office network (see the February 2002 Linux Journal), and much of the information in this book is applicable to such projects. But, Flickenger explains, "It didn't take long for some sharp hacker types (and, indeed, a few CEO and FCC types) to realize that by using 802.11b client gear in conjunction with standard radio equipment, effective range can extend to more than twenty miles, and potentially provide thousands of people with bandwidth reaching DSL speeds, for minimal hardware cost."

From: Building Wireless Community Networks: A Book Review

i always wished there was a search engine-like system to help me find my keys. now it seems like Woz's new company might be able to pull it off using inexpensive GPS … Satellite Start-Up for Apple Co-Founder

match the beer bottles with the correct label?

from a Business 2.0 article on KM: "Companies waste billions on knowledge management because they fail to figure out what knowledge they need, or how to manage it. In his latest book, Thomas A. Stewart explains how to answer both questions."

interesting, this sounds a lot like my buddy John's old company ConsentCache: "Ping Identity (PingID) is an open, principles based digital identity project focused on ensuring that the rights and privileges we enjoy with our real world identities are not lost, changed or abused with respect to our digital identities. We stand for personal choice, privacy, security and control while ensuring maximum interoperability, openness, accessibility and an adherence to open standards."

Looks like we're having a bad weather day on the net …