Monthly Archives: October 2002
Julia Grace Hackney
Congratulations to my friends Ed and Christine on their new baby girl Julia Grace Hackney
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Giving WiFi equipment away?
This article on CNet almost sounds like it’s from 1999: “The nation’s oldest “hot spot” network plans to give away Wi-Fi equipment starting Friday, in an aggressive push to increase the number of urban areas that offer wireless Web access.”
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Woof! Can you hear me now?
This is a fascinating article from NY Times: “A dog collar equipped with a wireless microphone that records a pet’s barks, interprets them as emotions and transmits them as text messages like “I’m bored, let’s play.” (I think I already … Continue reading
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Raising Jack
John starts blogging pre-Jack: 10 days until the baby’s due date … kind-a like vapor-real-ware ;-)
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Brian Kernighan in Princeton
Brian Kernighan (Unix, C, Bell Labs fame) has set “to demystify computing for a classroom full of liberal arts undergraduates at Princeton.” Damn … that would be a cool course to take for anyone!
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POPFile – Automatic Email Classification
I must add this to my to-test list: “POPFile is an email classification system that has a Naive Bayes text classifier and a POP3 proxy. It works with any mail client using POP3.”
The UltraPod II
After reading Top Ten Digital Photography Tips on O’Reilly I picked up The UltraPod II tripod and I must say that it is indeed a “compact, versatile, ingenious device”. In fact, I stuffed it into my CamelBak and took it … Continue reading
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Affordable networked set-top box?
“PRISMIQ has developed a high-end yet affordable networked set-top box that supports your personal media (such as MP3s and digital photos), digital television, IP-based video on demand, musical/digital jukebox, and web access.” All for $249.95 … not bad … and … Continue reading
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Wedding …
Wow … less than two weeks to go before our wedding and it seems like there are still more things to plan… eek!
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Outlaw the GPL?
“An attack on the software license behind the Linux operating system has stirred up a free software controversy in Washington.” Congressman Criticized For Attacking Free Software Movement Information WeekBid to outlaw GPL The AgeSlashdot - Newsday - San Jose Mercury News - Fort Wayne News Sentinel From: … Continue reading
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Tim Bray on Office 11 and XML
From an article on XML Journal: “that when the huge universe of MS Office documents becomes available for processing by any programmer with a Perl script and a bit of intelligence, all sorts of wonderful new things can be invented … Continue reading
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Decentralization
Kevin Werbach on CNet: “Businesses that can capitalize on decentralization–as both creators and users of technology–will be best-positioned for the future.”
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