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Monthly Archives: June 2002
SpamNet: New spam filtering
For the past few hours I've been using Cloudmark's new P2P based spam filter plug-in for Outlook and so far so good. In addition to my own simple home grown server-based phrase matching spam filter, I've only had one bogus message reach my inbox. If I factor out what my own spam filter nabbed, that's roughly 1 spam out of 5. Not bad. However, given the P2P roots of Coundmark's spam filter, I can only imagine that it'll get better and better as more people use the system. So, start using it!
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Match Report: Mexico 0 – 2 United States
Wow! "The Americans continued their improbable run on the sport's greatest stage with a 2-0 victory over Mexico on Monday."
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
Interesting and funny … http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/index.html
Priceless …
Ok, maybe you've seen this one already, but it's still "Priceles"
Redneck Neighbor Blog
What it's like to have a redneck neighbor ? (Thanks Bri)
Spamradio
Probably old news, but still funny: "Spamradio: Using a complex arrangement of pipes and funnels we turn the junk mail that we receive into a streaming audio broadcast that can be enjoyed from anywhere on the Internet."
Will Cable Unplug the File Swappers?
Doh! From BusinesWeek: "New pricing plans for broadband use could make downloading pirated music and movies a prohibitively costly habit"
Interview with eRoom CEO
Short, but interesting interview with eRoom CEO Jeffrey Beir …
Some quotes: "Beir: A proprietary, fat-client, peer-to-peer, replicated, $49-a-client strategy is not a modern strategy. It's a very '90s strategy. Let's step back to the business problem. A team of people needs to come together rapidly to collaborate on a mission-critical project. There's rich content, and there are lots of applications. That dictates an architecture that must work very easily across enterprises; it needs to be agnostic about the platform; it needs to be thin-client so it's easy to deploy; it needs to be enterprise-scalable and 24-by-7."
IBM’s ‘Millipede’ Project Demonstrates Trillion-Bit Data Storage Density
Wow … IBM's 'Millipede' Project: "Store the equivalent of 25 DVDs on a surface the size of a postage stamp"
BlogComp: Blog Tool Feature Comparison Table
An interesting Weblog feature comparison Table
Cascading Style Sheets, Promise vs. Reality, and a Look to the Future
This is a good read …
"Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a technology with a lot of promise,
but their often-hyped potential leaves some designers feeling blindsided
by the 2×4 known as reality. This article sorts out the differences, and
makes a case for educating yourself now in preparation for the future."
Weekend project
Something for when the trails are too wet to ride … "Building a Home Theater PC"
Dee Dee Ramone found dead
Really sad … I guess he really wanted to be "sedated" … Say hello to Joey for us Dee Dee
"Dee Dee Ramone, a founding member of the pioneer punk band the Ramones, was found dead of a possible drug overdose in his Hollywood home, the coroner's office said Thursday. He was 50"