Essays and everything else

Every post since January 2000, newest first. The early ones are short.

August 29, 2003

Enterprise Social Networks
“Imagine posts and comments flowing from blogs to wikis like the way streams feed into lakes. Got the picture yet? Now think of a blog category as a wiki page. The picture changes …
August 28, 2003

Remote Shutdown
I was just helping out a friend who was trying to remotely restart a server that was somewhat locked-up and I found this gem on the JSI FAQ, which describes a “feature” of the …
August 27, 2003

Collaboration and Process
Clay Shirky writes the following in his piece about, “Wikis, Grafitti, and Process:”
August 26, 2003

HOWTO Guides: Hard Drive Data Recovery
It’s always good to keep HOWTO guides like this around.
August 25, 2003

Anaconda of the Amazon
Anna Kournikova: “Excuse me Mr. Bezos, is that an ‘Anaconda’ in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”
August 22, 2003

SoBig Blackout Blaster!
“Rumors about SoBig and Blaster are propagating almost as fast as the worms themselves. The latest rumor circulating on Bugtraq: Blaster caused last week’s east coast blackout. …
August 22, 2003

HyperText File System
Beau Lebens’ Dented Reality has some interesting projects, like this one…
August 21, 2003

Canon EOS Digital SLR Rebel
Lately, I’ve been doing some research into the latest crop of Digital SLR cameras from Canon. Of course, I’d be nowhere without the help from my friend and coworker Les, who needs …
August 20, 2003

You write like a girl
Well, that’s what The Gender Genie is saying about me, which uses an algorithm to predict the gender of an author by analyzing a writing sample.
August 19, 2003

Office 2003 Pricing is Set
“Office Standard 2003 full version will sell for $399 and the Pro version for $499. Respectively, upgrades will cost $239 and $329.”