December 9, 2002

Spammer gets Slashdotted via snail mail

HA! “West Bloomfield bulk e-mailer Alan Ralsky, who just may be the world’s
biggest sender of Internet spam, is getting a taste of his own medicine“

December 9, 2002

Data Recovery

Sigh … Thanks to R-Studio, I was able to recover a corrupted disk partition on my laptop. It didn’t hurt that I had a recent back up too.

December 6, 2002

Powers of 10

I found this via Doc who got it from Buzz, but anyway, it’s a Java Applet that moves (virtually) through space and the subatomic universe of
electrons and protons: Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You – Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial (very cool!)

December 6, 2002

Script locally, publish globally

Good article about Groove GWS by Jon Udell of InfoWorld writes: “Enterprises are held together by scripting, in ways that we sometimes don’t like to admit. But there’s no shame in it. Wear your duct tape proudly. It’s getting more useful all the time.” Very true! (via ScriptingNews)

December 5, 2002

Hep Message Server

Hmm, this looks like it’s worth a look … “Hep Message Server is software that transfers bits of information between different messaging sytems on the Internet. When it’s done, you’ll be able to use Hep to transparently route messages between e-mail, weblogs, and instant messaging. “

December 5, 2002

Nationwide Wi-Fi

Got this one from John, but it looks like
Intel, IBM Team With AT&T to create a Nationwide Wi-Fi Network service provider.

November 29, 2002

Pingback to Technorati

I wonder what happens if I Pingback to the search results of my weblog on Technorati? Did I essentially create a watch list? I suppose this will only work if Technorati is using Pingback, which is doubtful, but interesting.

November 27, 2002

Turkey Terrorizes Town

And people say Turkeys are stupid … “Two days before Thanksgiving, a wild turkey, weighing 15-20 pounds, staked out some turf at the Jewett City Savings Bank in Plainfield, Conn.”

From: ctnow.com

November 26, 2002

Dogs and Banjos

I never thought I’d be reading a debate about dog breeding on Slashdot, but aparently a new study about the origin of dogs has generated some interesting Slashdot posts like this one from R.Caley:

“Dog breeders have problems not because of the genetic base of all dogs, but
because they make money breeding dogs with their close relatives. The result is
the doggy equivalent of banjo players and European royals.”

Insightful and Funny :-)

November 26, 2002

Controlling the TV experience is a killer app

Kevin Werbach nails it again with this comment,

“… the growth of PVRs is inevitable. Almost every Tivo user will tell you that controlling the TV experience is a killer app. The costs are falling inexorably because the devices are based on familiar hardware and software. Broadcasters won’t be able to stop them; they need to develop new business models and marketing mechanisms that don’t depend on 30-second commercials.”