2002-01-28»
Edwin Armstrong, and how patent battles drove the inventor of regeneration, superhets and frequency modulation to suicide. - from Doomed Engineers, via Bruce Sterling's blog
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2002-01-27»
I think this is a very accurate description of how being a participant on a TV show feels.- Plasticbag.org
A tally of my spam inbox shows that I get about 677KB of it a day. That would take about 4 minutes to download if I was on a 2.8 modem - which I'm not, admittedly. It's still 100 or so messages to ignore. Thank goodness for Spamassassin.
2002-01-23»
Woz announces he's working on a GPS handheld to help you find lost things. GPS is going to be the next kick-you-in-the-face consumer technology, oh yes, you mark my words. Oh yes.
2002-01-22»
It always pays to keep a record. A guy who turned up at a hospital claiming to suffer from amnesia may be identified, thanks to an apparent previous career as a French porn star. - Romanesko's Obscure Store
2002-01-21»
One for Yoz: Tea And Chocolate Beneficial For Heart Health, Studies Suggest - ScienceDaily
A Solar-powered, heavily distributed, networked Afghanistan sounds a bit too good to be true. How much faith should we have in ideals? Enough to test them ourselves, or enough to test them on others?
2002-01-20»
Today's reading: Ammon Hennacy and David D. Friedman. At least I'll know the truth's between them somewhere.
2002-01-09»
The Queen as ship's counsellor. - Drudge
The Digital Path: Smart Contracts and the Third World - like Zooko, I guess I'm looking for incremental hacks while dreaming of re-installations. - Zooko
Back. Christmas in Chelmsford, New Year in Prague, back in London. Quinn flew back to California today to warn them of my forthcoming arrival. Now I'm Quinnless; so what's the good in that?