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2003-01-24

That pitter-patter of dropped packets you're hearing?

Looks like there's a large-scale DDOS going on. Rumour has it that it's a Microsoft SQL worm. Certainly looks kinda nasty.

I'm going to sleep now, so I bet this post will look really stupid in the morning when we find out that it was actually aliens.

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2003-01-22

Richard Herring Has A Blog

As a result of my previous lifestyle as dramatist, impresario and monologuist, I have a wide array of glamourous and alluring British celebrity colleagues. But by some quirk of circumstance that I cannot fathom, the stars who I truly bonded with were not the type who hung out at top London nightspots and graced the front covers of GQ and the Evening Standard Magazine. They were the ones who sat at home of an evening, playing Everquest and downloading pornography. So, for instance, while I have worked many times with my marvellous beautiful and generous co-host Sara Cox, the closest we ever became, as friends, was when she got the director to ask me to stop staring at her during a "shoot". On the other hand, Richard Herring was always very close, frequently calling me up to fix his computer and clarify more abstruse details of Star Trek chronology. A true friend, and never one to be put off by a little friendly staring.

Anyway, Richard Herring has a new and very funny blog. Another thing we have in common! I must email him or something. He'll remember me, I'm sure of it.

2003-01-19

Hear me speak words out loud

If you're stuck for anything to do tomorrow (Monday) evening, may I suggest stumbling toward the Silicon Valley World Internet Center in Palo Alto, CA for around seven? I'm speaking to the Software Development Forum's International SIG entitled "Divergence: How European and American tech markets are growing apart and what kind of headache that gives me in the morning.". I'm writing the presentation now, and if I don't start editing soon, it'll be about Roombas, Warblogs, 802.11b, Wired UK,"Moore Or Less's" Law, First Tuesday, Opera, Bulgaria, Googlism, and the Sunnyvale Corn Palace. $15 if you're not an SDForum member or a student, but don't worry - I won't see a penny of it.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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