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.