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2002-04-09

Wed Apr 10 02:58:00 2002

Old, well-known, but still poignant for me. Partly because we found a copy in a box in the garage as we all set out to move to the next house. Partly because – I think – the Kurtz referred to is the father of BASIC, and I still have fond memories of editing BASIC magazine until I went mad.

And partly because: well, old. Old.

The Love Song of J. Random Hacker

…

No! I am not Bill Gates, nor would I want to be; I’d rather parse the fish than own the knife; (Imagine! Having moby bux but chained to ninety million lusers, what a life…) Am a flamer, goateed, pallid, overweight, Willing to pull two shifts, then (hell) a third, To save a session from a deadlocked state; At times, (to put it mildly) unrestrained– Almost, at times, a nerd.

I grow old…I grow old… dBase II and Wordstar are no longer sold.

…

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2002-03-27

Wed Mar 27 21:34:00 2002

Lego + Wireless = The Mindstorms Cantenna. via Kass

(And I posted that at 21:34-0800, dammit. Nobody out-first posts me!)

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2002-03-22

Fri Mar 22 10:35:00 2002

Best new Freshmeat project name: Project Steve Guttenberg.

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2002-03-21

Thu Mar 21 17:19:00 2002

Google looks to have put back at least the top-level scientology scam pages into their database. That’s good news; especially if all the furious netizen linking serves to lift anti-scientology L. Ron Hubbard and Xenu and other general scientologist pages higher up in the Google rankings, despite the attempted ballot stuffing by the Church of Scientology.

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2002-03-15

Fri Mar 15 12:36:00 2002

Wrote to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary about the SSSCA and such (well, they did ask).

I haven’t dared re-read it, so it may not be a good model to copy when you write to them yourself.

I’ve been running haiku over my spam mailbox. It’s mesmerising:

List From: “Contact List”
Subject: I thought you should check
this Insurance out.

This is the letter
you have been hearing about
on the news lately.

This is a legal,
professional business with
endless potential.

Choose from corporate,
elegant, casual, or
even wild designs.

Believe us, we all
have tried to be greedy and
then nothing happened.

I was able to
pay off some old bills and put
money in the bank.

We offer some of
the best bulk e-mail prices
on the Internet.

AND I ASSURE YOU
OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY
IN THIS TRANSACTION.

Please put Remove in
subject line to get out from
future mailing. Thanks.

Our service is
for those with who are looking
for better results.

By providing a
valid feature it can not
be considered SPAM.

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2002-03-14

Thu Mar 14 23:37:00 2002

If you’ve come here by jumping up directories from the haiku link: sorry. All the fun stuff is still at NTK. I mostly did this site to see if I could write a blogging program.

The copy of Oblomovka on this site is courtesy of the Eldritch Press. Their case against the latest extension of copyright is to be heard by the US Supreme Court in the Autumn. You can read more about why this lawsuit is important, and how to donate via paypal or by post at Open Law.

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2002-03-12

Tue Mar 12 14:09:00 2002

Ha! Bored of basketball teams named after indian nicknames, a Native American school has named its team “The Fightin’ Whities“. – via NPR and Gilbert

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2002-03-03

Mon Mar 4 05:10:00 2002

This place is not a place of honor.
No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.
Nothing valued is here.
This place is a message and part of a system of messages.
Pay attention to it!
Sending this message was important to us.
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.

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2002-03-02

Sun Mar 3 00:54:00 2002

Shhh. If you are very quiet, they will move on.

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2002-02-23

Sat Feb 23 10:11:00 2002

Damn, damn, damn. Get well soon, Rob.

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