2002-03-22»
Fri Mar 22 10:35:00 2002»Best new Freshmeat project name: Project Steve Guttenberg.
Currently:
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
2002-02-23»
Sat Feb 23 10:11:00 2002»Damn, damn, damn. Get well soon, Rob.
2002-02-18»
Mon Feb 18 22:48:00 2002»Scott Lemon talks about Indoor Location Systems using 802.11b, and mentions The Nibble Location System. This uses multiple base stations to triangulate your position. Seems a lot like what Microsoft’s trying to do with RADAR. Of course, my paranoid head immediately asks: is this something that an unknown (passive) man-in-the-middle-of-the-next-street could use to discover your position? And if so, how can we jam these trackers? After that, I’ll relax a little and wonder what the cool applications are, and is this anything to do with Woz’s new venture? Would indoor location be cheaper or more expensive if it wasn’t 802.11 but a simpler wireless system?
2002-02-13»
Wed Feb 13 12:07:00 2002»How much do people hate winners? And how much do winners hate losers? A lot, it seems. I’ll stick my neck out here, though, and say this shows how much undergraduate test subjects hate each other.