Sunday, March 17, 2002

Anal Itch Cream?  I woke up and cannot sleep.  Ugh.  I thought one was supposed to sleep in on vacation? 5:54:09 AM

Saturday, March 16, 2002

Space...  Went to the Kennedy Space Center today - was alot of fun.  If you do, be sure to take the "Up Close" tour.  It's $20 more per person, but you get to see so much more...  8:53:52 PM     Bout time the Massachusetts courts did something that makes sense..  Slashdot | Your Rights Online - Email, a Legally Binding Contract?. [Privacy Digest] 8:53:05 PM     Which part of 'Congress shall make no law.. abridging the freedom of speech' did this legislature (mine) not understand?  Killers free speech lives: SJC finds Son of Sam bill unconstitutional. Boston Herald Mar 16 2002 3:16PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 8:49:13 PM     Clearly a new subscription for me.  I hope Matt continues to build out this financial site.  I don't know what his background is, but it is a good idea.  High quality analysis on breaking financial news in key sectors is a perfect weblog topic.  Imagine a weblog on financial news related to a given sector (wireless vendors for example) by an industry insider.  He/she could easily dissect each press release, filing, product announcement, etc.  He/she could even provide first hand reports on how products are doing in showrooms or what the industry rumors are.  Nice.  The data could also be packaged and sold as a retail product (a PDF or Word doc).  I know of one independent Internet analyst that sold a report on Internet companies he tracked for $100.  9,500 people purchased the report.  This is a business model.  I am sure this model would work for technology topics too.  You could even use Befree to track affiliate revenue ($10 a sale) for sales generated by promotions on the sites of other webloggers. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 8:47:29 PM     Must review.  David Brown is using Radio's blog from anywhere feature (even a BlackBerry).  To access this, make sure Radio is running and click this link:  E-mail to weblog.  This is the perfect tool for a group or personal K-Log for people that are on the move.  In this mode, Radio acts like a private Yahoo Groups tool.  The only thing it is missing is the ability to publish a summary of posts to users via e-mail.  That would require a way to put in a list of e-mail addresses (or point to a source of e-mail addresses) and the ability to set a time to send a summary (ie. midnight).  However, most people don't need more e-mail sent to them.  The group K-Log is sufficient. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 8:46:38 PM     I want some more cool sexy stuff for my iPaq.  I have the keyboard now.  What's next?  Census Bureau Wants 500,000 Handhelds in 2010 [Slashdot] 8:43:14 PM     I am tired of hearing about this.  One of the downsides of living in Boston.  The Faithful and their Faith. In the wake of pedophilia scandals, churchgoers are demanding change from the Catholic Church. [New York Times: National] 8:41:37 PM     Digital Music has, and will, change everything.  Watching the music industry attempt to hang on reminds me of the last days of the British Empire.  Business Week, of all places, has a clear-headed analysis of the dead-end that the music industry has driven itself into.   [Scripting News] 8:39:04 PM

Friday, March 15, 2002

Yawn.  It's time for bed.  Turn down the air conditioner, go crawl to a warm breast :) 10:10:14 PM     Sexy.  Sun's New Workstations and Graphics Cards [Slashdot] 10:09:32 PM     Perhaps I can host my own Radio Weblog? Hmm..   Babycrazy.  New e-zine weblog built in Radio on babies!  Excellent. I love it when personal publishers can build a high quality e-zine for $39.95   Note: they FTP their Radio site to their own host location (I mention this because some people don't think you can do that with Radio.  It's easy, just go into the preferences section of Radio and select the FTP option). My dream is to see e-zine weblogs on every microtopic.  In personal publishing: Focus = Value [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 10:07:48 PM     Perhaps I should give this another whirl.  If you are not using the Google toolbar in your browser, get it.  One of the best items on it is the PageRank meter.  It provides immediate info on how well your site is doing in authority (as determined by cross linking and clicks on Google returns).  When you pass your mouse over it, a number will be displayed.  However, more granular info is available via green bar under the word: P-a-g-e-R-a-n-k.  The scale looks like it is logarithmic.  That means that each number in authority, or letter in the visual display, is ten times more authoritative than the one previous.  For example, my site is a full "R" or ten times more authoritative than a full "e" my site was rated three months ago.  Very cool.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 10:06:54 PM     Well, Quickbooks Pro is a great program.  Small Business Is Bigger Than You Think. I have just returned from an Internet trade show, which I attended in an effort to locate good small business tools. But was anyone at the trade show interested in small business? Not a chance! They preferred BIG (enterprise) customers. [osOpinion] 10:05:06 PM     I had four cups today.  Last cup today was in Charlotte, North Carolina at a Starbucks.  Very very tasty stuff.  Coffee coffee coffee I love coffee.  [Scripting News] 10:03:51 PM     Did I point out that I'm now in Florida.  Or Floreeedah as some folks say down this way.  3:56:06 PM     This is a stupid show.  The Wedding Story on Discovery.  Wahhhhhh... 3:55:36 PM     Jesus Christ.  Tell them to get thicker skin.  Maybe we should go after their license plates.  Morons in the News: "ATHEIST" is Offensive in Florida. A Florida man is being forced by the DMV to give up his custom ATHEIST plate, because 10 people signed a statement complaining that it is offensive... [Morons Dot Org] 8:55:49 AM     Some people are way too sensitive.  I mean, come on.  Why would this even be an issue?  Signs of Intelligence: IRISH not offensive in Vermont. The Vermont Supreme Court allows Carol Ann Martin to have her IRISH1 license plate. [Morons Dot Org] 8:54:42 AM     I like Lamar, but he's a democrat.  While I supported him in the 1992 Democratic Primary, when I was still voting and thinking with the Democrats, I really do not want to see any more Democrat Senators in the Senate right now.  Particular if it's Tipper Gore.  Lamar would be at least somewhat palatable.  Senate seat no longer 'slam dunk'. Retirement of Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) opens race up; Lamar Alexander re-emerges. Money Markets [USA Today : Front Page] 8:54:03 AM

Thursday, March 14, 2002

I need one of these by my office. A long time ago, a Vietnamese boy living next door told me that treading in dog shit brought good luck. [Jonathon Delacour] 10:46:33 PM     Yup, that's what we need.   Congress fixing the internet.  Congress to Enter ICANN Fray. While Internet domain bigwigs meet in Africa, members of the U.S. Congress -- concerned over security, accountability and, gasp, politics -- plan oversight hearings. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News] 10:43:04 PM     Dunno if this is good or bad.  Feds Rule PayPal Is Not A Bank [Slashdot] 10:42:26 PM     Interesting.  I strongly feel that we should continue to expand the military.  We are going to need them.  General: U.S. troops 'getting tired'. Military services indicate they need 51,400 more people for homeland defense, Afghan war. [USA Today : Front Page] 10:41:49 PM     Oh bull fucking shit.  The Andrea Yates verdict is insane. A mentally ill mother is guilty of little more than extraordinary need and dangerous fragility, and both are beyond her control. [Salon.com] 10:40:04 PM     This is just a bit too much.  I'm a security professional, but this takes things to just a bit of an extreme... New York Times - free registration required At Airport Gate, a Cyborg Unplugged. Steve Mann, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto, has lived as a cyborg for more than 20 years, wearing a web of wires, computers and electronic sensors that are designed to augment his memory, enhance his vision and keep tabs on his vital signs. Although his wearable computer system sometimes elicited stares, he never encountered any problems going through the security gates at airports. Last month that changed. Before boarding a Toronto-bound plane at St. John's International Airport in Newfoundland, Dr. Mann says, he went through a three-day ordeal in which he was ultimately strip- searched and injured by security personnel. During the incident, he said, $56,800 worth of his $500,000 equipment was lost or damaged beyond repair, including the eyeglasses that serve as his display screen. [Privacy Digest] 10:39:03 PM

Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Wonderful.  Linux security pandemic - major zlib/libz vuln. It's inside the walls, under the rug, in the ventilator shafts... [The Register] 9:31:18 PM     Here's an idea.  I get 200+ work related emails each day.  Reuters: Managers drowning in e-mail. Reuters:  Managers drowning in e-mail. >>>A huge volume of business e-mails is generated from workers reporting progress to project managers, Nickerson said. <<<  There is an answer to this:  post it to your K-Log.  K-Logs are more passive and user friendly than e-mail.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 9:30:54 PM     She need to be drowned in a bathtub.  I think she's familar with the process.  Lawyer: Yates an 'extremely sick woman' [CNN Top News] 9:29:21 PM     I name mine after Tolkien geographical references.  Imladris, Arnor, Hithlum, Doriath, Osgiliath, Anduin, Palantir, Eriador, and others..  Got a new server on the way - any ideas?  Server Naming Conventions? [Slashdot] 9:26:15 PM     Hm..  Not quite sure what to think about this yet.  Why We Must Restrict SysAdmins. In the Internet age, shared, interlocked network environments require administrators to share control of systems -- but many sysadmins are stubbornly unwilling to accept change even under the most revolutionary and evolutionary conditions. [osOpinion] 9:24:33 PM     Gary's my hero.  Interview with Gary Gygax [Slashdot] 9:23:34 PM     Ahhh, the ability to scan the net.  Mapping The CIA Nonclassified Network [Slashdot] 9:23:07 PM     Google rocks.  Radio Rocks.  Radio's Google-It macro. Radio's Google-It macro looks interesting; it reminds me of that experiment I did a while back. [Hack the Planet] 9:18:17 PM     Cool.  Have ye ever the chance, visit the National Museum of Cryptological Sciences near the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland.  New museum to lift veil on world of espionage [CNN Top News] 9:17:05 PM

Sunday, March 10, 2002

Giddyup.  Downloading now.  Star Wars II Trailer Online [Slashdot] 11:43:04 PM     Radio rocks.  Dave nails it.  Radio is more than just a weblog publishing platform.  It is also capable of being a collaborative environment for workgroups.  The is the next shoe in the K-Logs discussion and the reason why a K-Logging tool needs to be on the desktop.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 4:38:45 PM

Saturday, March 09, 2002

Six Feet Under is an awesome show!  The naked and the dead. "Six Feet Under," Alan Ball's mordant, metaphysical and deeply humane soap opera, may just be the best show on TV. [Salon.com] 6:28:38 PM     Google Rocks.  Googlepiphany. Each time we visit Google, it is with held breath. We have seen the bold 1990s freedom of the Internet dwindle into a thousand fragmented pieces where only the strong survive. Advertisements are everywhere, intruding into our mindscape. The ten thousands of images a year we see, advertising everything from Goodyear-on-a-blimp to online gambling protruding out of your Yahoo mail, are all designed upon the principle of mindless repetition. [Advogato] 4:43:45 PM     Interesting looking game..  Command and Conquer Generals [Slashdot] 10:07:50 AM

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