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Roland Tanglao's Weblog : Roland Tanglao's packet pontifications!

Updated: 1/15/02; 6:35:11 PM.

Thursday, December 20, 2001

iPod hacking has commenced, red alert: Use your iPod as a PDA: Address Book->iPod lets you manage your contacts on the iPod! - Excellent, bring on the iPod hacks!
11:48:06 PM

Understanding Rootkits:"A rootkit is a collection of tools an intruder brings along to a victim computer after gaining initial access ..."
11:30:50 PM

Burningbird's anti-WaSP rant: <quote>I never once said I was against standards. Read my posting and read my article: I never once said that standards weren't important. However, I do not agree with an organization (WaSP) whose efforts almost destroyed another organization I hold with great respect -- the Mozilla organization. I wrote my original article for O'Reilly because WaSP's little tirades about the importance of standardization and how Netscape and Mozilla are just too, too behind, forced a too early release of Netscape 6.0 and seriously weakened Mozilla's effort and credibility.
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11:16:27 PM

Network World Fusion's Do-It-Yourself RSS Feed
11:13:22 PM

cheesedip.com is a weblog from a somebody who lives in Manila that doesn't use Manila! (via caterina.net)
11:05:32 PM

The Philippines and the world needs more engineers like Diodado Banatao (indirectly via caterina.net)
11:00:11 PM

ego stuff: here's a picture of David Koop and I at Spicy Court in November taken by his friend Steve Rubio
10:55:35 PM

Codito ergo sum! - I stole this off a CBC job ad! There's nothing like building your own world out of nothing which is what coding does! And so does writing! Hmm!
8:17:10 PM

Lake Effect's Blogger Manifestito - Yes! For me, it's simple: blogito ergo sum :-)
8:13:46 PM

Can IM Graduate to Business? . "The litany of problems recited includes nonstandardization, port exposure, lack of message confidentiality, uncertain quality of service, lack of auditing and logging, subversion of knowledge management goals, and fracturing of attention spans." Hmmm...could be said of weblogs as well as IM. Another good article by Jon Udell. [discuss] [Blogarithms] - Yes, it can and should be used by business, what a silly question! It's a question of how not if!
6:02:35 PM

Globe and Mail (link rot warning: this "user-friendly" URL may not work in 7 days): Layoff Lust seems to be something that some of my ex-colleagues have :-)!
5:57:17 PM

Xbox's True Purpose - more than just games, surprise, surprise!
5:19:33 PM

How to read a W3C Spec - applies to most computer software specs too!
5:13:49 PM

Jeff Barr's story on how he dealt with his back pain.
5:11:54 PM

XML Cooktop - a free Windows only XML editor
5:10:19 PM

I'm looking for a KVM to switch between David Koop's machine and my server which will be residing at his place because he has great connectivity (10MB/s up and down). Here are some links for future reference:

TomsHardware.com:KVM Switches - Running The THG Obstacle Course - This article implies that the LinkSys 2 port switch works with mouse scroll wheels.

neoseeker.com: Linksys KVM 2-Port Switch Kit Review - doesn't mention the mouse scroll wheel issue

Belkin OmniView Pro 4 port review - The Belkin doesn't have the scroll wheel issue but it's twice the price.

tomshardware.com discussion about the LinkSys 2 port KVM switch:A dissenting review which states that the LinkSys unit's <controlcontrol> sequeunce is bad because it's easy to hit control twice in a row.

d-silence.com: Linksys ProConnect 2-Port KVM Switch Review - Negative review, says that the mouse scroll wheel doesn'work and the <controlcontrol> sequence is bogus!

An earlier tomshardware.com Linksys KVM 2 port switch review - no mention of the control control issue or the mouse scroll wheel issue

4:54:05 PM

Living Code - AMBIGUI: A call for standardization of XML GUI resources - Yes, something like this is desparately needed! There is no reason why we can't describe GUIs in XML and produce interfaces automagically like Apple's Project Builder but for all platforms!
11:16:17 AM

Reiter's Wireless Data Web Log: BLOG writing and buzzwords<quote>Using some buzzwords I just made up, the ease of writing a BLOG and posting it offers me "spontaneous pontification." The short, bursty type of BLOG writing is "packet pontification."</quote> - Packet pontification describes perfectly what bloggers do!
10:38:49 AM