Wednesday, June 26, 2002

11:49:07 PM   Berkshire Hathaway. "When the Bubble has burst, there will -- really -- be some people IN JAIL..." [The Motley Fool]  // A very good read.  There are going to be more, please lord let them be smaller than Worldcomm.

11:43:09 PM   Puncturing Web Ads Before They Pop Up. Web advertising has become ever more intrusive, with self-propagating windows that pop open and sometimes can't be closed. However, there are inexpensive programs that can block the ads. By David Pogue. [New York Times: Technology]  //  I'm using Pop-Up Stopper and love it.  Having the sounds to tell you when it's working is fantastic too.  Note, it does not play well with multi-monitor browser conduits and Grokster.   Still the free version is the best piece of software I haven't paid for in months.

10:42:49 PM   Study: Tech-job shortage hits 20 states. A new report finds the tech industry eked out a modest overall increase of 80,000 new jobs last year, far short of the half a million that had been typical for over the last decade. [CNET News.com]  // Appears way worse than this story from where I sit.

10:37:14 PM   Searchenginewatch.com has done another piece on Teoma vs Google [via Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]  // Have used Teoma a fair amount.   Certainly best since Google.

1:06:53 AM   WorldCom Says It Hid Expenses, Inflating Cash Flow $3.8 Billion. In what may be one of the largest cases of false corporate bookkeeping yet, WorldCom said that it had overstated its cash flow by more than $3.8 billion in the last five quarters. By Simon Romero and Alex Berenson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] //  Whoops ;-)