15 July 2002

KILKENNY, Ireland -- I think people have forgotten how Ireland began climbing up the mountain in the early 90s. Even with the current low levels of stock valuations, we're still above 1996. Today's rebound is just a hiccup.

Sighting: Peekabooty SOURCEFORGE -- Peekabooty is a peer-to-peer application which can route web page requests around firewalls. This is done by asking hosts in the network that are not censored to fetch censored web pages.

Sighting: Sony CMT-L7HD SONY -- Check out the Sony CMT-L7HD> It's a bookshelf stereo system. Every time you play a CD, the machine automatically copies its tracks onto its built-in 20-gigabyte hard drive. Then you can play back those songs without having to insert the original CD. The hard drive holds 300 CD's worth of music, turning this handsome unit into a self-contained jukebox.