Monday, March 17, 2003

The President's Speech....
Text of President Bush's speech [Sign on San Diego]
 
8:38:28 PM   

War-b-queing....

As war with Iraq looms, we've come up with a way to combine the 2 things Americans love most, bar-b-que and war. Hence the name, war-b-que.

How do you war-b-que you ask? It's simple. Simply take the item of your choosing, can be anything, and throw it on the bar-b-que. Make sure you bar-b-que is on high heat. Don't turn the heat down. When the outside of the meal is a crispy black, your meal is done.

Alternatively you can throw your meal in the microwave and NUKE it.

 
5:48:59 PM   

New laptop to shake up the "bigger is better" school of thought....

Saw this article on Rodent Regatta and ran over to Gizmodo (don't know how I missed it).

SAMSUNG'S AMAZING NEW LAPTOP. I have coveted a new Apple G4 Powerbook. For those who don't want to relicense all of your software for... [Rodent Regatta]

Then played follow the links over here to the article, specs, and pics of the new laptop. Wow! Laptop envy. Did you ever notice though, when things get smaller, their prices go up?

 
6:20:56 AM   

A photo is worth a thousand rest stops....

Dave's posted more pictures of the cross country trip.

More pictures from the cross-country drive. [Scripting News]

And, after looking at them I can honestly say, he's perfecting the art of dashboard photography. ;>

 
5:44:19 AM   

World Wireless Web within 5 years?....

Errrrrck! Whoa! Hit the brakes! Read this!

Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone. A pilot program in Canada is converting the telephone booth into a wireless Internet access point. Meanwhile, a Chinese company is developing public cell-phone charging stations that resemble pay phones. What does that leave for the humble pay phone? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]

Let's think about that first sentence for a moment. Payphones are the most widely distributed personal use devices on the planet. Have been for over 50 years. There's one in almost every place of business or within 500' of one. That means, by simply incorporating a small, salad bowl like WAP on each payphone, global coverage could be achieved in a number of years. Wow!The World Wireless Web.

 
5:32:07 AM