Friday, November 22, 2002

Apple 'It' Girl Breaks Silence. Ellen Feiss talks to a college newspaper about her surprising fame after being featured in an Apple ad. Among the revelations: She was on drugs ((allergy meds, not pot)), the infamous advert was a lucky accident and Hollywood is keen to make her a star. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 11:35:15 AM

New life may save the planet. The two founding scientists from Celera Genomics have announced their intention to create a new life form, according to the Washington Post. The potential for this project, according to the lead scientist in an interview with Wired Magazine, is to save the planet. [kuro5hin.org] 11:31:42 AM

A Kinder, Gentler Web. Microsoft announced a really nasty bug in their Data Access Components (MDAC) yesterday. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-065 has the details. I'm a sysadmin, I'm going to have to do something about this and I'm going to have to do it tonight. I work for a small company, not only do a lot of our applications use MDAC, I don't have enough budget room to build a testing environment for our application servers. I figure I'll do the patch and test starting at 1:00 AM, should be done by 4:00 AM. Our Ontario warehouse starts at about 6:00 AM my time so I'll be able to bring a pillow and grab a couple hours snooze under the rack or something. I can't help asking myself, why are you doing this? [kuro5hin.org] 11:31:17 AM

Problems on the set of "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen". "From clashes over direction to shooting delays to budget overruns, Sean Connery's new film is having some major ''League'' problems." Entertainment Weekly covers problems on the set of the newest big-budget comic book adaptation. [Comics Worth Reading] 11:25:57 AM

Johnny Public named a Comic Worth Reading. Recommendation/review of the minicomic series Johnny Public, the story of characters living inside the head of a man with multiple personality disorder. [Comics Worth Reading] 11:25:05 AM

Road Runner/AOL Broadband Conflicts. Fans often ask why DC Comics doesn't take advantage of being part of a bigger media conglomerate, AOL Time Warner. This story, about competition between two other parts of the company, may give some hints as to why. The various pieces rarely play well together, it seems. Road Runner, like DC, has also traditionally kept a low profile. [Comics Worth Reading] 11:24:27 AM

Comictastic Software Builds a Daily Online Comic Page. Comictastic software consolidates over 150 online comic strips, including my must-read, This Modern World. Build your own comic page daily. (For Macintosh 10.2 only) [Comics Worth Reading] 11:22:48 AM