ISSN 1496-3221
September 21, 2001
All right buddy, put down the stacks and back away slowly. The O’Reilly Network wants to talk to you about Realbasic for HyperCard users. Quite frankly, the object-oriented structure of Realbasic code looks a hell of a lot like the NewtonScript I’ve been teaching myself lately. I do tend to hold on to the dead … More
September 21, 2001
I’m making an effort here, really I am. Presenting, straight from the “stuff found in the front left pocket of my Eddie Bauer fleece pullover” department, something having absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft.See? No worms, no bugs… just maggots.
September 21, 2001
Microsoft Deflects Charges of Worm Woes Of course they do. What on earth were we thinking would happen?
September 20, 2001
I suppose I really shouldn’t find this particularly funny. But the geek in me smiled at the smack upside the head cleverness of the rm -rf /bin/laden/ t-shirt from the kids over at No Gag Reflex. And before you blast me for enjoying the humor, the profits from the sales are going to the American … More
September 20, 2001
My friend Sean, who happens to do all that convoluted corporate IS stuff for a living, had this to say regarding yesterday’s anti-Windows post: “In the PC world, the real culprit and troublemaker is Outlook. I have been using the Eudora client for years and have watched the email-bourne viri [sic] cause havoc everywhere else … More
September 18, 2001
Related to my previous post, another email-borne virus has been spreading itself thickly upon the net this week. Not one to let any opportunity for sorting through today’s rubbish pass him by, scruffy technocrat Dave Winer posted this suggestion on what to do about it: If you use Windows, do not open enclosures to email … More
September 18, 2001
Grumble, grumble. If for some bizarre reason you felt compelled to bookmark my Newton web server, please note that I’ve changed the port number so that it won’t be hassled by the latest incarnation of the Microsoft-targeted wormfest. Although it seemed to handle previous Code Red attacks with nary a burp, the unrepentant audacity of … More
September 18, 2001
I don’t normally take part in viral participation projects, but this one hit me in just the right way. SharedVoice.org has a very simple statement to make. Go there and read it. If it makes sense to you, sign your name to it and pass it along to others. Putting the breaks on the war … More
September 17, 2001
Why can’t I use integer variables to access array elements? Why?
September 17, 2001
Score. I found an unused copy of O’Reilly’s Essential System Administration, Second Edition on the discards table at the public library this morning. Price? A dollar, in Canadian funds no less. It just makes my kernel all tingly thinking about it. Just try and stop me now.