ISSN 1496-3221
July 23, 2002
It’s time for me to stop hiding the rest of the site updates all over the blessed place and start mentioning things right here on the front page. Someone else besides me deserves to know that a lot of stuff beyond this weblog gets updated and finessed and blurped out on a regular basis by … More
July 22, 2002
NewtWiki riffs on the WordsSmashedTogether syntax style of the original Wiki software to easily create hyperlinks between the notes, dates, and names stored on a Newton. Once again, my little green chunk of obsolete hardware gets punted directly into the path of oncoming information management technology. And speaking of all things obsolete, Wiki even has … More
July 19, 2002
In amongst all the fussing and excitement and ornery kurfluffle and other general nonsense, I completely forgot to mention that yesterday marked the sixth anniversary of my humble little domain. How about them apples?
July 19, 2002
Guess what? The new DSL connection is installed. That’s what.
July 18, 2002
Another dismal tale of asinine legal policy heavy-handedness and waving of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act flag. Read through the sequence of events over on Curt Cloninger’s Playdamage and come to your own conclusions. Personally, stuff like this really snarls my short hairs. I am so glad that I’m not working for Getty Images anymore. … More
July 18, 2002
Moving cart and self-storage bays. 79th Avenue Southeast, Calgary.
July 17, 2002
By the way, for all of you immensely patient people who have your sites hosted by yours truly, you may need to wait until I get the new DSL connection before your sites are live again. I’m trying to map out the best way to transition everything, and perhaps not moving the domains around too … More
July 17, 2002
You know when you go to check something on your site, and the site isn’t there anymore. You know that feeling? Well I do, or should I said I did. I pinged my domain. Nothing. NSlookup. Nothing. So, does this mean that the server seized up? Maybe, but it hasn’t completely jammed on me since … More
July 16, 2002
I’ve always felt that one of the few things in life that designers need more than a new t-shirt is, quite frankly, an excuse to design a new t-shirt. And as if they were reading my mind, the wonderful Typophile has announced their first annual t-shirt design contest. Judging is provided by a fell swoop … More
July 16, 2002
And the laughs just keep on coming. Subject: Technical error re: VeriSign Domain Name Renewal NoticesDate: 15/07/2002 5:41 PMFrom: VeriSign Renewals, email hidden; JavaScript is required On Friday, due to a technical error, you may have received a renewal notice(s) for a domain name(s) that is no longer registered with VeriSign. Please disregard the notice(s) and … More