ISSN 1496-3221
August 5, 2003
That’s how the indubitable Mr Breibish described our current office space at Veer. This wasn’t a reflection on our comrades and cubicle mates per se, but on the current living conditions. This was especially true today, since the air conditioning decided to conk out and the internal building temperature was certainly creeping close to ‘little … More
August 4, 2003
Permalinks and RSS article pointers are working again. Gah.
August 1, 2003
I just had to share this with someone. It doesn’t matter whether you are already registered on the Photonica site or not. Simply put, if you’re not signed in, you’re presented with this confusing lump of interface nonsense. Please tell me why registered users should have to navigate past this singular piece of idiocy? Ever … More
August 1, 2003
On a whim, you decide to publish a page on your site featuring a plethora of disturbingly similar logos accompanied by a few snarky comments, and before you know it, you get quoted in an article on TheStreet.com about another brand design atrocity. I promise not to let the fame go to my head.
August 1, 2003
One of the dozen or so bounced email messages I received this morning that were associated with a particular domain, had this rather odd self-referential error tacked on: Could not deliver message (ID=25300).Local account ‘mail’ is not enabled for mail. Now, I don’t really want to be the one pointing out obvious problems in other … More
August 1, 2003
Programmatic maniac Eckhart Köppen is about to do it again. The man who has already blessed the Newton community with exploits involving XML parsing, an RSS news reader, Blowfish encryption, the capability to play MP3 tracks (and streams), and a bunch of infrared communications goodies so we can all beam stuff back and forth with … More
July 31, 2003
I’ve observed an interesting bit of my own online behaviour lately, and though I should mention it. As much as I’ve loved using NetNewsWire to pull together and display absolutely ludicrous amounts of aggregated news and bloggerisms in a single, unadorned window — I’ve found myself drifting back to my browser and my bookmark list. … More
July 28, 2003
Another missing piece of the puzzle has been found. And it wasn’t stuck between the cushions on the couch either. Ev notes that a new version of BlogThis! has been unleashed. Not only does it finally work in Safari — my current workaday browser — but it’s also friendly towards pretty near every other modern … More
July 22, 2003
Poster collage found on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis.
July 22, 2003
The suspicions of many have been confirmed and documented. Apparently, the internet is shit after all. Now, if you would all please move along. There’s nothing to see here.