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July 9, 2002
Apple’s iTools web services look like they’re going to be rebranded as .mac once the Jaguar update to OS X is released, at least according to a short blurb over at Think Secret. One the one hand, I’m all about Apple using the Mac brand as often and as thoroughly as possible — it’s really … More
July 9, 2002
Lane behind 9th Avenue and 14th Street Southeast, Calgary.
July 9, 2002
BlogChalking “…is a movement attempting to create a region-sensible blog-search system — decentralized, improvised (influencing existing Internet search engines) and world-wide. Truly cool and simple.” Via DayPop
July 8, 2002
Could somebody remind me again why I thought installing Acrobat 5 was a good idea? Why? Because it’s a slogging resource pig, that’s why. And it is just me waxing rhetorical, or are all of Adobe’s OS X-compatible applications designed specifically to suck massively when used under OS 9? Not classic, we’re talking under straight-up … More
July 5, 2002
Microsoft just slid a minor browser update out the door for all you folks clinging to your classic Mac operating systems. Internet Explorer 5.1.5 offers some HTTP enhancements which don’t seem to be documented anywhere, and apparently corrects several security vulnerabilities (what else is new) which are covered in more detail here. I suppose I … More
July 5, 2002
Oh, and to top the week off, I have an infected sty in one of my lower eyelids and I seem to be having some sort of inflammatory reaction to the antibiotic ointment that the doctor prescribed. The fun never stops.
July 5, 2002
You may have been wondering why you haven’t been able to connect to this site over the past couple of days. Or perhaps your concerned where the heck your own site that was being hosted on the splorp.com server went. Well, let me fill you in. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have found it … More
July 5, 2002
Well hello again. Fancy meeting you here.
July 1, 2002
Due to circumstances beyond the control of any mortal and the serendipitous nature of computer hardware, I have once again be able to prove that the hard drive making the loudest grinding noise right before it seizes up completely is most likely the same drive with the least current backup. I suppose it could have … More
June 27, 2002
“The goal of VerisignOff is to help people understand that there are alternatives to Verisign/Network Solutions and that by patronizing these registrars, we help send an important message; consumers expect the companies that they patronize to treat them ethically and respectfully. We will not tolerate or reward companies who attempt to acquire or retain our … More