ISSN 1496-3221
November 4, 2001
Dot com challenged individuals of the world, rejoice! Believe it or don’t, my Available Domain Name of the Week resource has been pumping a genuinely useless bit of fluff into the Google-rarified ether on a regular basis for two full years. There’s nothing quite as intensely satisfying as celebrating 104 straight weeks of providing a … More
November 4, 2001
Looking for a relational database to run under Mac OS X? Apple has just published an article on the very topic of open source databases as part of its increasingly serviceable internet developer site. Timely, what? And speaking of operating systems ending with the letter X, the Aqua Human Interface Guidelines have just been buffed … More
November 2, 2001
Ok, that outage was my fault. Sorry.
November 1, 2001
Presumptuously flawed vision statements deconstructed while u wait. With your congenial host, Dean Allen.
November 1, 2001
Put your post graduate skills to work and help America’s favorite acronym-addled space agency name their newest orbiting infrared observatory due for launch next summer. You could probably sneeze onto a piece of looseleaf and do better than Space Infrared Telescope Facility, so this should be a no brainer. While you at it, why not … More
October 30, 2001
What’s a week without at least one new version of some web browser that needs to be tested against all of your site designs. A quiet week, that’s what. Well, come on feel the noise, because Netscape has just gone 6.2 with all the pomp and circumstance of a soggy box of crackers. I guess … More
October 29, 2001
Still can’t decide if it’s for you? The iPod FAQ might help.
October 29, 2001
After a three month hiatus, the grantcam is officially back in action. I splurged on a new USB camera to replace the reliable, but unfortunately unsupported, Connectix Color QuickCam that had worked so well for so long. If the QuickCam drivers hadn’t stopped working when I upgraded every beast in the stable to Mac OS … More
October 28, 2001
Pagemill. Treadmill. Peppermill. Windmill.
October 26, 2001
If you happen to own an Apple Pro Keyboard like I do, take pleasure in the following fact. It has now been proven that pouring half a cup of blueberry tea into the keyboard will not damage it in any way. However, it is suggested that you dismantle the keyboard in order to sop up … More