ISSN 1496-3221
March 19, 2001
At EyeWire, we maintain our massive customer-targeted email newsletter mailing lists the old-fashioned way. We use a text editor. Why? So we can break up multi-megabyte database export files into manageable chunks. Why? Because we use Excel to sort the data by locale and it chokes when you try to import more than 65,535 records … More
March 16, 2001
For the past couple of weeks, certain parts of my new G4 that were shipped and delivered mere days after ordering have been taunting me from their comfy spot on the living room floor. I swear I could almost hear muffled laughter and sardonic comments emanating from the boxes. And I know I’ve been feeling … More
March 15, 2001
I don’t know about you, but tomorrow is shaping up to be a great day for installing the Mac OS X Release Candidate on a lime-flavored revision C iMac. Unless we decide to actually do some work of course.
March 14, 2001
Enough With Themes AlreadyThe ability to change the appearance of an application or operating system through themes or skins has reached the apex of stupid. I’m starting to understand why Steve Jobs kiboshed the inclusion of the alternate themes like Gizmo, Hi-Tech, and the arguably gorgeous Drawing Board in the final versions of Mac OS … More
March 14, 2001
Looking for the hidden agenda? It’s in the credenza on the veranda.
March 13, 2001
But the warning lable said… “No less than four sad Kewpie dolls please.”
March 13, 2001
Qualities of a Good URL This article should be required reading for anyone who touches a web site during its design, production, or maintenance phases. I am continually dumbfounded as to why some sites require you to type excruciatingly long URLs in get to obviously popular content. Or why companies think that customers won’t ever … More
March 13, 2001
The switch is here! The switch is here!
March 13, 2001
This item is straight from the believe it or not department. I just completed updating contact information for sixty-two individual domains using the ever convoluted and always entertaining online forms over at Network Solutions. Doing anything sixty-two times in a row should almost guarantee that something unexpected happen. Nothing. No glitches. No hiccups. No lost … More
March 12, 2001
Cadvision notified me that routing of my subnet addresses was completed earlier today. This effectively polishes off the last remaining bits of my ADSL installation. And unbelievably, it’s been less than two weeks since I placed my order. Woof! Now it’s nearly time to start setting up some servers. The NetGear switch is in the … More