ISSN 1496-3221
May 17, 2001
For the past couple of days, I’ve been compiling a comprehensive glossary of terms, descriptions, acronyms, and other geeky blandishments specific to the Apple Newton. Why? Because nobody has done it before, and quite frankly, it needed to be done. All sorts of folks out there, clinging desperately to their treasured piece of forsaken technology, … More
May 15, 2001
Magnetbox serves up the best turn of phrase I’ve heard in a Cesium half-life: “McDonalds is racking up lawsuits like a meat abacus.” In case you’re wondering, it’s in reference to this article. Moo.
May 15, 2001
Sweet. I’ve finally managed to figure out how to get Summary to generate separate log analysis reports for each of the virtual domains I host on this coffee grinder Quadra I call a server. Very soon, all of my “customers” that I “provide” internet hosting “services” to will be able to tell a cacomixl referral … More
May 14, 2001
How To Migrate Your System To a Different Hard DriveI knew there had to be at least one more reason to keep me from plunging into another operating system’s user pool. Yes, I’m quite aware of the advantages of Unix-based systems, but maybe I’m not quite ready to wade through this much crap just to … More
May 14, 2001
The loss, the laughter, and OS X. Not just another tribute to Douglas Adams.
May 12, 2001
Bought a two pound zip-lock bag full of silver lead solder and a hardcover textbook published in 1982 entitled “Computers And Data Processing Concepts And Applications With BASIC” at a garage sale today. What does this say about me? Your comments are welcome. And Mike, I already know what your analysis will be, so don’t … More
May 12, 2001
Author Douglas Adams DiesOh dear me, I think I’m going to be ill. The last time I felt this way after reading an obituary was when Jim Henson died. In a description for the fourth book of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, it says: “…as everyone knows, the answer lies in making life … More
May 12, 2001
Oh, those wacky referrer logs. For whatever reason, this Italian portal site found the grantcam interesting enough to include in its directory of places to go and people to see. While being listed isn’t necessarily that big of a deal, I did enjoy running their description of my site through the eponymic Babelfish translator: “Under … More
May 10, 2001
Shooting Digital Video PDA StyleCreating honest to goodness QuickTime movies using a Visor Platinum, an EyeModule 2 camera, the Targus digital voice recorder, a compact tabletop tripod, and a light bulb. Now that’s minimalist cinematography.
May 10, 2001
Had a very interesting phone call this morning. Very interesting indeed…