ISSN 1496-3221
January 9, 2002
No new features. No changes to the user interface. No tweaks to the ECMAScript parser. No additional plug-in support. But what the hell, there’s still enough bug fixes under the hood to keep everybody happy. Why? Because Opera 5.0 for classic Mac OS has gone final. Yes, it still renders type smaller than it probably … More
January 8, 2002
What is the deal with “MacOS Peter’s Server”? The deal is, don’t start mucking about with this configuration string if you want your Mac-using clients to be able to connect to your FTP server. That’s what the deal is.
January 8, 2002
Ok, now you’ve piqued my curiosity. Amid the regular suspects proffering their wares of university diplomas, free cell phones, and various methodologies for “great growth potential”, I received a peculiar unsolicited missive from a site called puppyni.com. I have to admit that I had never experienced a spam pitch involving puppies before, especially Korean puppies. … More
January 7, 2002
For some time now, my wife and I have been noticing that on a regular basis, all of the water gets dumped out of the dispenser in our budgie cage. The dispenser didn’t appear to leaking and there is really only one correct way to mount the thing on the cage, so we were at … More
January 7, 2002
Enough of this already. Can we get back to work now, please?
January 6, 2002
For goodness sake, all I’m looking for is a simple rack-mountable (read: something that’s 1U in height and fits into a standard 19 inch wide equipment rack…), electronic (read: doesn’t rely on some huge mechanical knob that looks like it came off a vintage Heathkit amplifier…) KVM switch (read: like magic the keyboard, video, and … More
January 5, 2002
Oops, sorry. I meant that this is the real iPad.
January 5, 2002
Amid the current storm of wild speculation, unfounded rumours, and questionable sources, Andreas Lindkvist, who just happens to be one of my fave Swedish pixel fiddlers and a Newton user to boot, presents the real iPad. Now we’re talking consumer.
January 5, 2002
Damn. This has got to be one of the best product ideas I’ve seen in ages. The most appropriately named 5inch sells marvelicious preprinted CDR media in dozens of designs that don’t completely suck. They also stock a tasteful assortment of tees, cases, and other recordable related tchotchkes, but the disc designs are what really … More
January 4, 2002
Brilliant. Using an eight track tape as an anti-theft device.