This is so cool! That explains why there are all those silly yellow “20”‘s in the background of the new US 20 dollar bills. The political/social/freedom aspects of this story leave me totally irritated. But the technology involved is pretty…
Jhango is throwing a party Friday night to Saturday morning to celebrate when Unix time rolls over from 230-1 to 230. Since I can’t be there in person, I made her a binary clock that runs under Win32. It was…
I just got home from a long visit with kc in San Diego. I took Highway 101 down and most of the way back. It is so much nicer than I-5. Today, on the way back, I strayed from 101…
This article in the Chronicle, describing confused visitors to the city of San Fransisco during a power outage, is just over the top. Its treatment of the suburbanites who subsidize San Francisco’s excesses is offensive, and I hope they get…
This article details a successful attempt by a Chinese man to get real-world repayment for stolen virtual goods. What effect will it have on the economies of the world when the economies of virtual worlds are harmonized and integrated into…
Interesting new report from CAIDA on the DOS attacks against SCO.
Karl’s been doing the crossword online at Yahoo for a while now. I worked one at lunch the other day with him, and found it really enjoyable. This was a really easy one, suitable for a newbie like me. When…
On the first day it was released, I installed iTunes for Windows. I figured something from Apple has a chance of dislodging WinAmp as my music player. They pay attention to important details, and except for the ongoing Quicktime debacle,…
On a whim, I typed a few naughty words into Mozilla’s URL bar, just to see what would happen. I typed “ass”, and I got sent to the DNC blog. WTF?
Tonight I had a little get together for my closest friends for cocktails, cards, birthday cake, and good conversation. I don’t normally like card games too much, but under the right circumstances, they are a blast. The circumstances tonight was…