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Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Census forms can be filled out online
Only the census short form -- which contains just seven questions - can be answered over the Internet at www.census.gov. A far more detailed, 53-question long form, to be sent to about 19 million homes, gathers more information through a scientifically random sample. The long form can be answered only by mail. 7 questions vs 53 questions. hmmm... which should i choose?
posted 9:25:15 PM
Diaries of a Startup
Here, CEOs, founders, and presidents of various startup companies share their thoughts, gripes, and advice in an effort to facilitate mind sharing and promote unfettered learning. We hope the fever is catching.
posted 5:12:57 PM
harrumph!
i like the site design/ the weblog. i'm surprised i did not see this blog before
posted 10:23:33 AM
Can a DSL Line Handle Web Hosting Traffic?
posted 10:08:55 AM
Pokemod: A Half-Life TC
via /usr/bin/girl
posted 9:56:59 AM
Microsoft hires teen advisers
Furdyk is a perfect example. He started his first company, MyDesktop.com, when he was 15 with a friend from Australia whom he never met offline. The company was sold a year later, and he now works on his second company, called BuyBuddy.com, which helps users understand and purchase technology products. He plans to continue working for the Toronto-based company "virtually" while working with Microsoft here.
posted 9:51:55 AM
Monday, February 28, 2000
Personal income rises in January
With plentiful jobs, rising incomes and stock market gains, Americans have been feeling wealthy and in the mood to spend.
posted 2:21:02 PM
Sunday, February 27, 2000
Demonic Image at Democratic Debate?
freaky.
posted 5:59:33 PM
halftime, Rockets 29 - Lakers 48
the lakers are putting on a show or should i say bryant, oneal and rice. they look really good today
posted 3:45:34 PM
eBay Reportedly to Make Bid for Sotheby's
The newspaper said eBay would take advantage of Sotheby's current turmoil to pounce after two senior executives resigned from the 250-year-old firm amid a widening price-fixing probe.
posted 9:24:24 AM
Saturday, February 26, 2000
geeknik.net - a fork in the road...
read later
posted 2:34:41 PM
Open Directory - Computers: Internet: WWW: Web Logs: Personal
forgot to mention. i was listed a couple of weeks ago. 8)
posted 12:35:38 AM
Friday, February 25, 2000
noticed something
the father of the internet could not get his own domain name (i like should talk). algore.com leads to politicalshop.com, (i guess a cybersquatter) selling Election 2000 Campaign Collectibles. algore2000.com leads to his real site
posted 11:21:59 PM
Jabber.org
via metajohn. Jabber is an Instant Messaging System, similar to ICQ or AIM, yet far different. It is open-source, absolutely free, simple, fast, extensible, modularized, cross platform, and created with the future in mind.
posted 11:08:11 PM
EveryBuddy!
if you're running on a unix system, combine your im accounts using everybuddy.
with the help of my friend kris last week, i have a work box running on freebsd. probably should have posted this last week but it's been kinda busy
posted 10:27:55 PM
JitterBug
via everybuddy. always looking for a better bug tracking tool. it's web based and it's free
posted 10:14:44 PM
Couple Defeats IRS Attempt to Reclaim Refund
Compounding the embarrassment for the IRS was that Susan Lesinski and Peter McGrath fought government lawyers without legal representation. that's pretty good but you know what will happen next year...
posted 11:08:27 AM
Thursday, February 24, 2000
PicoBSD, the Small BSD.
PicoBSD is a one floppy version of FreeBSD 3.0-current, which in its different variations allows you to have secure dialup access, small diskless router or even a dial-in server. And all this on only one standard 1.44MB floppy. reminder for tomorrow. also read faq
posted 11:24:14 PM
The Palm-killing PDA?
Symbian's color devices, featuring a 320-by-240-pixel "quarter VGA" screen, provide enough horsepower for multimedia playback, supporting MPEG, MP3 and video conferencing. The devices double as a conventional cell phone by plugging in a headset -- or wirelessly using a Bluetooth headset or ear clip. Bluetooth will even allow the device to be left in a jacket pocket or briefcase, with voice activation triggering the call. have to see it to believe it
posted 11:01:29 PM
the bill gates makeover
via metafilter. posted yesterday but i like the look. makes him look younger
posted 2:15:58 PM
The Smoking Gun Nails a Millionaire
At a time when Internet media increasingly get gobbled up by corporate conglomerates, The Smoking Gun is a throwback to the early '90s age of Web publishing. Editors Bastone and Daniel Green do just about everything themselves – reporting, writing and publishing. It's essentially a hobby, as both men have full-time jobs. Site designers Mike Essl and Barbara Glauber, who is Bastone's wife, round out the team. "We're doing this on the side," Bastone admits. "We're not even doing this with our minds."
posted 1:41:50 PM
ICQ hack raises security concerns
"You want your UIN back, I want your 100 dollars," reads part of an ICQ exchange with the hijacker forwarded to CNET News.com by Ficken.
posted 8:51:42 AM
Wednesday, February 23, 2000
The Web the Way It Was
'A weblog, or blog, is a regularly updated list of links and commentary to interesting material on the Web.' what's that?
posted 11:06:44 AM
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Sanity Inc.
'SAS Institute Inc. is the most important software company you've never heard of. It's also the sanest company in America -- a place where employees can eat lunch with their kids, everyone gets unlimited sick days, and the gate clangs shut at 6 p.m.' pretty cool company.
posted 5:13:07 PM
Twice-divorced Tom Arnold, who was married to Roseanne, is going online to find a bride
ok, whatever
posted 10:17:52 AM
Monday, February 21, 2000
Doctors use Internet in daily heart monitoring
'In a science fiction-sounding experiment, doctors are implanting tiny monitors inside the hearts of 120 patients to painlessly record every twinge, 24 hours a day. Sit in front of a doctor's wireless transmitter and the monitor beams the recordings into a computer for diagnosis. But by spring, the study's participants won't have to leave home, instead spending five minutes a day beaming their Chronicle heart monitor's recordings to a doctor's secure Web site via a telephone line.'
posted 5:58:41 PM
Sunday, February 20, 2000
xfree86.org/FAQ
Q.B9- Why does the server reject my mode lines?
This usually is due to incorrect parameters in the Monitor section of the XF86Config file.
posted 11:28:44 PM
Gibson Research Corporation Homepage
check your security
posted 10:42:15 PM
Saturday, February 19, 2000
NINTENDO NES TOP LOADING GAME SYSTEM w/carts!
i wish i had bought this system when they were still selling them in the retail stores. 91 bucks, i could buy another n64 for luis
posted 5:54:47 PM
Friday, February 18, 2000
Webvan: Return of the Milkman
we started using them last week, no more long lines or crowded stores. yah!
posted 6:03:01 PM
PlayStation2 fans mob Sony Web site
i hope they will be ready when they launch in the u.s.
posted 12:30:29 PM
Thursday, February 17, 2000
Open Source Windows?
or not
posted 10:05:29 PM
Space Station Set to Orbit As Hotel for Rich?
'Space tourists will be asked to fork out $20 million a head to visit the outpost which measures five school buses in size.' i wonder if you can pay in 90 years installments
posted 9:31:38 PM
X-MEN the movie TRAILER
via usr/bin/girl. when's spiderman coming out?
posted 11:39:16 AM
Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Kukoc-Hughes trade
'The Bulls traded Toni Kukoc, a member of three Chicago championship teams, to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday in a three-way trade that also sent promising young guard Larry Hughes to the Golden State Warriors.' who's going to score for the bulls now? the sixers got the better end of this deal
posted 11:30:53 PM
Study: Net users spend less time in "real" world
'Sixty percent of regular Internet users say the Internet has reduced their TV viewing, and one-third say they spend less time reading newspapers.' why read a newspaper when you can get the news faster on the net? and it's free.
posted 12:10:51 PM
Everybody Wants to Be An Incubator
'Sky Dayton starts his work day by paddling into the Pacific Ocean to surf. Once he finishes and cleans up, he steers his silver Porsche south on Pacific Coast Highway from Malibu to Santa Monica, arriving at the office at the leisurely hour of 10 a.m.' 10, half the people on my floor don't get in until 11
posted 11:37:02 AM
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
my teeth hurt
wiring braces = tooth pain. i am going to lose weight again. my teeth are really sensitive and the wiring is preventing me from eating a lot
posted 10:53:15 PM
Monday, February 14, 2000
Oldest Valentine Unearthed
happy valentine's day!
posted 2:55:55 PM
Sunday, February 13, 2000
Duncan, Shaq share MVP as West tops East
it should have been jason kidd. who was dishing out all the passes?
posted 11:19:26 PM
i do, i really do
posted 10:56:42 PM
Saturday, February 12, 2000
All-Star Weekend 2000 - Slam Dunk Contest
'A veritable smorgasbord of dastardly dunks' great return
posted 10:48:20 PM
Cell Phone Side Effects Tested
"I cannot say that mobile phones give Alzheimer's. But we cannot rule it out," Salford said, adding that any link to such a disease would take a long time to develop.
posted 6:04:32 PM
Hoops TV.com
really good commerial, bad site. i'll come back when the site is ready
posted 2:59:21 PM
Friday, February 11, 2000
Meet the kid behind the DVD hack
posted 10:17:30 AM
received thru email
Subject: REALNAMES URGENT CUSTOMER ISSUE: PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY
You may have heard, through recent and widespread media coverage, that several Internet companies have been plagued by the irresponsible and malicious activities of so-called "hackers". RealNames, unfortunately, has also fallen victim to this.
great
posted 10:00:56 AM
Setting Their Site on Education
'EduPoint.com lists more than 1.5 million different courses in its database. Users can locate online continuing education courses as well as on-site classes in their hometowns.' edupoint.com looks really good. i already found some classes i might take
posted 9:45:54 AM
Thursday, February 10, 2000
Lab Rat: Inside Microsoft
'X.D.'s got a good reason to be excited about the progress of the MiPad, which is barely a year old. Thanks to Star Trek reruns, everyone knows how speech technology should work, but decades of work by hundreds of companies still haven't produced a machine that understands human speech like a human does.'
posted 1:24:21 PM
moving up
Your score of 322,203 was added. Your position in the World Tables is: 98213rd
posted 11:31:34 AM
Handspring to offer Visor in retail stores
but there's still a delay ordering on the website. 'Please expect your package to ship within four weeks from the date of order due to heavy demand' via handspring
posted 10:17:16 AM
Wednesday, February 09, 2000
Snap photos with your Handspring
'That expandable Springboard slot on your Handspring Visor gets even handier with two modules introduced on Monday. Now you can add image capture and radio listening to the list of Handspring's functions.' now i remember why i bought my wife the visor.
posted 11:33:57 PM
Court authorizes search of Northwest employees' home computers
via slashdot. 'Northwest Airlines last week began court-authorized searches of the home computers of between 10 and 20 flight attendants, looking for private e-mail and other evidence that the employees helped to organize a sickout at the airline over the New Year's holiday.' hmmm... can they do that? maybe your work computer, but your personal computer at home?
posted 11:27:05 PM
Major BART Delays
'He said service on the Dublin-Pleasanton and Richmond lines into San Francisco have been temporarily eliminated to alleviate problems with electronic control mechanisms at the MacArthur and 12th Street stations.' yeah, tell me about it
posted 11:08:48 PM
Lewis foils Rodman's Big D debut
'Rodman celebrated his 13 rebounds in 32 solid minutes.' he's still got it
posted 11:04:48 PM
happy birthday dad!
posted 11:01:18 PM
You, too, can be a drug kingpin
made $105,915 after a couple of games. (ranked 1112, i stink). found the palm version, good time killer
posted 10:12:45 PM
NBA Jam Session
just bought tickets. luis and i should have a lot of fun
posted 5:17:05 PM
bart delay = 3 hr commute
via sfgate.com/traffic. 'THERE ARE 25-40 MINUTES SYSTEM-WIDE...DELAYS CONTINUE DUE TO A COUPLE OF SWITCH PROBLEMS IN OAKLAND'
i never had these problems w/ public transportation in nj/nyc
posted 11:45:25 AM
Tuesday, February 08, 2000
UltimateBid.com Creates the Market for Dreams
'Whether your dream is to play a round of golf with Tiger Woods, meet Gloria Estefan at the 42nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards, or join supermodel Heidi Klum on location -- starting today, UltimateBid.com will make these dreams become a reality.' if you have the cash
posted 11:13:24 PM
Leading Web sites under attack
busy day. did someone miss a memo or something?
posted 10:30:45 PM
DEMO 2000 | Demonstrators
just window shopping
posted 1:02:16 PM
Monday, February 07, 2000
redesign
new look, nice and simple. just the way i like it
posted 10:57:17 PM
How to Make a Popular Weblog
via array. well, that seals it. i'll never be popular. who wants to be popular anyways?
posted 4:47:52 PM
yahoo down
so i wasn't dreaming
posted 2:21:59 PM
A Picture of Weblogs
wow! this is really going to be something when it's finished
posted 1:27:11 PM
left lane for passing
via dmv.ca.gov. Going slower than other cars or stopping all of a sudden can be just as bad as speeding. It tends to make cars bunch up behind you and it could cause a rear-end crash. If many cars are pulling out to pass you, maybe you should increase your speed to the speed limit or move over into the right lane.
btw, i don't tailgate (and i let people pass)
posted 10:04:36 AM
Sunday, February 06, 2000
Sony MC-P10 VAIO Music Clip
via slashdot. another really cool product
posted 10:41:22 PM
How to Get Rid of Hiccups
the web is good
posted 6:03:13 PM
Saturday, February 05, 2000
i am a fir tree
who loves anything beautiful
my wife is a poplar tree, looks very decorative
my son, ash tree uncommonly attractive
oh, that's why i love them so much. that explains it
posted 10:02:52 PM
Sexiest Geek Alive Contest
more importantly, i found geek.com. loads of info, i should be here a while
posted 8:20:41 PM
Road Signs
via beebo.org/metalog. another reason i need a digital camera. i see random stuff like this all the time
posted 12:12:14 AM
Friday, February 04, 2000
Slashdot - Future Linux PDA by Samsung
another coming soon pda, hit the market already. i still have my palm pro (since 98, no infrared/960k) and waiting for something (better) to replace it. i bought my wife a visor (in oct) and they still haven't come out w/ any useful springboards. until something better comes along, i guess have to stick with my palm pro. really, it's my news reader now on bart rides home
posted 9:35:51 PM
videogames.com's History of Nintendo
pretty cool history lesson. you can still buy the nes box at
funcoland, if it's in your area
posted 3:41:25 PM
weblog junior high
if i were in, i guess i would be a transfer? hilarious, regardless
posted 12:59:05 PM
Picture Perfect Amusement Parks
pretty cool technology. combined w/ your work id card, mgmt could see what you do in the office
posted 11:36:49 AM
Thursday, February 03, 2000
MP3 free-for-all
Napster was the very first Windows program he ever wrote: He had to buy a book to figure out how to code it. that's pretty good, i wonder what book he bought
posted 9:03:58 PM
Dennis Rodman Signs One-Year Deal With Mavericks
april 18 lakers-Mavericks, this should be interesting.
posted 6:00:00 PM
happy birthday lyn!
posted 5:54:34 PM
Wednesday, February 02, 2000
Bug found in MS Java machine
great, another annoying inconvenience.
posted 9:25:04 PM
Oh, Baby - Lots of Sites for New Parents
we're expecting in aug 8)
posted 5:51:11 PM
Shock Treatment: My Internet Life
sounds about right. i saw the immediate differences when i moved from the east coast to the bay area. culture (strict-informal), dress (business-casual) and hours (9-5, all the time)
posted 11:13:55 AM
Millionaire' revives family viewing
exactly, i think i mentioned this in a previous blog.
posted 10:16:25 AM
Tuesday, February 01, 2000
whining
there is nothing like the taste of a cotton gauze in your mouth to make you feel nauseous. since the teeth extraction, i've only eaten soup and all i see are burgers, steaks or some kind of meat. i'm so hungry, i want to eat some meat. i don't want this gauze in my mouth. thank you
posted 10:59:58 PM
eggdrop 1.4.2
via my.userland.com. hey, i remember this program. freshman yr of college, skipping class w/ pete to irc. those were the days
posted 10:17:25 PM
bart delays
***DELAYS*** DUE TO TRACKSIDE EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS, EXPECT 30-MINUTE DELAYS FOR ALL TRAINS RUNNING INTO AND OUT OF THE McARTHUR STATION. via sfgate. thank you bart
posted 8:43:08 PM
CNN - The Sony Emotion Engine: Will PlayStation2 replace your PC?
probably not. it would replace a second dvd player/game console. not having a hd is really rough
posted 3:23:21 PM
