Archive for January, 2003

Yes, I know I’m a

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

Yes, I know I’m a little late with this, but Kevin Mitnick is truly free now: Wired News: Live on the Web: Kevin Mitnick. I watched him surf the web for the first time in eight years on The Screen Savers on TechTV. It was somewhat bittersweet. Here’s a man who regained his freedom, but [...]

David Brooks opines on the

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

David Brooks opines on the anti-SUV movement as a harbinger to increasing moral outrage over things that really don’t matter much in the grand scheme of things: OpinionJournal – Featured Article

Read William Whittle’s scathing missive

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003

Read William Whittle’s scathing missive on self-righteous celebrities doves: Eject! Eject! Eject!: CELEBRITY. The fact that you have the attention of millions of people does not mean that you know anything. Take for instance the women on Meet My Parents–yes, I actually admit to watching a couple episodes. I don’t know how any self-respecting woman [...]

Lara Flynn Boyle needs to

Monday, January 20th, 2003

Lara Flynn Boyle needs to fire her sylist. Someone needs to tell Cameron Diaz that the 80′s are over. They should hire Halle Berry‘s stylist. Laura Linney and Calista Flockhart fared well too.

Apple’s decision to go with

Wednesday, January 15th, 2003

Apple’s decision to go with the KHTML engine over Mozilla’s gecko engine seems to have ruffled a few feathers: Mozilla hurt by Apple blast. I’m still sticking with Chimera because the Chimera nightly builds are still much faster than Safari.

Some people have interesting hobbies

Tuesday, January 14th, 2003

Some people have interesting hobbies as evidenced by this site that details how to make Pikachu shaped hor d’oeuvres using various cheeses and a Play Doh extrusion mold: Pikachu Hors d’oevres. As a bonus, the site was updated with experiments using mashed potatoes to make Pikachu shaped tater tots.

If you’re not watching it

Monday, January 13th, 2003

If you’re not watching it already, check out American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century on your local PBS affiliate. I just watched the first part and it’s excellent.

CNN.com – ‘Blanket commutation’ empties

Sunday, January 12th, 2003

CNN.com – ‘Blanket commutation’ empties Illinois death row – Jan. 11, 2003 I see this as George Ryan’s sorry attempt to absolve himself for leading an adminstration so mired in scandal that it has resulted in the loss of the governor’s mansion to the democrats for the first time in over a decade. I think [...]

The title of this article

Sunday, January 12th, 2003

The title of this article says it all: FCC’s Powell declares TiVo ‘God’s machine’. Although, I don’t know if God shares the same enthusiam for TiVo that Powell has. Oh well, at least it’s nice to know there’s someone in the federal government that doesn’t abhor PVRs. TiVo is coming out with addtional enchancements, ostensibly [...]

Turns out that I’m not

Friday, January 10th, 2003

Turns out that I’m not the only one who thinks Apple is taking a stab at Microsoft. Robert X. Cringely thinks so too. The heading on the article says December 26, 2002, for some reason, but the HTML file says January 9, 2003. Cringely would have to be clairvoyant to have written this last year. [...]

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