I have to admit, the blog is a bit uninspired today. I’m in a fowl mood, and I feel like I may be coming down with the flu or something. That sort of kills any motivation I have to do any work, let alone post to the blog during the day. Leave it to me…
There’s supposed to be a partial solar eclipse today. Of course, it’s raining and dreary here in Columbus, Ohio , so I don’t think I’ll get to see it. Remember when we were younger and an eclipse was one of those things you stopped your life to look at? Whatever happened to that easily amazed…
Hmm I discovered Blogdex today. Not only is it a great way to find out what folks are talking about in their blogs lately, it’s also a great way to find out who’s been linking to you, and what they’re saying about you. For example, by searching for my own url, I found that someone…
Interesting reading for the day: Doc Searls explains why Yahoo and it’s advertisers have it all wrong. Steven found his answer on using Trillian both with a proxy and without at the same time. David Weinberger on The Generosity of Blogs, in response to Mike Sanders’ ramblings about ego and blogging. You should follow the…
A little explanation today, as background to the bizarre fax we got this morning. We don’t have a traditional ISP, we have a company that we are partnered with, who provided a consultant about 6 years ago to put together our computer network. (Before I worked here). We’ve simply thrown up a fractional T1 between…
20 Year Archive now Available on Google Groups This is actually fairly interesting. It’s got a listing of some of the more historic posts, like the first mention of Microsoft, or the first mention of AOL in Usenet. (Via Firda’s weblog .) This also presents us with a dilemna. For the last 20 years, how…