1. September, 2000 - Link-rich. Calorie-free.
- First, my rant about The Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer has been updated.
The situation out for the best. It's an okay product, but there were some
quality problems out of the gate. We'll see if they're worked out or not.
- Second, I'm not so happy about Frontier. I have to reboot my webserver
around the first of the month every month, since it just goes deaf about that
often. Sorry if you've tried to get to Dave's Picks and couldn't.
I'm looking at other solutions.
- The Minnesota State Fair Tribute Page is the state fair link
I was looking for last week. Shame it took me this long to find it.
There's still a full weekend of fair left, though. Time for at least
a couple dozen Pronto-Pups before it's over.
- Please don't screw the loons! Minnesota Statutes 1999, 609.294. It came
up in the bar last week. Don't ask why. We don't remember. We were
drinking. There was some connection to crossing the St. Croix river with
a duck on your head, though.
- Smile! The Feds Want Your Face on File. More privacy lost in the name
of combatting terrorism. I think there ought to be a law requiring all
terrorists to wear those Groucho Marx eyeglasses with the fake moustache
and eyebrows.
- The next era for Internet security discusses some of the implications of
the expiration of the RSA patents. That expiration is less than three
weeks off. Another example is the
SSH client
I'd like to use to talk to my unix box is unavailable in the US. Until
September 20 (or 26th, depending on who you ask), that is.
- Darwin Award nominee: Mobile phone immobilises policeman -- permanently.
Someone forgot to tell him to Hang Up and Drive.
Personally, I'm trying to figure out how to build a portable box that will
wipe out all cell-phones within, oh, say a twenty-foot radius.
I'd leave it on all the time. Well, except when I need to feel
important and use my cell-phone. Yes, I know a spark gap would do
the trick, but that would also kill the wireless microphone used by
Eric at the St. Paul Saints games.
- The Twelfth Amendment Time Bomb is waiting to explode on the Shrub
like an overripe cream-pie to the face. Sadly, it'll probably
go off like a soggy Twinkie.
- Watch out for Ecstasy Madness! It might make you
grind your teeth until
you need dentures! And make you end all sentences with
Exclamation Points!
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:37:35.