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Saturday, May 11, 2002 |
Pimp-Daddy Ken sold separately. "Now here's a Barbie all of us can enjoy - the Raging Hormones Menopausal Prozac Barbie. Off to update my Amazon wishlist..." You have a wishlist, Christine? I didn't know that. Maybe you need to make a long-ass vertical banner on your site so that people can see it. Or, have Hoopty make a browser for it.
10:17:56 AM 
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"I'm Just a Bill..." Another SchoolHouse Rock fan? People are always surprised when they see me listening to them on my Pocket PC. I'm good buddies with Lucky Seven, Mr. Morton, Pearl, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, Albert Andreas Armadilla, Rafaela Gabriella Armadilla, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, and Interplanet Janet.
10:15:41 AM
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Gnome Goodies. "Dang, the Gnome package arrived fast. I ordered it on Friday and it arrived yesterday (Wednesday). Chris - stop advertising specials, I've no willpower! How cool is this? Why couldn't..." Well, thank you kindly, Meryl. I think I already posted a link to your entry, but while I was blogrolling this morning, I thought I'd say 'thank you' again.
10:10:53 AM
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Made to order: Three new books show the dumbing down of robot mind. "When most people think of robots, they envision walking, talking mechanical humanoids along the lines of The Jetsons' domestic Rosey the Robot, Futurama's grouchy Bender, or Lost in Space's B-9, frantically waving its mechanical arms at impending danger." I didn't realize that robot even had a name?
10:08:26 AM
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'Star Wars' clones appear on Net. "Copies of the next "Star Wars" movie are circulating online before its theatrical release, marking the latest setback to the studios' fight to protect entertainment from Net piracy." I almost forgot that starts this week. We haven't even seen Spider-Man yet.
10:02:30 AM
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Whatever Happened to DOS?. "For almost a dozen years, we have heard the steady sound of a bell tolling. A stable,
reliable operating system used by millions of people was going to disappear. It would die
an ignominious death due to lack of support, limited popularity and the absence of
compatible products."
10:00:08 AM
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A Blog Magazine? "This is actually an old idea. I posted it on here when I still used Blogger, but I can't find..." I was listening to Gretchen watching 'Bridget Jones's Diary' last night, and I thought to myself: "That movie sounds an awful lot like a blog."
9:59:09 AM
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NEW - SpamKiller launched. "McAfee.com Corp yesterday unveiled the latest in its lineup of managed
security application services, SpamKiller." Great. So will this stop the spam that McAfee keeps sending me?!
9:57:18 AM
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"Software, done properly, is more like gardening than it is like warfare. Plant a seed, nurture it, show other people how to plant seeds, encourage them to plant them in your ground, always be thankful, and split the profits."
9:55:26 AM
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Indiana Jones and the Emperor´s Tomb [New Game]. "Indiana Jones and the Emperor´s Tomb section with shots." Yeah, but when are they releasing the new movie? I've been waiting for over ten years, dude. Mesa needs some Indy action muy-muy!
9:53:42 AM
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Linux Multimedia. "Sander gives tips on how to play CDs, MP3s, MPEGs and DVDs on Linux." I don't have Linux yet, but I'm considering converting this box into a Penguin machine.
9:52:02 AM
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Rename 'The Two Towers' to Something Less Offensive Petition. Right. Just like they should go back and take out all the WTC references in every movie or book ever made. I understand the sensitivity of the situation, but "the JRR Tolkien book originally published in 1954, the second book of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The title was thus established some 47 years prior to the attacks on the World Trade Center towers."
9:50:54 AM
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Google Searchtool v1.5.4 [1.0M] W9x/2k/XP FREE. In a nutshell, this thing utilizes the Google search engine. So, you can either open up Google's Web site and search from there, or, if you don't want to have a browser open first, you can search with this companion tool. Hey, Google is popular for a reason. I always find what I need right away when I go a-googling. Change its transparency (in Windows 2000 / XP). If you don't understand English, change the resulting language options. And you know how you can search for images on the Web through Google? You can do that through this search tool, too. Same goes for those wonderful Usenet groups. Its handy - and not incredibly garish (like I've found the official Google toolbar to be). Gosh, how did we ever get along without this search engine? I must use it at least ten times a day (and now, this interface will save even more of my time and sanity). [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
9:46:37 AM
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Want a whopping 170GB hard drive?. I had to settle for a WD 120. I also got a WD 80 gigger, too. We'll see how well they work. Jeez, I remember when 400 megabytes was a lot.
9:45:23 AM
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Friday, March 15, 2002 |
X-Cube v1.0 [320k] W9x/2k/XP FREE. In all my years on the planet Earth (not counting that summer on Mars), I have yet to encounter anyone who has solved the Rubik's Cube. As frustrating as that little thing was, I couldn't stop twisting and turning it. Now you can experience the joy all over again, thanks to this awesome new computer version. It's not made by the people who brought you the "original," but the concept is still the same. Wanna hear a true story? I was over visiting a friend one day, picked up his Pyraminx, and solved it in a few random moves. He still swears (up and down) that I cheated somehow. Yeah, how?! I couldn't even pass open book tests in Economics. Perhaps I'm smarter than I think I am? Nah. It was just dumb luck. [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
12:06:53 AM
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After reading CamWorld on Tuesday I think I've finally come to the conclusion that webloggers are taking themselves way too seriously.
Am I a journalist? Not here I'm not.
But, I'm getting tired of the "metablogging" that's going on (you know, webloggers talking about weblogging and pointing at other webloggers who are talking about weblogging). It all gets so refererential after a while.
12:06:48 AM
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The end of Blender?. "lowell writes 'The shareholders and directors of NaN Holding BV, owners of Blender, have decided to terminate all activities of NaN Technologies BV and apply for its bankruptcy at the Amsterdam court. It means that effective today, all technology development and website activities around Blender will be frozen. ' Nice app. Too bad really." Read the Slashdot article and discussion here. [NewsForge: Open Source News]
12:06:36 AM
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15530 » March 14 4:12 PM. Do you like roller coasters? I have a favorite myself.
Would you be confident enough to build your own roller coaster? (mirrors 1 ,2)
(via /.) [MetaFilter]
12:06:27 AM
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Mister Rogers' E-Neighborhood. Everyone's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, chats with Wired News about children, education and technology. 'No machine could ever do any more than spell out H-U-G,' he says. 'It could never give you one.' [Wired News]
12:06:07 AM
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The Slow Death March of Commercial Windows Software. Many have already expounded on the idea that Microsoft is playing into the arms of open source software by continuing its seemingly-eternal cycle of releasing ever more bloated, overfeatured, and security-unconscious products. This does indeed appear to be true, and more recent "innovations" of software-as-service, perpetual contracts, forced upgrades, and casual privacy invasions both corporate and consumer only serve to enrage its precious customer base. I am convinced that beyond all of the previously discussed self-created challenges that Microsoft will face lies another, even greater problem: Microsoft is quietly killing off its developer base. [kuro5hin.org]
12:06:00 AM
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Out the Window. With all the debate about skinning and scrollbars, we seem to be missing a key point. The
concept of a windowed interface stems from a time when screen space was a high-priced
commodity. Remember the original Mac's 9-inch screen? [osOpinion]
12:05:31 AM
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Globe of Blogs. Here's another blog-indexing site, courtesy of Kristine -- Globe of Blogs. Blogs are grouped by location, title, author name, author age and birthday. Stop by and submit your site today!... [Ain't Too Proud to Blog]
12:05:22 AM
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Sunday, March 03, 2002 |
Will Microsoft Cut Off the Clones?. The idea sounds incredible, perhaps a little crazy: Why would Microsoft
want to stop licensing its OS to hardware manufacturers and start selling
its own brand of PCs? What evidence is there that this might happen? [osOpinion]
11:29:31 AM
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NEWS - Summary software. At Columbia University, researchers are working on software that can do
what members of the Fourth Estate often struggle with: Write a lead paragraph. [Lockergnome Bytes]
11:29:25 AM
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FlashSwitch v1.0 [300k] W9x/2k/XP FREE. Did you know that you could turn Macromedia Flash on and off? Well, you can, but you'll need this program. A tiny box sits in your System Tray (programs seem to like that thing), and all you have to do is click on it to turn Flash-y Web content on or off. This is really nice to have if you're not in the mood for lots of moving and dancing pictures - when you just want to surf the more, let's say, "stable" sections of the Web. "The program will expire in approximately 6 months after downloading from FlashSwitch's official site. Another time-limited demo or a commercial version will be available by then." [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
11:29:21 AM
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See currently loaded drivers in XP. What's the quickest way (in Windows XP) to get a list of the currently loaded drivers (including module names and descriptions)? Get out of the GUI; you're better off at the command line for this tip. Browse to your desktop folder for simplicity's sake (usually found at C: Documents and Settings [Username] Desktop). Now, at the command line, enter: "driverquery /V > drivers.txt" (sans quotes). That /V provides a more "verbose" output. Other notable switches include /FO (which formats the output as a table, list, or comma separated values) and /SI (which provides details about any signed driver). Open that freshly-created drivers.txt file and you'll be in business. On a more entertaining note, do you remember the music that played when you first started Windows XP? Ya know, the one that sounded like an Enigma tune? If you wanna hear it again, you can find it at C: WINDOWS system32 oobe images title.wma. Of course, if you want to free up 3 MB worth of space, you can delete it and the intro.wmv file sitting next to it. Eat your heart out, Enya. [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
11:29:17 AM
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Bloggar v1.20 [1.9M] W9x/2k/XP FREE. You blog, I blog, all the world is blogging - except for John C. Dvorak. Don't worry - he'll come around... eventually. And that's pretty cool if you ask me. This here is a new blogging tool for all you bloggers who blog, um... bloggingly. Since the Blogger.com API is available, this client will enable you to post to your blog, edit existing posts, remove posts, save a post locally before publishing it, add hyperlinks, insert images, and all sorts of other wacky stuff. Note that this requires you to have Internet Explorer 5 or above. "If you want Bloggar in your language, please contact me so you can have the Localizer tool to help me with translating Bloggar! Don't be afraid it's fast and easy." Regardless, a free (or Pro) Blogger.com account is needed. [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
11:29:10 AM
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Should there be a corporate Death Penalty?. Should there be such a thing as a corporate death penalty? Historically corporations that commit massive fraud have been fined, sometimes enough to cause bankruptcy. Bankruptcy however can allow for a corporation to continue its existence and restore itself to solvency just as a person can do so. Actual prison time for massive white collar crimes is rare. To make my case I point to that most dishonest and fraudulent of companies, Arthur Andersen. More corrupt than Enron, they allowed Enron's fraud to gain legitimacy knowing full and well that the company was cooking the books. By allowing Enron's massive multibillion dollar fraud to gain legitimacy, they have caused significant financial disaster to investors, employees, and retirement funds. [kuro5hin.org]
11:29:04 AM
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On the Lam. Our new lambs are arriving today. I'll put up the Lamb Cam so you can see them. (Please keep your... [Leoville Blog]
11:28:59 AM
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Can’t Get No Satisfaction?. Unique offer to 'buy-out'existing hosting contracts for companies that are experiencing problems or are unhappy with their existing hosting provider. [PRWEB 2002-03-01] [PR Web - Internet]
11:28:35 AM
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Update: Internet License Plate Gallery. Our license plate gallery is hot - and we're not the only ones who think so! Thanks to all your great submissions, the gallery has been selected as a USATODAY.com Hot Site. Cruise on in, and take a look at both our brand new award and your latest plate entries. 0227 [WebReference News]
11:28:31 AM
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Free Software Magazine, Issue 2 is available. Andy Tai writes, "The second issue of the Free Software Magazine is out. It is available at http://www.rons.net.cn/english/FSM/issue02 with a mirror in North America at http://www.free-soft.org/FSM/english/issue02/ This issue include articles on the history of PostgreSQL, introduction to Jabber, Treecc, and E2K, the Qt/Embedded GUI toolkit, database presentations using XML/XSLT and context, and more." [NewsForge: Open Source News]
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Saturday, February 23, 2002 |
Can AOL Make Money from IM?. Analysis: Now that instant messaging has taught us all to "lol" and "brb," there is a high-stakes race on to monetize the popular application. Can America Online's AIM win that race? [Product News]
2:34:31 PM
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Spell checking your e-mails. Quite honestly, there's no excuse for spelling errors anymore. Typos were frequent in the days of the typewriter; misspellings were common in the handwritten letter era. Though, there's virtually no quick way to spell check a word when you're in anything other than a "Microsoft Office Spell Checker" supported application. Lockergnomie Tom Maenner had issues with the feature in Outlook Express after he upgraded to Windows XP. "I had to locate 'csapi3t1.dl_' on the Windows XP CD and expand it as 'csapi3t1.dll' in this directory: C:\ Program Files \ Common Files \ Microsoft Shared \ Proof. Worked like a charm." I'm not certain if this will work on every machine, but it's worth trying if the tool isn't operational for you. If you dork up words every other minute, consider turning on the "Spell Check before Sending" feature in your default e-mail client. It's and its, than and then, their and they're, or any other homophone may slip through the cracks. Butt at least you won't look like a total fool - just a parshal one. Even online, credibility counts. [Lockergnome Windows Daily]
2:34:26 PM
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Software lets Intel servers divide. Improved software hands Intel servers some valuable features of higher-end Unix systems and mainframes, letting a single machine "partition" and act like several computers. [CNET News.com]
2:34:22 PM
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Cuppa Joe, Easy on the Tummy. If coffee gives you an ache in the gut, try The Considerate Coffee, which claims to remove the irritants that aggravate the digestive system. But does it really do what it says? By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
2:34:18 PM
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Life without JavaScript. Recently, I have been reviewing and judging many Web sites and put them to the test by turning off JavaScript in one browser. The results of non-JavaScript surfing were amazing.... [meryl's notes]
2:33:58 PM
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Pervasive Computing - Where's the Off Switch?. Almost everyone supports or is looking forward to pervasive computing. But that which
can be used also can be abused, and this sort of technology is the stuff of nightmares
for many who fear for their privacy and individuality. [osOpinion]
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Saturday, February 16, 2002 |
PCs Are Incorrect on TV. In TV and movies, the bad guys wear black or have foreign accents. They also use PCs, while the good guys use Macs.
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Apple Bidding To Regain Speed Throne. Flaunting images of a Pentium processor strapped to the back of a snail and mocking
Intel's dancing lab engineers, Apple's 1998 marketing campaign portrayed Macs as
world-class speed champs. Four years later, facing a wide MHz deficit, Apple and
Motorola once again are looking to produce "Pentium-crushing" Power Macs.
12:56:40 PM
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FRAT - Site closed down. A fraternity that University of Iowa officials suspended in January took down its Web site on Tuesday.
12:56:24 PM
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Bart's way to create bootable CD-ROMs. "A bootable CD-ROM is a CD from which you boot the PC. You (the technical guy) can create and prepare the structure for bootable installation, diagnostics or other CDs. Anybody in your company (without any knowledge about CD burning) can create and maintain these CDs by adding or changing files when needed. He just has to start a batch file and select "Build and Burn" to create a CD. This page is for you if you want to: create bootable CD-ROMs on a regular basis; build and burn fully automatic (optional blank CDRW before burn); use only freeware software to create your CDs; create a bootable CD-ROM with multiple boot images; create a DOS bootable CD-ROM using a hardware independent CD-ROM driver (for SCSI and ATAPI). This page is not for you if: you want to create just one simple bootable CD-ROM. You should use Cdrwin, Nero, or any other well-known application to create CDs."
12:56:15 PM
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Good morning fellow coffee drinkers. Got a big white mug of steamin coffee. It's yummy. (I hate the word yummy, that was an experiment. I survived. I also hate cat pictures, yesterday I ran one.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2002 |
For a month or so everything was hunky with OS X. But for the last few days I've been in hell. The machine hangs. I can't bring up a terminal. Even the three-finger salute that brings up the force quit dialog doesn't work. I can only restart. [Doc]
10:40:28 PM
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On April 23rd, a few short weeks before the release of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Hasbro will debut their all new Star Wars Saga line with new figures... [Rebelscum]
10:39:47 PM
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I'm worried about overworking the programmers, when do we bring in the new partner, how do we align things to make the most money, and what should we concentrate on selling... [Eric Norlin]
10:39:16 PM
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BROWSE - Opera is cool. Version 6.0 of Opera for Windows introduces Hotclick, which lets you double-click on any word to get information from Lycos' dictionary, encyclopedia or language translator.
10:37:35 PM
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Here's how the Windows Messenger virus works (as far as I can tell):
When you click the link, a blank web page comes up, which mines all the buddy list information, sends it to another web page, which sends them to a hotmail account and also sends the same virus IMs to all these buddies. These Web sites are shutdown and the hotmail account is now closed. [Scobleizer]
10:37:29 PM
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Renaming with the desktop toolbar. When I sit down to sort through content for upcoming issues, I often use my desktop as a temporary staging area. Before too long, I have 50+ icons arranged in an area (having a resolution of 1600x1200 helps). Outlook messages, Internet shortcuts, text files - all mixed together. Yesterday, I hit a problem. I wanted to drag and drop an Outlook message from the mail client onto the desktop, but it had the same file name as something already sitting there. Oops. I canceled the copy. Instead of manually sorting through all of those desktop objects to rename just one, I used my desktop toolbar (add it to your taskbar by right-clicking an open area, selecting Toolbars | Desktop. Now, push it to one side of your taskbar. Click the double-arrows, right-click on a listed object, select the "Sort by Name" option, locate the file in question, right-click it, then select "Rename." Likewise, I could have placed all of those items into a separate folder and sorted them by a different parameter. But I didn't want to do that; the desktop toolbar was already there.
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Photopoint Users. There seems to have been some activity from Photopoint, the short message they're now displaying is to assure people that their photos are still safe but due to bandwidth, hardware and labor costs they can not be...
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