Friday, June 28, 2002

An e-mail from Rob led me to this, which, in turn, led to this and this. After two detours, I returned back to the original Cringley article on Microsoft's latest plan to ensure steady revenue streams for now and forever, then veered off again to the Steven Levy article that maybe started it all. Thanks, Rob. You couldn't have maybe waited until Monday morning to send this, instead of Friday afternoon? Security, technology, and conspiracy, plus a few scare tactics thrown in for good measure? Oooh. Brain cramp. (Of course, the obvious counter argument is that I didn't actually have to read the articles until Monday. I determine my own fate. But it's more fun to blame Rob.) 4:37:31 PM

Misleading headline at news.com (or c|net, I think) suggests that you can "kiss your MP3s at work goodbye." Umm, not quite. More to the point, the article discusses how companies are cracking down on streaming media, as well as file swapping. Both activities are bandwidth hogs. Kinda makes sense that you wouldn't want your big ol' corporate network "grinding to a halt" (can there be any discussion of network bandwidth issues without that particular phrase?) because a few hundred users are watching movie previews. I should be able to listen to all the MP3s I want, as long as they're local. And I should probably wear my headphones when I crank Linkin Park up to eleven. Thanks for the link, Mark. 2:02:31 PM

From c|net, an interview with Alan Cohen, author of Why Your Life Sucks. When someone is that involved in the world of computers and code, there is a form of creativity and genius in it. A lot of the tech heads I know truly love it and are passionate about it--and that's a good thing. But at the same time, it tends to be an all-consuming passion. You must do something every day to feed your soul, other than what you do for work. A lot of them work 18-hour days for years. I suggest to these folks to do something every day--even if it's only 10 or 15 minutes--that nourishes a different part of them other than what they do for a living. Go for a walk; eat dinner with a friend--anything. 7:36:26 AM