Month: January 2003

Hypertext and Buffy. Scott Johnson is surprised to find that I'm a Buffy watcher. [Mark Bernstein]

Sniffing for WiFi “The ultimate Warchalking accessory: the credit-card sized WiFi sniffer from iDetect that can tell you with the press of a button whether a wireless networks is present. Nice, but a Pocket PC with Mini Stumbler installed is even better, since it can identify multiple networks and tell you how strong their signals… Continue reading Sniffing for WiFi

Spreading MP3 Goodness Throughout the House. Trial – MP3Mystic 1.07b19 “MP3Mystic is an easy to use web server for MP3 file sharing (or other file types) and streaming. It takes a given directory path on your PC and creates/serves a web page that lists all the files as well as a “download” and “listen” link.… Continue reading Spreading MP3 Goodness Throughout the House

Why You Should Go Go Gadget. Barbara at work pointed me to the latest Dave Barry column, That Quasi Feeling, from Chicago Tribune Magazine (free registration required). It's about the economy in general, but here's why she thought I would enjoy it: “Q. What is the FTOB? A. It is a secret, quasi-governmental body whose mission is… Continue reading Why You Should Go Go Gadget

AT&T Customers Going Through Name Change Again. AT&T Customers Change Addresses – Again “Last year customers of @Home were forced to change their e-mail addresses to @attbi.com when the company was bought-out by AT&T Broadband. Now Comcast has purchased AT&T Broadband and fun begins again. Apparently all attbi.com addresses will be changed over to comcast.net.… Continue reading AT&T Customers Going Through Name Change Again

Where the Girls Aren't. Computer science has become the new math boys only. Is it nature or conditioning? By Karen Stabiner. [New York Times: Technology]

Up my street. The Guardian has a good review of the UK site Upmystreet.com, which allows people to seek information/services within a neighborhood by entering a postal code. The site has gone a step further by connecting people in within that locale as well. The ability to mix information seeking and interpersonal interaction seems like… Continue reading Up my street

beSpacific. – “beSpacific focuses on the expanding resources in the public and private sector related to law and technology news. Daily postings provide updates on issues including copyright, privacy, censorship, e-commerce, e-government and freedom of information.” “The weblog was launched to the public January 4, 2003. The archives cover articles back to September 2002.” (via… Continue reading beSpacific

Whither Fusebox? – Someone reminded me today that I promised to write up my experiences with converting my website from “plain” PHP to Fusebox. Yes, yes, yes. I will get to it. I'm kind of snowed right now, trying to finish the new macromedia.com (along with many other folks) so cut me some slack. I… Continue reading An Architect's View

Clay Shirky: “Two years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, FedEx pulled the plug on ZapMail, allowing it to vanish without a trace. And the story of ZapMail's collapse holds a crucial lesson for the telephone companies today.” Excellent. Clay has hit the nail right on the head; everybody's looking for the huge business… Continue reading Clay Shirky