Month: May 2003

Jeremy Zawodny: E-mailing myself. Quote: “Am I the only one who does this? I get an idea (sometimes via browsing or a suggestion from someone on IM) and don't want to lose it. But I also don't want to be interrupted by taking my hands off the keyboard. So I just send myself a quick… Continue reading Jeremy Zawodny: E-mailing myself

802.11g's Low Throughput: No Surprise. ComputerWorld notes that 802.11g will have 10 to 20 Mbps throughput, not 54 Mbps, but…: This has been known all along. The 54 Mbps rate is the raw symbol rate, or the number of symbols per second including all framing, error correction, etc. The net throughput rate of 10 to… Continue reading 802.11g's Low Throughput: No Surprise

Tiny Seaside Town Goes Wi-Fi. At first glance, the coastal California municipality of Half Moon Bay doesn't exactly seem cutting edge. But a small ISP there offers everyone in the center of town wireless Internet access. Elisa Batista reports from Half Moon Bay. [Wired News]

A Spy Machine of Darpa's Dreams. A defense agency information-gathering project code-named LifeLog looks, to some national security experts and civil libertarians, like a successor to the controversial Total Information Awareness initiative. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]

The man behind the Slayer. “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV. [Salon.com]

Bye-bye, Buffy!. Let's salute “Buffy the Vampire Slayer's” greatest accomplishment: A girl who not only kicked ass, but rejected the lonely-guy way of being a superhero. [Salon.com]

Buffy Series Finale Tonight

Two New Law Blogs. Corplawblawg offers Information for lawyers practicing corporate securities and M&A law. BizLawTech aims “to serve as the source of information and best practices in business and technology law for our students, and attorneys….”  [via Inter Alia] I don't know if either has RSS feeds; I wasn't able to open load either of those… Continue reading Two New Law Blogs

Unsuspecting Computer Users Relay Spam. More than 200,000 computers worldwide have been hijacked with a technique that lets spammers send billions of junk e-mails. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]

Blogs for Business / Blogs for Lawyers. My “blogs for business” presentation to an organization of entrepeneurs and consultants Saturday in Washington was enthusiastically received. I began with the thesis that the overwhelming number of poor web logs had led most people to seriously underestimate the possibilities for use of blogs in businesses. I then went on to explore the potential of… Continue reading Blogs for Business / Blogs for Lawyers