Month: August 2003

Wireless Neighborhoods. The State Science and Technology Institute has a news item about several communities developing free wireless Internet in the urban centers. While rural regions strive to establish basic high-speed Internet connections, larger cities such as St. Louis, Oklahoma City and Roanoke, Va., are looking to establish free, wireless Internet access across several blocks… Continue reading Wireless Neighborhoods

A Top Aide to Blair Resigns as a Dispute Over Iraq Rages. Alastair Campbell announced his resignation as controversy raged over his role in portraying the nature of Iraq's threat. By Warren Hoge. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Server-Computer Sales Rose in 2nd Quarter. Sales of server computers rose for the first quarterly gain in two and a half years, a market research company said. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology]

From my friend Marcia, a little Zen. The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between work and play, labor and leisure, mind and body, education and recreation, love and religion. You hardly know which is which. You simply pursue your vision of excellence in whatever you do,leaving others to decide whether you… Continue reading From my friend Marcia, a little Zen

Industrial-Strength Stupidity In America. Now that the speculation on the cause of the blackouts seems to be abating in the mainstream media, I wanted to bring up a topic of concern regarding what has become an epidemic of short-term thinking in America. The cause… [Third Party WatchBlog]

Midwesterners Are Newer to tthis Internet Thing. Regional Differences Abound in Internet Use, Study Finds “Midwesterners, the study found, go online most often to read news. Northeasterners, more than residents in other parts of the country, use the Web primarily for shopping. Those in the South log on at the lowest rate among the nation's… Continue reading Midwesterners Are Newer to tthis Internet Thing

Mobile Advertising. GoogleAds have made me a believer again in online advertising. I'm making a few hundred dollars a month from text ads on a site that gets only about 10,000 unique users a month. But that's nuuuuthing. I know someone who's made more well more than $10,000 in google ads in the same time… Continue reading Mobile Advertising

Good Times. “IT professionals largely rejected genuine internet email, going with Microsoft instead. They would have you believe that the problems with Outlook/Exchange are inherent, that Exchange is a necessity, that companies could not do without it, that plain old POP/SMTP/IMAP could not suffice.” [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog | XPLANE]

Report: Internet Service Providers. ATT WorldNet apparently will unblock Port 25 on request [MacInTouch]

A Study on the Virtual Law Library. Feasibility and Viability of the Digital Library in a Private Law Firm – “The authors reveal the results of a… [beSpacific]