Blawg.org. – Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Bill Gratsch has created Blawg.org, a web directory of legal-related weblogs. Two neat features: there is an RSS Feed, plus a blog with updates to the site. This is going to be perfect for getting sources for my law firm library newsletter, plus a… Continue reading Blawg.org

The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing. Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences. 1. The network is reliable 2. Latency is zero 3. Bandwidth is infinite 4. The network is… Continue reading PHP Everywhere

Dell Moves into Electronic Cash Register Market. The PC-based registers are designed for retail store systems. [Internet Product News]

Jenny reminds me not to forget the librarians, and I totally agree; and I'm hoping that when the time comes, she and other librarians-with-weblogs will help me find the right librarian to talk with at Harvard. My goal is to do as little work as possible. Glenn Reynolds nailed it when he said I was… Continue reading Jenny reminds

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]