Courtesy of Peter Drayton, I found out about this: Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac allows you to connect to a Windows-based computer and work with programs and files on that computer from your Macintosh computer. This should improve things greatly once I get it config'ed on the XP boxen.] * [Archipelago]

Round-Up.  As you can probably tell, I'm busy with home, holidays, and family, but here are a couple of interesting links from the current Lost Remote. THE GROWING OUCH IN YOUR CABLE BILLYes cable penetration is up –but only slightly– but the bill for that service is up and not just slightly. The latest from the… Continue reading Round-Up

Disney Pulls Products, Claims Losses Are Due to Piracy. What is the point of this? Why would any company deliberately take their popular products OFF the market? Who was the genius that thought this up? And who is the genius that thinks it's still a good idea? Does anybody really think they won't be available… Continue reading Disney Pulls Products, Claims Losses Are Due to Piracy

Get Paid to Write about Zope!.  ZopeMag, the only Magazine devoted exclusively to Zope, is looking for freelance writers. Get Paid to Write about Zope! [Zope.org]

Job hunting tips or, Why unemployment is so high. I've got a new theory, based on the responses I've received to my Craig's List posting for a software/hardware engineer: It's no wonder we're seeing an increase in unemployment, people seem to have no idea how to apply for a job these days. Here are some… Continue reading Job hunting tips or, Why unemployment is so high

Another boxy monster. Lots of reader comments today, this one to point out the also-horribly-boxy 2003 Honda Element. Maybe I'm just not the target demographic — these things are awful! [megnut]

Broadband wars II: “…the cable companies are, as we said four years ago, the single dominant provider of broadband in America. Their service is slow; it is getting more expensive; and now they claim the right to corrupt the basic design of the network they increasingly own. My last book was pessimistic: It was not… Continue reading Broadband wars II

What Should I Do With My Life? “Instead of focusing on what's next, let's get back to what's first.”* [Archipelago]

Bookmark this: DLL Help is a complete database of every DLL Microsoft has ever shipped, and which versions of which product it shipped with. I'm trying to figure out which of the 7 versions of scrrun.dll in the wild is causing problems for the occasional CityDesk user.  [Joel on Software]

Geographically accurate Tube map. Prompted by a discussion about maps of the London Underground I had with a friend, I spent a few minutes searching for a geographically accurate Tube map that I remembered running across a couple of years ago. I'm putting it here so I don't lose it again. The type is a… Continue reading Geographically accurate Tube map