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05 Dec 01 - 09:48Daylight come and I want to go home...

This is the inevitable version of the Taliman song converted to the Taliban song. Not politically correct (again!) but hilarious! I love Bush beating on the bongos...

03 Dec 01 - 09:44Beautiful watch

fliegerchronograph 170x296I have been looking around for a new watch... and I thought that this one from UNION - Glashütte was particularly beautiful (click on the picture for a bigger shot). Unfortunately a little bit expensive!

06 Nov 01 - 10:53Microsoft Passport compromised...

I just read this article, CNN.com - Microsoft admits major 'Passport' flaw - November 3, 2001, that describes how someone was able to get someone else's MS Passport details through a fairly simple process. This is very bad. MS is banking on Passport, and more generally the .NET services, for their future vision. But security breaches like this will totally kill consumer confidence.

04 Nov 01 - 08:07Taxi on Trolleys

My dad sent me this picture from a local newspaper in South Africa. Quoting the text under the picture: "Infamous for their driving skills, it has long been suspected that some taxi drivers are off their trolleys. And pirate taxis are notoriously held together with a string and a prayer. But supermarket trolleys for wheels?..."

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03 Nov 01 - 18:30Smallest digital camera I have seen

This is a new digital camera from 'Che-ez!' called 'SPYZ'. It has a fixed lens, CMOS sensor and shoots at 640 x 480. Aparently, the image quality isn't anything to write home about, but I just thought that this was super-cool. See more info on Digital Photography Review

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02 Nov 01 - 10:20Windows XP slower than Windows 2000

According to Infoworld. "In every test we performed on systems with a single CPU, OfficeBench ran in less time under Windows 2000 than under Windows XP. The differences ranged from slight to dramatic, depending on the hardware configuration, but XP was always slower." I have to say that, after running it for the last couple of months,it does seem pretty sluggish.

23 Oct 01 - 08:38Please vote for Trillian on the PocketPC

Please go to this site and vote for the next port of Trillian to be for the PocketPC. What is Trillian? It's a freeware unified instant messaging client that lets you connect and communicate with other people who are on MSN Messenger, AOL IM, ICQ, IRC, and Yahoo Messenger. And it is fully skinnable. I have been using it for a few months now, and it is awesome!

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21 Oct 01 - 13:58Unix apps (Apache, Emacs, X-Windows) for the Pocket PC

The folks at General Paranoyaxc Software compiled a bunch of Unix applications for the Pocket PC and Windows CE. Crazy stuff. Who would have thought it possible to run Emacs, X-Windows, or LaTeX (seen in the picture) on the iPaq! Of course, I have no idea how I will be able to do those Ctrl-Alt commands for Emacs on my iPaq...

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13 Oct 01 - 10:27Cobus 3000 - Aluminum Body

This is the airport bus that seems to be used all over Europe. Andrew Sather called me last year from the Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris telling me that he was on this bus, and thought that I should change my name to be the "Cobus 3000 - Aluminum Body"... he said everyone should have a number in their name. I liked the Aluminum Body bit. Makes me chuckle every time I ride this bus.

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12 Oct 01 - 15:05Priceless!

priceless 576x441American flag: $25
Gasoline: $2
Cigarette Lighter: $2.50
Catching yourself on fire... PRICELESS

28 Sep 01 - 11:05Bush under cover

{{popup bush_large.jpg bush_large 450x550}} So, who said this was a PC site?

03 Sep 01 - 12:04Americans work harder, Europeans work smarter?

According to CNN.com: "Using the most recently available data, the ILO has determined that the average Australian, Canadian, Japanese or Mexican worker was on the job roughly 100 hours less than the average American in a year -- that's almost two-and-a-half weeks less. Brazilians and British employees worked some 250 hours, or more than five weeks, less than Americans. Germans worked roughly 500 hours, or 12-and-a-half weeks, less than careerists in the States."

27 Aug 01 - 10:19Good old Tandy 5000 - "Our Most Powerful computer ever!"

This Powerful Computer should bring back some memories!

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26 Aug 01 - 10:35Microsoft's new Pocket PC 2002 OS for handhelds...

The New HP Jornada 560 Series looks awesome. Voice recognition (allegedly powered by Conversay), iPaq-like display, good looks... Can't wait.

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21 Aug 01 - 23:40The truth is out there...

According to CNN.com - August 17, 2001, astronomers announced Wednesday the discovery of the first solar system other than our own where multiple planets travel around a star in circular orbits.

19 Aug 01 - 23:50How to write Unmaintainable Code

http://mindprod.com/unmain.html provides an great list of things NOT to do. Warning, this is for programmers only. Some of his "suggestions" sound way too familiar. One of my favorites: Consider equals As A Variable Name: Choose variable names that are English versions of operators, to get statements like: openParen = (slash + asterix) / equals;

17 Aug 01 - 16:10You go, girl!

The women of Sirt, a small village near Antalya on Turkey's southern coast, had launched the bedroom strike in protest at the lack of accessible running water. Full story: CNN.com - Sex ban lifted in Turkish village - August 16, 2001

09 Aug 01 - 09:45Microsoft Stinger

"Of course, a slew of features worthy of Microsoft can be found in the new platform, such as up to 100 hours standby time with screen on and PIM active; four hours talk time, a "large" color screen or economical gray-scale display with a resolution of up to 208x240 pixels, personalized features such as selectable ring tones, foreign-language support and support for a wide range of expansion options including Secure Digital, Solid State Floppy Disk Card and memory sticks." Wow. I want one. > more info

09 Aug 01 - 09:13Steve Ballmer's dance

So this is how Steve Ballmer motivates his troops. Wow. Not sure if this works for me... you decide. http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=080901FL-BallmerDance

07 Aug 01 - 11:33Car Security system using i-mode

Have a look at the following article from eetimes.com. "Now starting a three-month trial phase involving about 40 cars, the system has a two-stage alarm. If a thief bypasses the first alarm, an alert is delivered via e-mail to the owner's mobile phone that an unauthorized person is in the driver's seat......The system follows up the e-mail with one-minute updates of where the car is via the GPS sensor."

31 Jul 01 - 23:19Pretty funny site selling 'errorwear'

Here is a place that sells T-shirts with typical computer error messages. Imagine wearing a bright blue shirt with the BSOD printed on it! BTW, since using Windows XP (currently using the RC1 version) I have not seen a BSOD. I wonder whether Microsoft will finally lose this?

27 Jul 01 - 11:22MCSE Base Salaries Dropping

According to InformationWeek, a new job might pay less than you are getting now. If you're an MCSE your yearly pay is dropping. A new survey by the Wilson research group shows average base pay for an MCSE dropped 7% over last year. The numbers went from $67,800 to $63,400. But the silver lining is that if you have your W2K Cert, your average yearly pay is up $4,400 over an NT Server 4.0 cert.