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Archive for March, 2005

Play it one last time Dan…

Posted on March 10th, 2005 by Shawn L.

JunkYardBlog, last November had posted parody lyrics to “Video Killed the Radio Star” that took shots at Dan Rather and Memogate. It was titled “Internet Killed the TV News Star”.In honor of Dan’s last ride behind the Anchor desk this week, let’s click back to JYB, click on the link to the midi orchestration of […]

So THAT’s what happened to the “Dude, you’re getting a Dell” guy…

Posted on March 9th, 2005 by Shawn L.

or at least his Lebanese clone.Go look at the last photo on this Instapundit post

Slashdot | Phishers Face Jail Time Under New U.S. Bill

Posted on March 7th, 2005 by Shawn L.

From Slashdot | Phishers Face Jail Time Under New U.S. Bill:Patrick Leahy has introduced a new federal anti-phishing bill that would impose jail terms up to five years and fines up to $250,000 for criminals creating fake web site designed to con consumers in to giving them their personal information. ‘Some phishers can be prosecuted […]

Sometimes paper is an elegant technology.

Posted on March 7th, 2005 by Shawn L.

From In-Car Navigation Lost on Americans : Gizmodo:… they guess widespread adoption won’t occur in the US until prices drop into the $500 rangeNo… I think that In car navigation is overrated. Paper maps work fine. And you are able to plot your course ahead of time. Not to mention that if you HAVE to […]

Gutsy… STUPID, but gutsy.

Posted on March 7th, 2005 by Shawn L.

Gawker replies to a threatened lawsuit about a blog post, in another blog post.From Fred Durst: Touch … … Then Sue Gawker : Gawker:Are we out of order, Fred? Well, this whole crazy world is out of order. You can’t handle the truth. You own Pan-Am. You own Congress. You own the Civil Aeronautics Board. […]

It costs HOW MUCH???

Posted on March 5th, 2005 by Shawn L.

Also from the same year old issue of Network World comes a “Cool Tools” feature that reviews a notebook computer that’s unique.It’s essentially a WindowsCE PDA on steroids. The screen is enlarged and a keyboard is added to essentially become a mini-laptop.The problem is in it’s price tag. $1500.The concept of a PDA upgraded is […]

Spam: often proposed solutions are worse than the problem.

Posted on March 5th, 2005 by Shawn L.

Quick fix is no fix for spam is an article from nearly a year ago in Network World. Yes, my blogging notebook has THAT much of a backlog.Mercifully this industry journal for IT professionals keeps a good archive of it’s back issues’ material online.In this article Daniel Briere, notes that the legislative remedies to spam […]

Why Cats are superior to Dogs…

Posted on March 4th, 2005 by Shawn L.

Dogs only stick their head out of the car. This cat rides on the roof… (Auto-surfing?):From News from The Associated Press:Cat Survives 10-Mile Trip on Top of Car(via BuzzMachine)