::: Thursday, December 20 ::: Amen: boredomīs not a burden anyone should bear I am now officially On Vacation™. See y'all in 2002! 4:49 PM CST  ::  tell me a story ::: Thursday, December 13 ::: w00t: Santa in Blue Jeans and Shirt? I somehow can't picture Santa living in a van down by the river. 9:34 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Good grief: California candidate spams voters It's no wonder we can't get decent spam legislation. This boggles my mind. How daft must one be to not understand that spamming me means I would vote for anyone *other* than you? 9:19 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Whatever: Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam While I can see the symbolic importance of this decision, I fail to see how examining individual pieces of spam and filing suit on each example will ever work. To stem the ever-growing tide of cruft we really need a sweeping proclamation which makes sending spam risky at best. Offering a bounty for the heads of known spammers might be a good place to start. 9:15 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Hmm: Sony is killing PlayStation mod-chips Call me silly, but I've always thought that there has to be a way to produce a mod chip specifically for removing zoning restrictions without opening the console to pirated games. Obviously Sony could do this, but they, along with the thousands of DVD producers out there, have a vested interest in keeping zoning restrictions in place. Then again, I find it very hard to believe the relatively small number of consoles equipped with such chips could ever pose a serious threat to Sony's revenues. 9:02 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Whoa: MS rolls out security obscurity bribe program I knew Microsoft was serious about wanting to keep their bugs private, but this astounds even me. Basically all you have to do to set up shop is hire a couple MCSEs and cough up a mere $1500 a year. Microsoft will then shower your endeavor with goodies. Once again Microsoft marketing has turned a negative (for them) into a positive (for them yet again). I mean, who in their right mind would set up a consulting firm based around promoting open source wares when they can get all this free swag from Microsoft? 8:55 AM CST  ::  tell me a story ::: Wednesday, December 12 ::: Ok. Still not dead. Just very busy. I may have to take a hiatus until the new year rolls around. News at 11. 2:24 PM CST  ::  tell me a story ::: Monday, December 10 ::: Hi. Contrary to popular belief I am, in fact, not dead. Although there were a few moments last week when that may have been a more attractive state of being. Last Wednesday night I contracted a bit of food poisoning from a bad enchilada. Since then I've been on a strict saltine and water diet until I can get the last of the nasties out of my system. I have, as you can well imagine, not been online at all since Wednesday. I'm back at work today, however, and feeling about 80%, which is all one can expect on a Monday anyway. I doubt there will be much here today, but I'll try to catch up tommorrow. I hope everyone else's weekend was infinitely better than my own. 1:33 PM CST  ::  3 comments ::: Wednesday, December 5 ::: Damn: Cable-Modem Users Can't Turn to FCC In other words, read those service agreements closely before placing your business in hands of the cable company. 9:23 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Sweet: Compaq showcases new server tricks <span type="geek" level="42">     14 servers in 3U. Blades are *so* cool. </span> 9:13 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Good: Merger will ruin us says Hewlett Jr I'm glad to see this thing isn't a done deal. I buy HP printers and Compaq servers and I'd hate to see the two companies run each other into the ground. That is, however, fairly likely if this merger isn't killed soon. Both companies are already hemorrhaging customers. 9:08 AM CST  ::  tell me a story Memories: The Battle Of The Consoles Tom's Hardware reminds us that in order to move forward you sometimes have to look back. That said, it seems a gross oversight not to include the Super Nintendo in the summary. [thanks to The Reg for the link] 8:58 AM CST  ::  tell me a story ::: Monday, December 3 ::: Gah. I'm completely buried in month-end reports and such today. I'll try and catch up tomorrow. 1:38 PM CST  ::  tell me a story dinoneil[at]newdream[dot]net