From MacCentral: Disney boss accuses
From MacCentral: Disney boss accuses Apple of fostering piracy
(via Hack the Planet). I can't help but wonder how this will effect the relationship between Disney and Pixar. I think Eisner stuck his foot in his mouth on this one.
Susan Kitchens has some wonderful
Susan Kitchens has some wonderful links with info about Tuesday's election in California. And please, forgive me for voting for Simon.
Michael Connor, in the Austin
Michael Connor, in the Austin Chronicle, wrote Too Tough to Die: The staying power of the independent web. It's about weblogs, SXSW, and online life in general. And if you clicked the link from there to get here, welcome!
Okay, now we're really going
Okay, now we're really going to hell: Christsicles. (via Meryland)
From www.winanasskicking.com: Enter to win
From www.winanasskicking.com: Enter to win Maim and Fortune! Okay, it's really just a promo for Jeremiah, but it got my attention.
The local Computer Recycling Center
The local Computer Recycling Center will take donations of used computer equipment. Considering how much we've been buying lately, it'd be good to get some of the old stuff off our hands. (Via Flutterby)
Via Boing Boing Blog, it's
Via Boing Boing Blog, it's 1001 things to do with Liquid Nitrogen. Coool.
Since the 1 GHz dual-processor
Since the 1 GHz dual-processor G4 desktops came out, I've been thinking that one would replace my aging 400 MHz G4. Dori mentioned that Amazon is running a deal until the end of the month that provides a $200 promo certificate, good for more purchases at Amazon, naturally. It's not as though I wouldn't be buying that amount of stuff over the next few months anyway. Between that and the sales tax savings over not buying the machine from the Apple Store, it's worth doing now, even though I wouldn't be able to do a build-to-order.
But since I'm still working on Microsoft Office v. X Inside Out for the next month, the sad part is that there's no damn way I'm going to switch machines until the book is done; only a fool changes their production computer in the middle of a project. So the new computer will have to sit in the box for a few weeks.
The 8th Annual Urban Iditarod
The 8th Annual Urban Iditarod is Saturday, March 9th, 2002. Unfortunately, I'll be in Austin for SXSW or I'd be there.
The NY Times reports on
The NY Times reports on Qualcomm Uses Internet to Aid Extended Family (registration required, sorry). The interesting stuff is the last two paragraphs:
Before long, the issue of public service ads on Eudora Mail may no longer arise. Currently, about 20 percent of Eudora Mail's 10 million customers use the ad-supported version. But Qualcomm officials say the company may phase out that version by the end of the year, in light of the anemic online advertising market.
Qualcomm, whose main business is licensing wireless technology, is also considering phasing out the $39.95 version of Eudora Mail. Because Microsoft now bundles its own e-mail program, Outlook Express, into the Windows operating system, there is little reason for consumers to pay for a separate e-mail program, Mr. James said. A free version of Eudora Mail without ads will probably remain available, he added.
Is that Adam Engst I hear screaming?
David Chess says:The kids and
The kids and I have been playing a bit of tic-tac-toe lately, and it occurs to me that the game doesn't get much respect. I mean, you have chess books, and chess games with extensive commentary on the moves, and chess columns in newspapers, but do you see the same thing for tic-tac-toe? No! Now is that fair?
Which he then follows with a prototype NY Times column. Maybe it's just me, but the concept of a pro-tic-tac-toe rant written by someone named Chess cracked me up.
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