Monthly Archives: March 2004

Starting this baseball season, SBC will offer free Wi-Fi at SBC Park, formerly known as Pacific Bell Park. Next year they start charging. As SBC is a telco, it kind of makes sense, but isn’t the point to watch the … Continue reading →

Yes this is lifted from Slashdot, but I was excited to see Congress following up on my idea (!) is looking into outrageous Cable TV rates and is threatening legislative action. Might as well get my Comcast bashing all done … Continue reading →

When we moved to Marin from San Francisco, one of my early annoyances was constantly missing Stargate SG1 on the Sci-Fi channel Friday night. (When we stayed home of course. I mean we go out. Sometimes. Okay, not often. But … Continue reading →

Last week the California Lottery site switched from the old IIS/ASP setup to an Apache/JRun/Cold Fusion setup. I applaud the first two, but what are they thinking using Cold Fusion on a site that is so heavily trafficked? I visited … Continue reading →

My theory as to why Apple made the radical OS switch from OS 9 to Unix-based OS X has finally been borne out. I have long surmised that an ego like Steve Jobs must have been incredibly irked when walking … Continue reading →

Seems that the founders of Google were very affected by the movie Mary Poppins. Not only is Google feeding the birds, but they are actually employing them to perform their complex page ranking decisions. Yes, PigeonRank™ has finally been unveiled … Continue reading →