VeriSign destroys the internet, film at 11 (2003/09/16)
It’s hard to explain how important this is. Most of you won’t notice much; you’ll get a bit more spam today, and maybe your email will be a little slow, but who’d notice? The sysadmins, though… Most of us are noticing.
[read more...]It's like an object-oriented BCPL. (2003/08/09)
Inform is one of the coolest languages ever. It’s a language for writing text adventures.
[read more...]I put gas in my car! (2003/08/06)
I put gas in my car today. This may not seem like it’s news, but it is to me; it’s been just under a full month since I last put gas in my car. This is why I love my hybrid; I went 502.2 miles, with an average milage on this tank of 54.9 miles per gallon. (For the metric folks, that’s about 4.3 l/100km) That’s a low number for my car, but it’s summer, and I hate the heat, so I run the AC all the time.
[read more...]I hate computers. (2003/07/11)
In late May, the hard drive in my Thinkpad failed. So, I ran out and immediately bought a slightly smaller drive, and started copying data around and so on. The old drive could still be used, just only for about 20 minutes at a time, then it would overheat and stop working.
[read more...]I don't understand large numbers. (2003/06/29)
I’m a bit of a math geek by nature, so I use large numbers all the time. Just by squinting a bit and thinking, I was able to estimate the size of the sun within a factor of 2 the other day… Not that this is especially useful. But I’m comfortable with the way numbers stack and interact and modify each other.
[read more...]My new Zaurus (2003/06/07)
I am typing on the tiniest keyboard. Actually, the C700 has a pertty big keyboard, but it’s still tiny compared to a real computer.
[read more...]My love/hate relationship with Apple. (2003/06/01)
I love Apple. Their computers “just work” most of the time. OS X is more stable than anything I’ve ever used except NetBSD and BSD/OS. OS X is pretty, for all that most of the time I’d rather it wasn’t.
[read more...]Building a perfect D20 (2003/05/27)
I have a favorite toy. Well, I have tons of them, but my recent love is GeoMags.
[read more...]Yay for software... (2003/05/24)
So, I decided to try movabletype. I mostly like it, except for the way it specifies sizes that don’t work with the huge fonts I love to use. See, I’m a sucker for high resolution displays - and thus, for huge fonts. So, most of the time, when I’m browsing the web, I don’t see ANY fonts under 18 points - I set that as a minimum font size in Mozilla. Unfortunately, MovableType seems to have specified a few things in pixels, so I’ll have to go fix those eventually. Eventually. For now, I’m just happy, not just to have a blog, but to have gotten my first comment! :)
[read more...]What's that strange yellow thing in the east? (2003/05/23)
One of the wonders of being a freelance writer and consultant is that there’s almost never any reason to get up in the morning. I am one of those people who, allowed to drift freely, gets up around noon most days. Today, I had to get up a whole two hours early to begin the interminable wait for a delivery truck - which may or may not come in before noon anyway.
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