“Carrier Pigeons Bringing Contraband into Prisons”
An interesting application of the famous RFC1149, if nothing else. But some of the comments below the story are priceless.
Archive of entries posted on 3rd July 2008
Spam Problem Over?
As noted previously, I rarely post about spam anymore, simply because there’s little new or interesting to post about. In fact, I rarely even see spam anymore, maybe one or two messages a day at most. This one is slightly interesting though, because it’s a perfect example of the contortions that spam purveyors have to …
“Are the ice caps melting?”
A lesson in Bad Science from NASA (predictably on Global Warming again): if the facts get in the way of your favorite theory, ignore the facts.
“Openmoko to release Linux handset tomorrow”
Want a good cell phone/organizer, but don’t want to pay through the nose for a proprietary and closed-source system that limits you in all sorts of ways? Looks like there’s an alternative coming Real Soon Now. 🙂
“Now that Vista is now the only Windows you can buy preinstalled…”
Apparently a lot of people have decided to avoid Windows Vista. Good for you, guys! 🙂
“Don’t hide or disable menu items”
I generally agree with Joel Spolsky on most things computer-related, but I’ve been thinking about this for a few days, and I just have to disagree. I see where he’s coming from, but it seems to me that there’s a better way to let the user know why an option is disabled (maybe a mouse-over …