Ask's Notes: April 2004 Archives

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April 29, 2004

Wardriving Apple Style

Wardriving Apple Style - (via Kenneth Hunt)

Posted by ask at 06:54 AM

April 28, 2004

I want this "showerhead"

Posted by ask at 01:27 PM

perl unicode issues talk wanted

Posted by ask at 12:35 PM

April 27, 2004

Pop Quiz: The First Personal Computer

Posted by ask at 10:26 PM

Why I Hate Microsoft

Posted by ask at 10:24 PM

One more reason to order pizza from the little guy

One more reason to order pizza from the little guy - "David Coplen, the state office's budget director, said he discovered that pizza delivery lists are one of the best sources such companies use to locate people." (via politech)

Posted by ask at 10:15 PM

The Ikea Lamp commercial

The Ikea Lamp commercial - (going through old bookmarks). I love this commercial. Eric Zumbrunnen from Spot Welders edited it. Ikea Lamp (local mirror)

Posted by ask at 11:40 AM

April 24, 2004

Why "Performance Reviews" suck

Why "Performance Reviews" suck - "Incentive Pay Considered Harmful"

Posted by ask at 09:17 PM

April 23, 2004

CD-Rs stops working after as little as 2 years

CD-Rs stops working after as little as 2 years - (or: why I keep everything online on harddrives and never archive things away on CD-Rs)

Posted by ask at 11:24 AM

April 21, 2004

Saab car running MS-Windows - and it crashes!

Posted by ask at 07:41 PM

April 20, 2004

CCD / CMOS cleaning

CCD / CMOS cleaning - (via d1scussion)

Posted by ask at 11:28 AM

April 18, 2004

Roger Ebert on Howard Stern

Roger Ebert on Howard Stern - "I find it strange that so many Americans describe themselves as patriotic when their values are anti-democratic and totalitarian. We are all familiar with Voltaire's great cry: ''I may disagree with what you say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.'' Ideas like his helped form the emerging American republic. Today, the Federal Communications Commission operates under an alternative slogan: ''Since a minority that is very important to this administration disagrees with what you say, shut up.''" (via Andy)

Posted by ask at 07:19 PM

April 17, 2004

My space shuttle, My death trap

Posted by ask at 02:02 AM

April 16, 2004

discussions in unwanted places

Posted by ask at 01:23 PM

On Failure

Posted by ask at 04:35 AM

April 15, 2004

Seventh Generation's Wal-Mart story

Posted by ask at 06:08 PM

April 14, 2004

Nothing Without You

Nothing Without You - A documentary about what happens when you show up at Burning Man with no clothes. Or something like that.

Posted by ask at 07:12 PM

Cross platform Zeroconf / Rendezvous APIs

Cross platform Zeroconf / Rendezvous APIs - Oooh, very cool. $TODO->add("write Howl Perl module"); update: Paul Mison pointed out to me that it's already (partially) done.

Posted by ask at 01:19 AM

Memory of the New Economy

Memory of the New Economy - I love Paul Ford's writing. See also Protecting myself, and others, from my own geek nature.

Posted by ask at 01:13 AM

April 12, 2004

Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories

Posted by ask at 04:28 PM

Useful OpenType/TrueType/Postscript font information

Useful OpenType/TrueType/Postscript font information - (via Will Parker)

Posted by ask at 02:34 PM

April 11, 2004

A Tale of Two Programmers

A Tale of Two Programmers - (via jobs-discuss)

Posted by ask at 05:13 PM

Debt Clock

Debt Clock - The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.98 billion per day since September 30, 2003.

Posted by ask at 02:26 AM

US Music sales up +9%

US Music sales up +9% - How much of that is thanks to iTunes? RIAA spins the upswing as "the minimum we needed". Morons.

Posted by ask at 12:49 AM

April 10, 2004

Iraq gone from bad to really bad to unbelievably bad

Iraq gone from bad to really bad to unbelievably bad - (From some guy with a career in US military intelligence specializing in counter-terrorism now in Iraq working as a contractor providing security for companies and NGOs.)

Posted by ask at 02:41 PM

PowerMac installed in a car

PowerMac installed in a car - (ethernet plug in the rear armrest...)

Posted by ask at 02:57 AM

April 08, 2004

New iPod case design next year?

New iPod case design next year? - Will Parker speculates based on a job posting from Apple... Pretty thin, but fun. :-)

Posted by ask at 02:41 PM

Cool OS X icons

Posted by ask at 11:54 AM

April 07, 2004

Robert reviews the Perl Medic book

Posted by ask at 10:00 PM

Linux on iPod

Linux on iPod - "A release version of the 2.4.24 kernel is now available for download! This version includes full support for first, second and third generation iPods (no iPod mini support) including audio, firewire and remote."

Posted by ask at 07:50 PM

April 05, 2004

How to catch a 419-spam-scammer

Posted by ask at 09:24 AM

April 02, 2004

Open Source Audio Editor

Open Source Audio Editor - For windows, Mac OS X & Linux/Unix. I didn't try it, obviously it's not Peak but it looks like it might be alright for simple tasks.

Posted by ask at 11:30 PM

Why we'll never find life on mars

Why we'll never find life on mars - Requires Windows Media Player... (via Kåre)

Posted by ask at 03:43 PM

Get a Mac already

Get a Mac already - ... or "About open source software’s terrible usability". See also Why Free Software usability tends to suck and Why Free Software usability tends to suck even more.

Posted by ask at 03:27 PM

Sonic: The Hedgehog in Flash

Sonic: The Hedgehog in Flash - Alright, I'll stop laughing at that flash stuff now. Much too cool! More 80's arcade games. (via emad)

Posted by ask at 02:58 PM

Mac The Ripper - DVD Backup for OS X

Mac The Ripper - DVD Backup for OS X - I used to use DVDBackup.app, but this is much better. I want a multi TB raid so I can keep all my movies on my network drive.

Posted by ask at 08:11 AM

April 01, 2004

visualizing wikipedia

visualizing wikipedia - (via andy)

Posted by ask at 02:15 PM

By FCC standards, Oprah more dangerous than Stern

Posted by ask at 08:40 AM

Google Email service

Google Email service - 1GB storage. The press release was terribly close to April 1st, but the lunar job appears to be their april fools joke.

Posted by ask at 04:47 AM