Monthly Archives: September 2004

I ran across a site called Woot! today. They sell consumer electronics from a distributorship, one item per day. There’s not much in the way of support but there is a community bulletin board, so you can perhaps get some … Read More →

When a monkey can hack into your voting system, something’s wrong. I’m glad my county uses old-fashioned mechanical voting machines.

Okay, here’s the deal. I succumbed to the lure of free iPods and signed up for the offer. I need five people to do the same, with me as the referrer, to get the iPod. So click it, if you … Read More →

One less barrier to the ferry starting up again.

A study has found that dogs can smell cancer. The issue now is whether we can tell when they do.

Hugh “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” Macleod is considering turning his “How To Be Creative” into a book, illustrated with his cartoons, of course. I’ll buy it.

Next black market: USB ID dongles. You read it here first.

Addicted to the Internet? Some people are and react just like junkies going cold turkey when deprived of access.