Archive for May, 2004

Something Wiki This Way Comes

Posted by Mike on May 29th, 2004

Business Week has noticed Wikis, and their potential to improve collaboration. Here’s a little of what they have to say:

Nowhere is that potential more apparent than in today’s far-flung, time-pressed corporate teams. Aaron Burcell, director of marketing for e-mail software startup Stata Laboratories Inc., says working on a wiki has cut the daily phone calls [...]

Which American City Are You?

Posted by Mike on May 29th, 2004

Take the quiz: “Which American City Are You?”New YorkYou’re competative, you like to take it straight to the fight. You gotta have it all or die trying.
Not too surprising since I’m from New York
Source: iBLOGthere4iM

OK, enough of that…

Posted by Mike on May 26th, 2004

Well I finally got tired of that matrix theme. Right now I’ve gone back to a blank sylesheet, and as you watch, I’ll be redesigning my site over the next few days. Who knows what I’ll end up with.

Wow. Just… Wow

Posted by Mike on May 18th, 2004

A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless - they weren’t having sex.

Doctors subjected them to a series of examinations and found they were both apparently fertile, and should have had no trouble conceiving.
A clinic spokesman said: “When we asked them [...]

World’s Smallest Political Quiz

Posted by Mike on May 16th, 2004

Oleg took The World’s Smallest Political Quiz and found that he’s a libertarian. This is funny because I stumbled upon this test last night and was told I was a left-liberal.

Bruce Schneier on Being a National Security Consumer

Posted by Mike on May 15th, 2004

Bruce Schneier has written an interesting essay on being a consumenr of national security in his latest issue of Crypto-Gram:

As Americans, and as citizens of the world, we need to think of ourselves as security consumers. Just as a smart consumer looks for the best value for his dollar, we need to do the same. [...]

I’m Such a Junkie

Posted by Mike on May 8th, 2004

Today I went into CompUSA planning to buy a can of air and a box of floppies. I left with a 16 port 100 megabit switch, 250 feet of cat 5, a bag of RJ45 cable ends, a can of air, and a box of floppies.
At least now I wont have to buy a network [...]

Interesting Interview with Bruce Schneier

Posted by Mike on May 6th, 2004

Here’s an interesing interview with Bruce Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography, Secrets and Lies, and Beyond Fear. You can read a transcript or listen to an MP3 of the interview.
Here are some of the highlights:

It’s a waste of resources to spend resources to secure a single point of attack like airplanes or trains, terrorists will [...]