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Monthly Archives: July 2003
Sorry in advance for the
Sorry in advance for the incredibly geeky post. You’d think that by now I would know everything that can go wrong with Microsoft’s IIS (internet information server). A new problem had me stumped yesterday: start up the SMTP service, and the processor usage jumps to 70-80% for inetinfo.exe: turns out the fix is to allow …
[kottke] Helvetica vs. Arial –
[kottke] Helvetica vs. Arial – if you don’t know the difference between the two, you probably won’t understand why someone has made this little game.
I think this article on
I think this article on Better PDA Interaction appeals to me more as a mac user than as a usability person.
[pv] Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
[pv] Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus has been updated: for the uninitiated, it’s a Java applet that lets you see the synonyms in 3D next to the base word.
[jg] Gloria Jeans goes WiFi
[jg] Gloria Jeans goes WiFi – looks like Optus are making the push to be a player in Australia’s wireless scene.
The first computer that I
The first computer that I “owned” was a commodore plus/4 – just looking at the picture of it brings back a rush of old memories. Check out the arrow keys – not many computers took the arrow quite so literally!
T3 is yet another Arnie
T3 is yet another Arnie movie. Lots of action, easy-to-follow plot, and pretty violent. In this movie, a lot of the violence is implied rather than seen on-screen. The ending? Not as upbeat as T2.
I guess sequels are inevitable,
I guess sequels are inevitable, but I wasn’t expecting Ocean’s Twelve
Zimbabwe halts rent-a-corpse scam: petrol
Zimbabwe halts rent-a-corpse scam: petrol stations were giving preferential treatment to motorists going to funerals, so people were renting corpses to jump the queue for petrol.