February 26, 2003
I Want My HBO
Last fall, Time-Warner announced that premium channels such as HBO would move off their analog network. The local monopoly daily newspaper (which is too lame to put their archives online)... (read more)
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AFD Incident Number 308610
Incident Date: 02/16/2003 06:54:38 Remarks: This call was originally dispatched as a trash fire. On arrival we found heavy smoke that obscured most of the building and residents were in... (read more)
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February 25, 2003
4,836 Spare Hours in Austin
Austin Blog Day is now over. During this time, many Austin Bloggers posted their ideas about what to do with Four Spare Hours in Austin.... (read more)
February 24, 2003
Ode to the Whip In
The Blog Day topic is What to do with Four Spare Hours in Austin. For me, this is not a theoretical issue. I had quite a bit of downtime this... (read more)
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February 22, 2003
MSN/Hotmail Closing the Barn Doors
Links: Microsoft Going after Hotmail Spammers (News.com, Feb 18), Microsoft Planning more Spam Suits (News.com, Feb 19) In a previous article, I discussed the magnitude of the dictionary attack problem... (read more)
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February 20, 2003
Collaborative Filtering at Amazon.com
Link: Amazon.com Recommendations: Item-to-Item Collaborative Filtering (link to abstract) The Jan/Feb issue of IEEE Internet Computing magazine has an interesting article on the collaborative filtering algorithm used at Amazon.com. This... (read more)
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February 19, 2003
Jello Shots Capital of the World
Links: The Year the Music Died (News 8 Austin), Rent Party Blues (Austin Chronicle) Those who cared have always winced when the cliché Live Music Capital of the World was... (read more)
February 16, 2003
Three Most Important Things
This morning, I discovered the three most important material things in my life. Around 7 this morning, I was awoken by the smell of acrid smoke. I looked out my... (read more)
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February 13, 2003
Austin City Boosters Get Desperate, Sleazy
Thing are getting so desperate in Austin that the city boosters are resorting to spam. To: chris sherman <chris@greateraustin.com> From: "chris sherman @ GreaterAustin" <chris@GreaterAustin.com> Subject: Invite: Austin Small Business... (read more)
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February 09, 2003
Yeah, Well You Smell Funny
I've received this terribly obnoxious spam several times over the past week. To: "" <chip@unicom.com> From: "Pavol Viluda" <www.designgalaxy.net@mail.soaustin.net> Subject: STOP UGLY WEBSITES! USE PREMADE WEBDESIGN SERVICES Date: Sun, 9... (read more)
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Outrage in Washington: Part II
Link: Coble, Myrick face heat for comments. Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.), during a radio interview, defended imprisoning Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II. He thought it was necessary... (read more)
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Outrage in Washington: Part I
Link: Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act. The current administration--aided by a derelict Congress--has significantly curtailed our civil liberties. Executive orders and laws like the Patriot Act have... (read more)
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February 08, 2003
Jammin' on Aggregation
In a previous article, I mentioned some work I was doing on automatic blog aggregation via trackback ping. I've already turned a second generation on the system, and it's now... (read more)
February 04, 2003
Leave No Spammer Behind
Link: Spam Composition It's a delight to see somebody taking on one of the most troubling parts of the spam epidemic: that atrocious grammar! (thanks Justin)... (read more)
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February 03, 2003
FTC Schedules Spam Workshop
Link: FTC to Hold Three Day Public Spam Workshop The FTC is scheduling a 3-day workshop this spring (April 30 through May 2) to "address the proliferation of unsolicited commercial... (read more)
Freddie Steady's Midnight Howl
My pal Freddie Steady Krc is booked for a regular gig down at The Saxon Pub. Freddie Steady's Midnight Howl will be playing the midnight show Tuesdays through February. Freddie... (read more)
February 01, 2003
We're from TRUSTe and We're Here to Help
Link: TRUSTe on spam and industry adopting best practices TRUSTe wants to do for the spam problem what they've done for Internet privacy. This concerns me. I'm not concerned they... (read more)
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Tragedy
Link: NASA Press Release #03-030 Their sacrifice in the cause of science and for the advancement of humanity is the noblest, and the most tragic. Updated 5:36 PM: It had... (read more)
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