Archives for March, 2002
2002.03.31 (Sun)
Auto-escalators
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I’ve recently noticed a new development in escalator technology which I just love: escalators that only move when someone’s…
No matter how screwed up things are, and I realise I’m about to sound very corny here, the miracle of…
2002.03.29 (Fri)
Great Teacher Onizuka
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How’s this for a synopsis: Ex-biker gang leader Eikichi Onizuka wants to become a teacher–so he can ogle 16-year-old girls….
2002.03.28 (Thu)
MS .Net Demo Reveals Personal Info
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Some headlines are just too perfect: Microsoft .NET promo reveals personal info Andrew Orlowski, The Register…
2002.03.27 (Wed)
Heard something funny the other day. Talking with a fellow about Macintosh code names and where they come from. Wall…
2002.03.26 (Tue)
In Search of the Perfect (But Affordable) Headphones
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At MacWorld Tokyo every machine in the Apple booth sported a pair of headphones (as befits a digital hub, I…
Work Stupidity (No. 527 in a series. Collect ‘em all)
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I’m still too furious to adequately describe a certain episode of classic work stupidity that occured last week. It’s already…
2002.03.23 (Sat)
One More iMac Pic
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One more iMac pic. They looked so cute sitting there together. This was taken at the Oki booth which…
More on MacWorld
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Here’s the now-obligatory MacWorld perspective shot of a row of computers lined up on a backlit display. I’m not…
Big Sight Not Pretty Sight
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I went out to MacWorld Tokyo yesterday (more on that soon) which was held at the Tokyo Big Sight…
MT 2.0 is Here!
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Teasting… testing… Seems the upgrade to Movable Type 2.0 went well (or at least the scripts reported that it did)….
2002.03.20 (Wed)
Macworld Tokyo This Week
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Macworld Tokyo kicks off on Thursday with Steve’s keynote. I’m not even going to try to get into that (fat…
Way Behind With E-mail
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Been a bad boy and gotten way behind answering e-mail. If I owe you, forgive me. I’m working my way…
2002.03.15 (Fri)
Where Are the Blimps of Yesteryear?
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Blimps used to be a reasonably common sight over Tokyo. Haven’t seen one in years….
2002.03.14 (Thu)
Found Haiku in Text Files
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haiku discovers “Found Haiku” (a trademark of Don Marti)* in plain text files. Oblomovka via Boing Boing software are designed…
Bye Bye Mobile Phone
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Instead of carrying a small phone in my pocket I now carry a big mountain. Let me explain. I no…
Chewing Gum Improves Memory (!)
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Priceless! Chewing gum improves memory New Scientist Chewing gum can improve memory, say UK psychologists. They found that people who…
2002.03.13 (Wed)
Old Late-’90s Joke
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That old late-’90s joke you used to hear when interviewing at companies (“And of course we have flex-time here; you…
2002.03.11 (Mon)
Mummy Power
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Somehwere recently mummies were in the news (can’t remember where I saw the link - which I didn’t follow, but…
2002.03.08 (Fri)
Seems Like Old Times
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How happy am I? I just got back from dinner with a bunch of friends who I haven’t seen for,…
2002.03.05 (Tue)
Ordinary-life.net
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Many of you Movable Typists out there will know about this site but for some dumb reason I didn’t. James…
2002.03.04 (Mon)
Logophrenia
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I spent two days skiing and was struck by the fact that I don’t think I saw a single item…
I Can Ski!
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…sort of. Had a great weekend skiing. The snow was lousy but what do I care; I didn’t know any…
2002.03.01 (Fri)
What Stops at a Workstation?
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Old joke: if the bus stops at the bus station, and the train stops at the train station, what happens…
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