Monthly Archives: February 2004

Having already made a plug for FireFox I guess it can’t hurt to plug thunderbird too. As a bonus here’s a plug for it from a Microsoft employee.

Expect to see more annoucements like this “Commenting on the cancellation of the game, studio manager Adam Waalkes said “Our goal with ‘Mythica’ was to create a truly innovative massively multiplayer online role playing game. While the game looked ready … Continue reading →

Matt Warren tells a great tale about The XML Conspiracy.

Its nice that the French are setting a good example of how to be considerate of other people’s culture. I thought it was religion that was supposed to be intolerant.

So I guess this couldn’t be a weblog unless it included a post on friendster or orkut. I have only played with orkut, and only a little but that doesn’t stop me from agreeing with the conclusions here. A killer … Continue reading →

Its a new version and a new name FireFox. Time to upgrade. Time to say goodbye to IE again. I wonder who will make them change the name this time. To me Firefox will always make me think of the … Continue reading →

So I knew that MIT had the whole open courseware thing, but I just found out about this cool video repository. Now actually attending the school is still something like 15,000 bucks a semester. But at least they are doing … Continue reading →

From the NY Times: Nuclear Expert Receives Pardon From Musharraf “RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Feb. 5 � Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, granted a full pardon on Thursday to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, a day after … Continue reading →

Why do both sides of the political spectrum think the media is biased? Maybe its because Evil Right Wing FatCats are manipulating the minds of the populace to force us to vote for Bush again. Or maybe a bunch of … Continue reading →