Here’s an interesting article on Salon about the lack of good jobs in the technology sector (thanks /.). Perhaps I’m lucky to live in Pittsburgh, where the tech industry isn’t doing too bad. I left a fulltime job last fall, and I’ve had fairly consistent consulting work since, and I’ve even turned down an offer […]

Posted on March 14th, 2003 by admin
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Think Dubya is just carrying out his daddy’s plan by not playing nice with the United Nations? Think again. Bush Sr has different ideas.

Posted on March 14th, 2003 by admin
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Shonky: Australian slang. Of dubious origin.

Posted on March 12th, 2003 by admin
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I forgot to mention this last week. So, you no doubt have heard of the anti-war protesters who are going to Iraq to act as

Posted on March 12th, 2003 by admin
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The fight over a war in Iraq has taken a new turn. The US say it has new evidence of Iraq’s possession of undeclared weapons (cluster bombs, to be exact) that are in violation of the UN resolution. Of course, the French and Russians are stonewalling again, saying they will not vote for any resolution […]

Posted on March 10th, 2003 by admin
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Various interesting items this morning….. First, a little politics from home. This is an interesting story on several levels. First…Ed Rendell tries to look like a conservative by introducing the first part of his state budget plan, which includes tax cuts and massive spending cuts. The Republicans in the state congress then thought they could […]

Posted on March 7th, 2003 by admin
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In case any of you really want to know what I was thinking on February 24, the monthly archiving feature is now up and running. See the links in the righthand sidebar. Enjoy.

Posted on March 5th, 2003 by admin
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Wow. Technology news makes CNN. A vulnerability in Sendmail could allow users to get root access to a system. The flaw was discovered yesterday by ISS, and the group was quick to point out that there wasn’t any know exploit for the bug. I watched this play out on the Bugtraq list, and it was […]

Posted on March 5th, 2003 by admin
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I think this is a nifty idea. Theatre groups across the world are performing Aristophanes Lysistrata as an anti-war protest (Lysistrata is probably the oldest piece of anti-war literature). Interestingly (and expectedly) there is a backlash against it, with many people claiming that artists shouldn’t have an opinion about the situation in Iraq. Gee, that’s […]

Posted on March 4th, 2003 by admin
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Carlos Sainz has won the first Rally of Turkey, beating Richard Burns and Francois Duval. Sainz took the lead when Harri Rovanpera had technical difficulties on day two, and never looked back. Citroen had a good showing, with Colin McCrae taking fourth, and no doubt Seb Loeb would have finished in the points as well […]

Posted on March 2nd, 2003 by admin
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