Interesting reading for today: Via Scripting News I found this piece on what may be in store for the internet in 2002. I’ve seen a number of these type articles lately, for obvious reasons, and most of them are crap! This one actually understands that there’s good stuff out here, away from all the big…
You’ve got Mail, more and more and mostly, it’s junk. From the NY Times (registration required). Some interesting quotes: “If you’re saying `unsolicited’ is the problem, I would ask you to think about my favorite example: Here’s a one-dollar coupon on Tide sent to everyone in America,” said Bob Weintzen, president of the Direct Marketing…
John Dvorak on the possible decline of the Web. Interesting stuff, although I think he just needs to find blogs, that’s where the good stuff is happening on the web, where things are getting better and more diverse, unlike the commercial sites.
Scot Finnie has finished his review of Opera. He comes to a different conclusion than I did . Chalk it up to personal preference, as he doesn’t seem to see the things I don’t like about it as problems. I figure those aren’t his concerns. Speaking of work, I haven’t posted about it all week…
Windows XP patch This is looking like a pretty serious security issue, and everyone is recommending to get it patched immediately. According to the bulletin, you are vulnerable if you are: Customers using Microsoft® Windows® ME or XP, or who have installed the Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing client on Windows 98 or 98SE. Grab…
I apologize for not getting any updates done, but frankly, I couldn’t. The site was down most of the day Tuesday, and all day yesterday. It finally came back online late last night, restored from backup, I assume because the Monday posts had to be redone. Unfortunately, the ftp login information was changed, without anyone…