Monthly Archives: August 2001

Developers! Developers! Developers!

If the original gyrations did not satisfy you, here’s more: Ladies and Gentlemen, Steve Ballmer on (presumably) what matters most to his company.

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P2P for Garage Bands

Konrad Hilbers, the new (Bertelsmann-appointed CEO) of Napster, in The Register: I’m very much a believer in what Napster stands for, which is the sharing of music among friends and private consumers when it comes to making available things like … Continue reading

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Dead Rise to Support Microsoft

The Seattle Times: The dead rise to support Microsoft. To think that people thought The Mummy Returns was pure fiction.

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Vice President of Sunglasses

Vice President of Sunglasses – I’d love a job title like that!

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Expand all nodes of a selected Explorer TreeView

Undocumented Windows Keystrokes 102: Alt-* (that’s an Alt, plus the asterix on the numeric keypad) expands all nodes of a selected Explorer TreeView.

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Public BSODs

What’s a BSOD? It’s the Blue Screen of Death, a condition that has afflicted Windows (and even Windows NT/2000) users at some time or the other. And, like an undone zipper, it is merely an annoyance in private, but can … Continue reading

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Virus (Rapsta version)

Rap music is bad. We know Ozzy Osborne makes kids commit suicide, Dr. Dre makes kids smoke weed, and 2Pac turns innocent youngsters into murdering fiends. And now, Deltron 3030 turns young impressionable kids into virus writers. (Btw, this must … Continue reading

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The Right to Not Procreate

CNN: The court ruled unanimously that the woman had a right not to procreate, which outweighs the right to procreate by the man.

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Mr Tambourine Man

Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man: My weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feet, I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming. This is — and remains — one of my all-time … Continue reading

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IDF's New Lethal Weapons

The Jerusalem Post: IDF using nude women soldiers. Somehow, I am inclined to think that these reports are somewhat exaggerated. She may have only been looking for a clip of ammo or two .

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