Category Archives: Links

Cultless

Posted on July 1 2004 by Mickey

    One of my recent favorite Mac sites has been the Wired Cult of Mac blog. Back on the 18th it was posted that the blog would be on vacation for a week, returning on Monday, June 28. All … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up the MS

Posted on June 30 2004 by Mickey

    It seems like the security warnings about IE are arriving daily now. The latest one is almost funny: a flaw Microsoft reportedly fixed in earlier versions of IE has been re-detected in the latest versions! And a BBC … Continue reading →

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Always Kerry On

Posted on June 28 2004 by Mickey

    Ladies and gentlemen, The Electras: a rock band from the ’60s whose bass player would one day run for President in the 2004 campaign.    Sorry girls, he’s married.

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Even Bush’s Own Website Admits He’s a Miserable Failure

Posted on June 24 2004 by Mickey

    If this URL works it should link to President Bush’s new web video. If it doesn’t work, just go to GeorgeWBush.com and look for the commercial titled “Kerry’s Coalition of the Wild-Eyed”. Therein Kerry and Gore and Gephardt … Continue reading →

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Links

Posted on June 24 2004 by Mickey

    It’s too sunny for original thought. Today’s entry is just a bunch of links to stuff I’ve been reading.    In the News: innumerable citizens of Toronto are saved by a stray dog. Go hug your doggie right … Continue reading →

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iPod > Browse

Posted on June 23 2004 by Mickey

    Have I mentioned I’ve gotten sick of Microsoft? Have I mentioned that despite having built a computer last year I am ready chuck it all and switch to Mac OS X? Have I mentioned I’m spending the intervening … Continue reading →

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New System Unveiled

Posted on June 15 2004 by Mickey

    I’ve only been a switcher for six months, but I can already agree this diagram is quite accurate.

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Today in Food (2004/06/15)

Posted on June 15 2004 by Mickey

    It would be hard for me to care less about this news story, but it mentions food so I feel compelled to reference it here. The Agriculture Department has decreed that batter-coated frozen French fries are a fresh … Continue reading →

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Zero Configuration

Posted on June 5 2004 by Mickey

I greatly enjoyed reading this Wired article about Windows’s zero configuration in its Windows Zero Configuration. It confirms something I’ve been struggling with. For almost a year I’ve had my computers set up in a wireless network: two Windows XP … Continue reading →

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Patently Bogus

Posted on June 4 2004 by Mickey

    To quote Brandon at Fight the Patent: “What was the Patent Office thinking?” Wired has a story that Microsoft now has the patent on, get this, double-clicking. True, the patent is supposed to focus on controls for a … Continue reading →

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