The Galactic Patrol
Saving the Universe from Boskone and Bugs
nano-scale chemicals - boon or bane?
I was reading this article about the uses of iron nano-particles. You know, nano-scale objects...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
"I'm With Busey" claims another victim
I recently read another glowing review of “I’m With Busey” on Sean...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
Raymond's Bits of Eclectic Windows Trivia, Legerdemain, and Historical Oddities
I’ve really been enjoying RaymondC’s blog posts on the history of Windows and the checkered past of...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
Switching from Windows to Linux
I’ve found this site where Ton Zijlstra is documenting his conversion from Windows to Linux. ...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
The Portrait of the Mastermind (INTJ)
Here is an interesting personality assessment test; the Myers-Briggs personality assessment, very...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
The coolest jacket in the whole world
I forgot to post the item that prompted my last post on containers – it is this jacket I...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
I work on "Indigo"
I noticed at this link that folks are starting to hear (and speculate) about Indigo. That’s...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
All roads lead to Fry's
A Fry’s electronics store opened recently near here – I’ve seen a number of folks...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
Rewriting Microsoft web services
Mark Pilgrim converts the new MS.COM web service into a REST format; it is certainly more...
Author: bwill Date: 09/08/2003
Amazing! Free! Cool!
One of the things I remember most fondly from high school was the seemingly endless free time I had...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
internet flaky this morning...
My internet is being very flaky this morning – half the web sites I try don’t...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
and now for a little silliness...
Gina and I like to buy toys – toys for little people, toys for big people; it is shopping...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
Leggo my Lego!
I recently had a very pleasant vacation (modulo the whole mother-having-cancer issue), and one of...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
The Mysterious Moving Maze!
Ok, this is bizarre. It is a maze whose walls move around as you walk through it! It...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
Reality TV? Please, not while I'm eating!
Seriously, this sounds pretty cool – a news reporter discusses the day’s news with...
Author: bwill Date: 09/05/2003
I am a HiFi philistine
I will be the first to admit that I have one of the least discriminating musical ears in...
Author: bwill Date: 09/03/2003
Los Alamos whistle-blower gets $$$
I’m actually really happy to read about this. I’d read an earlier article that...
Author: bwill Date: 09/03/2003
We've built a five-year-old! Now, about the potty-training...
I read an article on Gizmodo recently, how some Japanese researchers want their government to fund a...
Author: bwill Date: 09/03/2003
ASML - a modeling tool for testing
John Tobler talks a bit about Abstract State Machine Language (ASML) on his blog. This...
Author: bwill Date: 09/02/2003
fun with consumer electronics (and the perils of the super-remote)
So, I’m on vacation here at my in-laws, and I’m blogging of course. It seems to be...
Author: bwill Date: 08/25/2003
on vacation...
Starting today, I am on vacation, going to that fabulous vacation destination – West...
Author: bwill Date: 08/22/2003
Strange new virus rumored
Seen recently at https://trademark.blog.us/blog/2003/08/19.html#a789: "You have just received...
Author: bwill Date: 08/20/2003
The Learning Lifestyle
I just read Eric Sink’s ‘Career Calculus’ post that is making rounds on the blogs...
Author: bwill Date: 08/20/2003
Its a girl!
Gina and I went to Evergreen Hospital today for our week 20 ultrasound – you know, the...
Author: bwill Date: 08/20/2003
Tech blogs, hosting, and personal expression
I was reading this link, about a guy who has an ASP.NET blog (i.e., hosted at...
Author: bwill Date: 08/20/2003
stupid credit card tricks
In the link below, John Hargrave goes to great lengths in an attempt to get his credit card receipt...
Author: bwill Date: 08/18/2003
Let people know about a security vulnerability - spend 16 months in jail
Now here is an interesting article; a man sends mail alerting some customers of a particular...
Author: bwill Date: 08/18/2003
3D Printers (revisited)
I few days ago, I posted a short note about 3D printers. Here is another article that explains...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
Gizmodo turns one year old - check them out!
One product blog that consistently has new and interesting stuff is Gizmodo. Well, they...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
Howard Dean blog - revisited
The shine on the Howard Dean blog is wearing off for me. Most of the posts aren’t by...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
Vigilante hackers
I read the following interesting snippet recently with some thoughts about...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
What is 6% of $250,000?
I read this blog entry from Chris Sells recently, describing his thoughts about real estate...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
My wife rules!
I just got a new laptop a couple days ago, and of course I had to wipe off the OS currently on it so...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
480Mb/s (wireless) - a dream or a promise?
I really hope that UWB moves quickly from vaporware to reality, as described in this...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
"Alex, I'll take 'Foreign Relations' for $200, please..."
In the “truth is stranger than fiction” department, this article claims that five...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
Baby born with cell phone in hand!
This seems strange, but I suppose it is inevitable in our ever-more interconnected,...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
Adam Smith and the Navy
Looks like the U.S. Navy is thinking about taking a more “market-based” approach to...
Author: bwill Date: 08/15/2003
EverQuest: It's not just an adventure - it's a job
Here is a guy who ‘professionally’ makes real money off of virtual artifacts –...
Author: bwill Date: 08/14/2003
my bank account as an RSS feed?
You know, logically, the following idea has so many flaws – security, privacy, is it even...
Author: bwill Date: 08/14/2003
home ownership, sprinkler systems, and money
Here is an interesting story about home ownership; and perhaps, about responsibility, or...
Author: bwill Date: 08/14/2003
an interesting life
Now this guy looks like he’s had an interesting life…
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
3D printers
I really, really want one of these.
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
evolutionary programming
Worried about jobs going overseas? Maybe Silicon Valley should be worried about the Silicon...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003
Howard Dean blog
I have to admit to lurking around the Howard Dean presidential candidate blog. Its hard to...
Author: bwill Date: 08/13/2003