2002 February

My sideburns won't go away. No matter how hard you try, you cannot resist them. They 0wn you. You shall succumb to their will. Do not taunt my sideburns - you will lose. (…)

I work in several primary schools, and needed a way to stop kids from installing Messenger on all the Lab PC's. (…)

“ItÂ’s been discovered that embedded URLs in spoofed multimedia files (such as .MP3 and .WAV) can be used to “hijackÂâ€? users to malicious web sites. (…)

“The CompactFlash Association (CFA) announced today that
semiconductors used in electronic systems, including CompactFlash and CF I/O cards, would be
irreparably damaged if subjected to the irradiation process that was being used by the U.S. (…)

I have been thinking along these lines. And I will do a blog or two. Despite the fact that I seem critical of this phenomenon, I am, in fact, supportive. It's just the nutty aspects that annoy me. (…)

Hey, I'd like to remind everybody that Ev will be on Call for Help this afternoon. Get those TiVos ready. Plus, Cat tells me that she's going to be featuring The Red Kitchen in her segment. (…)

Okay, so I lied. I actually did have the opportunity to sit down with both Ben and Mena not long after their appearance on TechTV this evening. Here's exactly what happened - verbatim. (…)

(Lisa, Hot Springs, Arkansas) “PLEASE DO NOT GET A MULLET! No matter what the poll says! Keep your hair the way it is! Your hair is what makes you you! (…)

Okay, I'm the unluckiest person on the planet right now. I had the opportunity to meet the Movable Typers face-to-face, and I got pulled into a pitch meeting at the last minute. (…)

I get to meet Ben and Mena tomorrow - they're going to be on TSS! I just wrote about MT in an upcoming CPU article on blogging (along with Radio, Blogger, LiveJournal, and Greymatter). (…)

“I was reading your column today and saw your comments in the GnomeTIP section regarding Lotus Notes… I have to admit, I used to think just like you. (…)

“From Sharilyn (02/24/02): The majority of my Fruhead card stamps were earned in '97, the same year I moved from my comfy home in Winnipeg, Manitoba to cramped college dorm room in Welland, Ontario. (…)

Normally, Windows XP Home Edition cannot join network domains, simply peer-to-peer workgroups. However, there is a fix which can solve the problem and allow WinXP Home Edition to join a domain. (…)

“Tonight, my 15-year old went to Goodwill (Urbandale High School's favorite shopping place)… and he came home with a bag full of shirts and T's. (…)

DONZ Panels. A DONZ 3-screen display system can display 3840×1024 (3.9 million) legible pixels, and a 5-screen display system can display 6400×1024 (6.5 million) legible pixels. (…)