Archives for: "March 2005"

If they don't tumble, we don't sell them

What the . . . This site combines terrible web design with a very unusual business. And you can view it in English and Japanese. (via The Daily Sucker) more »

20 questions against a computer

20Q.net - I know I've talked about this before, but it deserves an update. This computer is getting better. I thought of 'car tire' and it guessed it in 19 tries. And now they've put the game into a handheld device and they're selling it for $14.87. more »

Protest

I've exchanged a few emails with a friend about protest and when it's appropriate. I thought I should share this passage from Wendell Berry's What Are People For?. Much protest is naive; it expects quick, visible improvement and despairs and gives up… more »

Network+ Training

Tonight I start my Network+ training. I'll be at Foss Training Center after work for the next two weeks. I'm excited about the class and I've been going through the first few chapters of the textbook. more »

MP3 player in a cassette

I've always liked listening to cassettes, but I hate that you have to place the cassette in a player. I just want to plug my headphones directly into the cassette. Now I can buy the Mobiblue DAH-220 and do that very thing. It's a portable mp3 player… more »

Feeds are live again

If you use Bloglines or something similar to watch for updates on this site, then you probably haven't seen anything for several days. But I have been updating. I made some changes to the brendoman.com robots.txt file to try and keep search engines… more »

President's uncle cashes in on Iraq war

William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, uncle of the president and youngest brother of former President George H.W. Bush, cashed in ESSI stock options last month with a net value of nearly half a million dollars. "Uncle Bucky," as he is known to the president, is… more »

Abakt - Open source backup utility for Windows

I've been watching for an open source solution for doing backups in Windows. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like Abakt might fit the bill. Here's a screenshot, and here is the manual. (via Newsforge) more »

Was al Qaeda targeting Russell Crowe

Was al Qaeda targeting Russell Crowe? I'll help you with that one, Mr. Crowe: No. He came up with this theory in the shed behind his house, which is plastered with newspaper and magazine clippings. He was just about to break the secret code that he… more »

Can you recognize a phishing email?

Take this quiz and see if you can tell which emails are legitimate and which are phishing. I got an 80%. If you're using Firefox, make sure you upgrade to 1.0.1, which fixes a flaw that allows phishers to trick your browser into thinking it's at a… more »

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