Archives for July 2001

I confess

July 30, 2001 by Michael Boyle

that I feel like this quite often these days. Not being a true coding techie, it takes me a while sometimes.

that Ms. Champ is insane, you would only have to look at her site today (tomorrow it will doubtless be here). Everyone knows that the proper and more aesthetically pleasing method of installing a roll of toilet paper is to use the “paper elephant” method (loose end in front, resembling an elephant’s trunk) and not the “snail goes south” method (with the loose end towards the wall, resembling nothing as much as a snail). Harrumph indeed!

My vanity’s

July 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

nightmare scenario? Being referenced by Le Blogeur after not having updated my site in a few days. It hasn’t happened… yet

Via Zeldman

July 25, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Via Zeldman I was directed to the wonderful Adland, subtitled “by the adgrunts for the adgrunts”. I’m not exactly an adgrunt, but close enough.

Wired News

July 23, 2001 by Michael Boyle

is also covering the new SirCam virus/worm, as one would expect. It’s a very interesting issue considering that Mac OS X is now out in the world, and, as many have noted, Apple will soon be the largest volume Unix vendor in the world. Their rollout of OS X is happening in a very different context than earlier releases of consumer- and business-friendly operating systems, and it could be a huge opportunity for Apple. If they were to develop an open, fast, and highly professional security infrastructure I think a lot of people might sit up and take notice.