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As of right now

January 7, 2002 by Michael Boyle

(that is 11:02am EST), this version of the embargoed story about the new iMac is still available. But it’ll be a moot point in a couple hours.

? Time Canada apparently let the cat out of the bag last night by publishing its cover story about a new iMac prematurely. The Time link that several sites referred to is no longer active, but basically the machine is a half-globe with an arm that holds out a flat panel display. I hate to say it, but it’s a little underwhelming.

Spam begone

January 3, 2002 by Michael Boyle

! I know it won’t work perfectly, but nonetheless I’ve experimented with a couple of the techniques noted by Jeffrey Zeldman today and settled on one method that I prefer. I’ve implemented it here (while also collecting some other scripts that I had kicking around this site), so hopefully that will help a bit. You must have javascript turned on in order to see/use my mailto ref.

Welcome to Montreal:

January 2, 2002 by Michael Boyle

at our monthly weblogger’s gathering tonight (it was at La Cabane, not Nantha’s) I met Karl Dubost, newly arrived (returned, in fact) in Montreal from France.

CyberLaw Journal

January 2, 2002 by Michael Boyle

at the New York Times: The Year in Internet Law. Several experts discuss the most important stories of 2001 in the domain where the web and the law intersect.