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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.

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.

Wired News

July 23, 2001 by Michael Boyle

Wired News: What If Napster Was the Answer? Who knew!?!
Well, everyone except the RIAA and the record companies that it represents, I guess. Oops.

I find myself yearning

July 20, 2001 by Michael Boyle

to read some theory again. I’ve been out of it for so long – but at the same time more deeply embedded than ever. A college in BC has put together a great list of Canadian media theorists and relevant resources that might be a good start, even though I’ve read them all before quite extensively. You can’t go wrong starting with Canadian media theory.