October 2001 Archives

Quick Search Deskbar updated October 31, 2001
Dave’s Quick Search Deskbar has been updated to also search for software ta download.com. It...

Pumpkin patterns October 31, 2001
Are you looking for the list of Jack O' Lantern patterns? The main page of...

Instant geek costume October 31, 2001
Print this out, cut along the lines, and pow! Instant computer geek costume. (PDF) [via...

QSD update October 31, 2001
No problems with the Quick Search Deskbar at home. The author of the deskbar is...

Deskbar problems October 30, 2001
I’m having some problems with my machine that I think may be related to the...

Dave's Deskbar October 30, 2001
Users of Internet Explorer and Windows that do a lot of searching on the Web...

Directory browsing in IIS October 30, 2001
Note to the person that got to my site searching for "iis directory browsing turn...

Halloween pictures October 29, 2001
I’ve posted pictures of Saturday’s Halloween party....

BlogBuddy October 26, 2001
I’m posting this with BlogBuddy. If you use Blogger and Windows, check this out. You...

Wayback titles October 26, 2001
I need some better titles for my Internet Archive bookmarklets. The names I have aren’t...

My youngest son Taylor took October 25, 2001
My youngest son Taylor took his first bike ride without training wheels this evening....

Wayback Bookmarklets October 25, 2001
Here’s another Internet Archive trick. I’ve created some Bookmarklets that work with the Wayback Machine....

Archived rot October 25, 2001
I’ve updated my link rot page to include a link to the offending page at...

The Wayback Machine October 25, 2001
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine has copies of over 10 billion web pages in it’s...

URL regex October 25, 2001
A Regex that matches URLs....

Perl sync October 24, 2001
Fsync is a Perl script which allows for file synchronization between remote hosts...

Farsite October 24, 2001
Farsite is a system that Microsoft Research is working on that allows you to store...

More costumes October 24, 2001
Still don’t know what to wear to that Halloween party? Here’s some more costume ideas,...

Boot disks October 23, 2001
If you ever find yourself needing a boot disk for a machine, try the Boot...

Jack-o-lantern patterns October 22, 2001
  This list is a few years old and some links might be dead. You...

Pumpkin totem October 22, 2001
For something a little different this Halloween, make a Pumpkin Totem Pole....

My house, in color October 22, 2001
And there’s my house again. In color this time......

Forwarded-Email-Joke-Of-the-Day October 22, 2001
We’ve been notified by Building Security that there have been 4 suspected terrorists working at...

My house from afar October 22, 2001
I can see my house from here....

Kournikova, Anna Kournikova October 19, 2001
Anna Kournikova the next Bond girl?...

HP Digital Entertainment October 19, 2001
HP Digital Entertainment DE100c:Stores 750 CDs, 9000 tracks, 635 hours Plays standard music CDs, CD-R,...

Intel prescience October 19, 2001
From an IM conversation I had late last month: Jeremy: Plus, Intel is in the...

Reading is dangerous October 19, 2001
Bring in the thought police. A Philadelphia man was not allowed on a United flight...

Mario October 18, 2001
Remember Mario Brothers?...

Condit mask October 18, 2001
Can’t decide what to wear for Halloween? How about a Gary Condit Mask?...

SW review October 18, 2001
Ain’t It Cool News has a spoiler-filled review of Star Wars Episode 2....

Into to Tcl/Tk October 18, 2001
IBM developerWorks has a nifty tutorial to introduce you to Tcl/TK. (Free registration required)...

Design patterns October 17, 2001
Design patterns are familiar conventions that get used in interactive design. A progress bar is...

Poor support October 17, 2001
I’ve had some bad tech support before, but this is absurd....

CueCat scanner October 16, 2001
If you have a CueCat scanner, you can convert it into a barcode scanner with...

Comment changes October 16, 2001
I made some changes to the comments system. The only one that is visible to...

Commerce One sale? October 15, 2001
Internet News reports that Commerce One may be preparing themselves for sale to SAP. Back...

Spaced Penguin October 15, 2001
Play Spaced Penguin, a strangely addictive game featuring a penguin launched from a slingshot....

Comments! October 15, 2001
I’ve just installed a comments system. Now my readers (yes, both of you) can interact...

RIAA hacks October 15, 2001
The new anti-terrorism bill makes it a crime to break into a computer system and...

Evil Bert's new friend October 15, 2001
Now these two have started hanging out together. This can’t be good....

More Evil Bert linkrot October 14, 2001
More Evil Bert linkrot. First the Evil Bert photo was cropped. Now it’s been removed...

Evil Bert Stamp October 14, 2001
blackholebrain: "If you should receive any package or letter bearing the new 'Evil Bert' stamp,...

Califoria employees orderd not to open packages October 12, 2001
The Govenor of California, Gray Davis, has sent a message to all state agencies ordering...

Heil Mother-In-Law October 12, 2001
An anagram of Mother-in-law is "Woman Hitler."...

Smokin Bert October 12, 2001
Apparently the face in the smoke was Evil Bert......

PGP gone October 12, 2001
eWEEK: Network Associates cuts PGP unit. Network Associates is shutting down their PGP unit and...

Robot or Language October 12, 2001
Pop quiz time. Movie Robot or Programming Language?...

Tickle Me Elmo, The Sequel October 11, 2001
Elmo isn’t about to let his buddy Bert get all the media attention. The 5th...

Muppet Madness October 11, 2001
"It is not clear whether the protesters actually knew who the character Bert is, and...

Playboy cuts October 11, 2001
You know the Net economy is hurting when the porn sites start struggling. Playboy will...

Tesco delivery October 11, 2001
Unlike Webvan, the UK grocery store chain Tesco realized that the Web is just one...

Evil Linkrot October 11, 2001
A different kind of linkrot has affected my post on the Bin Laden-Bert connection. The...

Job-Hunting Tips from The Onion October 11, 2001
The Onion: Job-Hunting Tips: "Have a long history of experience in the field you’re applying...

Evil Fox News October 11, 2001
So now Fox News has caught on to the Bert photo in the Bin Laden...

Excite@Home dying October 10, 2001
Excite@Home stops taking new subscribers. They’re trying to conserve cash....

CSS browser extensions October 10, 2001
If you use CSS in your Web site, grab the IE extensions that allow you...

Flash terrorism October 10, 2001
The latest in the wave of anti-terrorist Flash cartoons....

Evil bert site October 10, 2001
A few people have asked where to find the Bert Is Evil site. For those...

Mail your Hippo October 10, 2001
The US Post Office has official instructions on how to pack a Hippo for mailing....

Evil bert October 10, 2001
Flutterby, F***edCompany, and others are pointing to a picture of Bin Laden supporters. What’s so...

Winamp license October 10, 2001
Along the same lines as Oxo’s user-friendly terms of use that I mentioned a few...

Intro to XP October 9, 2001
If your current development process has you bogged down in bureaucracy, you may want to...

Addiction October 9, 2001
Mark Pilgrim was fired for this essay: Addiction is......

Halloween hampsters October 9, 2001
With Halloween coming up, it’s time to dust off the venerable Hampster Dance, but with...

Windows marketshare October 8, 2001
Two interesting articles on Windows XP and Microsoft’s methods to take and hold marketshare. Salon’s...

Limewire goes open source October 8, 2001
The Limewire Gnutella client is now an open source project. "By going open source, Lime...

Effective email October 4, 2001
An effective email is the one that gets results. Business email users should read Scott...

Link rot October 4, 2001
I was looking through my archives yesterday and I noticed a lot of dead links....

Web service directory October 4, 2001
If you want to integrate anything from stock quotes to address books, to zip code...

Adobe usability October 1, 2001
Mike Swaine admits that he is not the typical Web user. He doesn’t use a...