July 2001 Archives

The Code Red worm goes July 31, 2001
The Code Red worm goes active today. Even though a patch has been available since...

In what is a wonderful July 30, 2001
In what is a wonderful metaphor for the whole dot-com crash thing, I just bought...

Type in any text and July 30, 2001
Type in any text and out of your speakers comes the Pig Latin translation: Fun...

WebWord has added RSS syndication July 30, 2001
WebWord has added RSS syndication to the site. Look for it on my News pages....

Elegant Hack pointed me to July 30, 2001
Elegant Hack pointed me to a site that lists Web design conventions and explains how...

If you use MS Office July 30, 2001
If you use MS Office (and most do), you can get a program that saves...

Is more of this really July 20, 2001
Is more of this really needed?...

For some reason, Internet companies July 19, 2001
For some reason, Internet companies use vague and roundabout terms in describing what they do....

I grew up watching Super July 18, 2001
I grew up watching Super Friends on Saturday mornings. In fact, I learned to whistle...

Reflect on John Hughes with July 18, 2001
Reflect on John Hughes with Salon....

Your email program is being July 17, 2001
Your email program is being used to spy on you. Every time you open certain...

Jamie Zawinski has finally reopened July 16, 2001
Jamie Zawinski has finally reopened the DNA Lounge. "'As delayed and over-budget as this project...

A scientist with too much July 16, 2001
A scientist with too much time on his hands has figured out why shower curtains...

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CNET is quick to remind July 10, 2001
CNET is quick to remind us that Webvan employed regular people. Workers bitter, bittersweet as...

Now that WebVan has closed, July 10, 2001
Now that WebVan has closed, the hindsight begins. Wired News: Why Webvan Drove Off a...

Ugly people earn less. So July 9, 2001
Ugly people earn less. So nose jobs may actually pay for themselves....

Geek mobile. What else do July 9, 2001
Geek mobile. What else do you call a car with a Pentium II, a Palm,...

Sacramento's main cable company used July 9, 2001
Sacramento’s main cable company used to be Comcast. Then it became AT&T Broadband. Now Comcast...

After closing shop in Dallas, July 9, 2001
After closing shop in Dallas, Sacramento, and Atlanta, WebVan is out of business....

This is from Nextdraft. I'd July 5, 2001
This is from Nextdraft. I’d like to simply link to it, but there’s no easy...

I found this through Wired July 5, 2001
I found this through Wired News. A man is locking random items to a fence...

Battlestar Galactica is returning to July 3, 2001
Battlestar Galactica is returning to television....

Someone has received a patent July 2, 2001
Someone has received a patent for the wheel. I’m glad the patent office reviews patent...