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The leaves on Liquid Amber trees turning to gold Cooler, windy days The first cough drop advertisements on television.

Someone remarked the other day that I didn’t seem to be so viciously anti-Microsoft any more. This isn’t strictly true, but since I switched to using a Mac full-time and I don’t have to deal with Windows every day I don’t get so worked up about it. Things like this latest virus outbreak are a…

This is your once in a lifetime chance to purchase a Netscape T-Shirt Signed by Marc Andreesen (Actually I think that I may have one more of these unframed in my drawer). Update: It sold for $31.

This is probably of interest of very few of my regular readers (all three of you) but I want this to be googled for those irregular readers who are interested. I have created a Konfabulator Widget that monitors iStockphoto.com downloads. You can get it here

I have heard comedians including Billy Connolly and Mel Brooks (on last week’s Enough Rope) say that anything can be funny. Still, the program guide listing for tonights Enough Rope has an interesting contrast: Andrew Denton talks to six war veterans, including a war widow. Comedy I am sure that if anyone can bring out…

I decided that it was time for a new look. There hasn’t been any new content for a while, so I thought a style change might fool people into thinking something was actually happening. The graphic at the top of the page came from iStockPhoto.

What is it with kids today and their crazy hairstyles, baggy pants and weird video games? Finding myself with half an hour to kill before watching a movie (Lost in Translation – it is excellent) on George St today I thought, “I know, I’ll have a few games of pinball”. I could only find one…

iStockPhoto is a stock photo library where royalty free images can be downloaded for US$0.50 to US$1.50. The images are uploaded by amateur (and professional) photographers who get one fifth of the download fee as a royalty (i.e. 10-30 cents). Once you have earned $100 they will send you a cheque. So far I have…

Once again I held a CD in my hand yesterday that I would have proceeded to purchase had it not been copy protected. Another $22 lost for the legitimate music business. Of course I am sure that I could still go and find the music for free on one of the file-sharing networks. While we…