I never had a real remote control car when I was a kid, so I wanna ZipZap.
Available at RadioShack.
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Office Racing Ready And Waiting.
Posted on September 30, 2002 by Richard
Wholesale Wireless in Australia.
Posted on September 19, 2002 by Richard
Azure Wireless will announce next month their wireless hotspots and Resellers for their wireless networks for Melbourne. Late this year they will have Sydney and next year they will Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. See the article, Melbourne start-up brings wireless broadband home, from ZDNet.
Will they fair better than their U.S. counterparts.
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Microsoft Unwire The Home.
Posted on September 19, 2002 by Richard
Microsoft have made their move into the wireless hardware business with the announcement of their branded Wireless base station, Wireless Universal Serial Bus Adapter, Wireless Notebook Adapter, two kits, with a base station and either a USB adapter or notebook adapter, and five Ethernet-based products that connect computers to each other and the Internet through [...]
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Spy Games For The Public.
Posted on September 18, 2002 by Richard
Images of Iraq’s buildings that possibly host research into nuclear and biological weapons can be found on the web at GlobalSecurity.org, the images are at this link.
“Some of the buildings at Tuwaitha that were associated with Iraq’s clandestine nuclear weapons program at the time of the Gulf War in 1991 have been destroyed and not [...]
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All Time Low.
Posted on September 18, 2002 by Richard
One more person in the world that demonstrates why we should pay close attention to the “To” and “CC” field of our email. It seems that the below email is travelling around the world faster than you can say “Nimda Virus”.
—-Original Message—–
> From: Tripp Murray
> To: Christopher R Cattani
> cc:
> 01:38 PM
> Subject: FW: All [...]
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Value Adding In Music.
Posted on September 18, 2002 by Richard
Finally a record label starts to understand the term “value add” and how it relates to reducing the issue of copying copyright media. The new Bon Jovi album, Bounce, comes with a serial number that allows you to register for “unreleased music, messages from the band, and, best of all, the chance to buy Bon [...]
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The Little Things.
Posted on September 18, 2002 by Richard
Archeologists get so excited about the little things.
‘The Great Pyramid shaft has been blocked for centuries by a chunk of limestone that has copper handles and may have been wedged into the shaft by pyramid builders after they used it as a polishing tool.
Around 5 a.m. Tuesday Egypt time, with Hawass and television viewers watching, [...]
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Which Laptop.
Posted on September 17, 2002 by Richard
Here is a poll for visitors. I’m thinking of getting a laptop, and have asked around for suggestions. The two that I am favouring are the Apple PowerBook or a Sony Vaio. I know the selection is limited, but I’d appreciate if those that have experience with either would vote or post a comment. Or [...]
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Re-Shifted.
Posted on September 17, 2002 by Richard
A big “welcome back” to The Shifted Librarian. I’ve missed your blogging.
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Dan On Golden Eggs And The RIAA.
Posted on September 11, 2002 by Richard
Dan Bricklin has a great detailed article on reasons for the decline in CD sales. The Recording Industry is Trying to Kill the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg.
Thanks to Mike McBride for the link.
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