I won’t be posting messages for the next month. I’m getting married tomorrow and then I’ll be on a month long honeymoon, here, here and here.
See you in April.
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Married.
Posted on February 27, 2003 by Richard
Gone Fishing.
Posted on February 18, 2003 by Richard
I probably won’t get a chance to update the Blog for a couple of days, because I’ll be here until Friday night.
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ZigBee, Or Not To ZigBee.
Posted on February 17, 2003 by Richard
Several companies, including Honeywell, Invensys, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola and Philips Electronics have announced an alliance to create a new wireless standard for low power home automation devices.
Although I agree that it’s worth investigating new wireless technologies, even new standards, I’m a little concerned about their motivation. In the Cnet article, ZigBee to keep network market buzzing, there seems to be the suggestion that the major motivating reason is power. Devices could run off two AA batteries for several years.
Devices are due late in 2004. Haven’t they heard of rechargeables? You’d also think we’d have better power sources by then.
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Movable Type Amazon Plugin.
Posted on February 17, 2003 by Richard
I’ve just implemented MTAmazon. A plugin for the Movable Type blogging tool. It’s just a test to see how it goes. Initially the result is pretty funny. It works with Amazon Web Services by taking keywords, that I define at the time I create the Blog entry, and it then searches for a book and adds it to the page. In general I try and pick only a few words that sum up the entries content.
Honeymoon provided the link What No One Tells the Bride: Surviving the Wedding, Sex After the Honeymoon, Second Thoughts, Wedding Cake Freezer Burn, Becoming Your Mother, Screaming About Money, Screaming, Gadget the link Natural Penis Enlargement: New methods of avoiding and curing impotence, premature ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction safely and inexpensively. NEW Secrets that your doctor won¿t tell you, No Pumps, No Pills and No Gadgets!, and Japanese Invention the link 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu.
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A Geeks Honeymoon Reading.
Posted on February 16, 2003 by Richard
Just ordered from Amazon, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Pattern Recognition and Jennifer Government: A Novel. All for delivery to the Wilderness Lodge at Disney World in a couple of weeks when I arrive for my honeymoon. I plan to get them read on the cruise that we are taking for two weeks [...]
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Pocket Size, Wi-Fi File Server.
Posted on February 13, 2003 by Richard
Sony seems to be jumping on the Wi-Fi gadget bandwagon. Their Japanese site has details on the Sony FSV-PGX1. Gadget Watch at Japan Inc. has details. The FSV is a file server, running Linux, with the ability for any computer running and Operating System to connect to it via Wi-Fi (through CIFS/SMB, NFS and FTP). Doesn’t sound so fabulous until you find out it is Pocket PC size (83mmx155mmx31mm) and contains a 20GB drive. Great to carry from your office to meetings.
Thanks to Boing Boing for the links.
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Gibson’s Pattern Recognition Review.
Posted on February 12, 2003 by Richard
Slashdot has a review of Gibson’s new novel Pattern Recognition. Unfortunately, this novel isn’t released in Australia until early March. At which point I will be in the U.S. on my honeymoon. So, I’ll just wait and pick it up then.
Australian Financial Review, also have their cut on the novel.
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The Guardian Explores Whuffie.
Posted on February 7, 2003 by Richard
The Guardian explores Whuffie and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom in its article The currency of respect.
The theory goes thus: if you write a symphony or contribute to society, people give you Whuffie. Your personal Whuffie rating is constantly updated online so everyone can view it. The more you have, the higher the [...]
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Safari GUI Requests.
Posted on February 7, 2003 by Richard
Dave Hyatt (co-author of Safari browser code) has asked for feedback on the GUI features at Your Thoughts Go Here.
No guessing what the number one request will be. Tabbed browsing (that goes for me to Dave). I’d also like to see that RSS client built into the browser as you mentioned a couple of weeks [...]
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Mitnick’s Answers On SlashDot.
Posted on February 6, 2003 by Richard
Mitnick has responded to some questions on SlashDot. His stories are fascinating, and reminds me that I must grab his book,
The Art of Deception.
One story he tells amongst the questions shows that although we have security conscious employees, they can still easily get caught out by persistence and imagination.
On one occasion, I was challenged [...]
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