Sunday, January 26, 2003

Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions Super Bowl Trailer. [Hack the Planet] 10:33:05 PM    comment []

My bet with Martin. Observation. In 2003, when we want to, we can beat the NY Times, on a technical subject. Their report just appeared in their RSS feed, for the home page (so they thought it was an important story), but -- they don't have their own report, it's from AP. Presumably they will have a full Times-authored story in the Sunday edition. In contrast, when I checked at 6:30AM Pacific, Slashdot had the whole thing, cause and cure, and while I asked for and got lots more links from Scripting News readers, Slashdot already had the story from the main angle. One wonders why the AP report couldn't also include the cure, it's one sentence, sure it wouldn't mean anything to most people, but to the people who need the information, it could make a huge difference. The Internet is a set of interdependencies. We all depend on each other, never can you see that more clearly than when a virus attack is underway. Anyway, good job, World Wide Web, and hats off to Slashdot. Now, if I'm going to win the bet with Martin in 2007 (which I plan to), we're going to need to be that good not just in technology, but in everything. [Scripting News] 10:25:09 AM    comment []

"Internet Traffic Report" "site that was hit " [Daypop Top 40] 10:23:07 AM    comment []

Texting Bullying. Text bullying -- sending threats or abusive messages via cellphones, pagers or computer instant-messaging -- is beginning to raise concern at Lower Mainland schools. "Text messaging is just starting to come to our attention," said Peter Ewens, principal of Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver. "It's another medium students are now able to access to carry out behaviour such as harassment and bullying." [Smart Mobs] 10:22:28 AM    comment []

Master Key Copying Revealed. Many locks let a person create a copy of the master key for a building by starting with any key from that building. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Education] 10:20:27 AM    comment []

Would a meta-blog formed from the top sites of the day be interesting? [Scripting News] 10:07:23 AM    comment []