Sunday, February 16, 2003

Dave: Morning Blogger Notes. Heading out for the airport I checked my mail and Doc has a bombshell. Google bought Pyra. Very interesting. That sure changes things in the blogging world, and in search engines, and in Google. Now all of a sudden Google has a stake on the content-creation side of things. I will of course be thinking about this on the long flight to California today. See you on the other side of the continent. Google News query for Pyra. Dan Gillmor has the details. [Scripting News] 11:19:58 PM    comment []

More doings on the Tehran <-> Washington, DC 1970-1973 teen girl blog Hilary to Kathy, August 12, 1971, Arlington, VA. Thursday, Aug. 12, 1971 Dear Kathy- Your situation is distressing! I just got your letter – really don’t know what to say – but I’ll offer my opinions and advice. . . . 11:14:18 PM    comment []

Two years ago, on t'other blog: Napster, streaming, pardoning, flying Janelle Brown, of Salon, talks about this week's decision against Napster, about Gnutella, and about the future of online music sharing What's wrong with Microsoft? The software giant usually demolishes any opponent that dares to step in its path. But it can't beat streaming- media king RealNetworks Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, XP and Digital Authentication Clinton Pardons List States' Pardons Now Looked at in Starker Light, and, finally, a ''technical error'' (duh) led to United Airlines' Web site offering fares like $24.98 from San Francisco to Paris ($27.98 from San Jose) for nearly an hour last month. United has given the 143 customers who copped such cheap tickets ''options,'' but intends not to honor the tickets. We expect reasonable people to realize it was a mistake, [United spokesman Chris] Brathwaite said. (AP) 4:53:04 AM    comment []

Egress filtering for a healthier Internet, by Brian Hatch, Hacking Linux Exposed. Summary: Security is not just protecting yourself from others, you must protect others from yourself. Egress filtering is an important part of any firewall setup. 2:52:14 AM    comment []