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March 27, 2004

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Well, you probably noticed Google changed its look by now. Although, it took some convincing to prove to a co-worker of mine that Google did indeed change its look. What seemed obvious to me wasn’t to him. I guess it helped that Google kept the same clean look and feel.

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Google goes after Hotmail

April 1, 2004

Wow, as a "free" Hotmail user myself, I was shocked to learn that Google is launching a "free" email service of its own that puts Hotmail's 2mb "free" limit to shame! No more deleting spam email on Hotmail every 30 minutes just so I can receive more email. You ever wonder if Microsoft purposely fills the spam folder or sells our hotmail addresses? ok, maybe that's just conspiracy talk.

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Disney World vacation

May 3, 2004

Well, I'm off to Disney World in a couple of days. I leave on Tuesday and will be back the following Wednesday. I'll be packing some serious gadgetry for my trip, including the latest version of Destinator 3.0 GPS software for the iPaq (image above), Destinator GPS adaptor (powered via cigarette lighter) to use with the rental car, a laptop, a CompactFlash TeleType GPS card, one 512MB CF card, one 256MB CF card, a cell phone, and Microsoft Pocket Streets.

I like Microsoft Pocket Streets which comes included with MapPoint 2004, Streets & Trips 2004 and AutoRoute 2004.

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MovableType Trackback on Microsoft Windows IIS gives 404 error SOLVED!

May 13, 2004

I'm running MovableType on a Windows 2000 IIS server and noticed Trackback was giving 404 errors for Trackback urls such as http://blog.tmcnet.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/16

Most MT users use Apache running on a Linux box and MT is only "unofficially" supported on Windows IIS --- if you know where to look. I had to install ActiveState's Perl on the IIS server along with a database engine and a few other tricks.

In any event, I spent the latter half of yesterday after returning from Disney trying to get the Trackback feature to work. I found lots of other Windows IIS MovableType users experiencing the same problem.

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Disney World Report

May 19, 2004

Well I'm back from Disney World. It was a much more pleasant experience than August 2003 which was muggy, hot, and long lines at the attractions.

This time my wife and I did our homework. We got to the parks at the opening (instead of sleeping in late), used the FastPass system efficiently this time around, and were able to cover an entire park by 1:30pm each day and then go back to the hotel and relax by the pool.

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Indoor 3G wireless from LGC Wireless

June 21, 2004

I'll admit it, I'm a bandwidth nut, so any news about ubiquitous high-speed Internet access always piques my interest.

Here's a snippet from LGC Wireless about their indoor 3G product.

LGC's InterReach(TM) Unison is a state-of-the-art distributed antenna system providing seamless mobile communication access for public or private venues. LGC's patented technology allows the use of fiber/twisted-pair cabling infrastructure, commonly used in Local Area Network's (LANs), for delivery of wireless voice and data applications. The InterReach(TM) Unison system supports all wireless protocols including TDMA, CDMA, CDMA2000, GSM, iDEN, 1XRTT, Ev-DO, GPRS, and W-CDMA.

Full release is here:

LGC Wireless Announces Shipment of 100th 3G In-building Wireless System; LGC's In-building Wireless Solution Chosen by Wireless Operators for 3G

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Spam sending PCs kicked offline

June 23, 2004

Almost nobody hates spam more than I do. I have like four layers of anti-spam protection running on my PC, including RBL (realtime black lists), iHateSpam, CloudMark, and an anti-spam software installed on our Exchange Server.

I wrote a column about my "spam rage" recently, which you can check out here.

Recently, major ISPs have announced plans to TURN OFF Internet access to any zombie PCs sending out spam.

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Comdex cancels show!

June 23, 2004

Wow, I'm in utter shock that Comdex has cancelled their Fall Las Vegas show. I've been to that show many times over the years. Sure it has had its up and downs, especially with the .com bubble burst, but it is still considerd "the IT show" to attend for staying informed on general IT-related stuff.

You can check out their news release on Comdex's web site, which simply calls it a "postponement" by stating "MediaLive International, Inc. today announced that COMDEX® Las Vegas 2004 has been postponed in order to reshape the event with the cooperation of information technology (IT) industry leaders.

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Free city-wide WiFi for Spokane

June 24, 2004

Here's some interesting news:
MSNBC - City installs 100-block WiFi 'hot zone'

Wow, free WiFi for an entire city? Boy, the writing sure is on the wall for cheap, ubiquitous broadband!

Of course, if you get a greedy power user using a P2P client such as Kazaa, eDonkey, Emule, etc. they can suck all the bandwidth. Not that I ever do that. ; )

Perhaps they are implementing some sort of traffic management/QoS to prevent bandwidth hogs?

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Google's redesign

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Disney World Report

Indoor 3G wireless from LGC Wireless

Spam sending PCs kicked offline

Comdex cancels show!

Free city-wide WiFi for Spokane