Archive for August, 2004
Little Green Book
Monday, August 9th, 2004Yahoo Toolbar Beta / Anti-Spy
Friday, August 6th, 2004Won’t install to Firefox, but does work with IE. I deleted 9 tracking cookies on the first try.
Anti-Spy will remove the following categories of software:
Adware
Backdoors
Browser Helper Objects
DDoS
Dialers
Downloaders
Firewall Killers
Hijackers
Hostile ActiveX
Hostile Java
Hostile Scripts
IRC Ware
Keyloggers
Password Capture
Remote Access Tools (RATs), non-commercial
Spyware
Tracking cookies (optional)
Trojans
Worms
Word of the Day – Snark
Friday, August 6th, 2004From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
In computer lingo, a “snark” is a system failure. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening event on a computer is called a snark, especially those pesky entries in log files that might indicate an attempted security violation.
The Balkanization of Online Media
Thursday, August 5th, 2004The Balkanization of online media refers to having to register individually to read many different news sources.
Previously on this blog I wrote about the onerous task of online registering. Adam Penenberg writes in What,Me Register?, an article for Wired News, that reveals the primary use of registration is not to help online news media measure site traffic, but for targeting ads.
Penenberg lists some humorous examples of fake identities and he asks why don’t Web publishers get together to set up a one-stop registration process for everybody. He says you would sign up once and be done with it.
That scenerio doesn’t work for me. But, then I’m a card carrying skeptic.
Stand-Alone Journalism
Thursday, August 5th, 2004From Chris Nolan of Politics from Left to Right:
It’s Not Just Blogging Anymore. For a while I, and many others have been dissatisfied with the term �web logging.� That focuses on the technology, not on what the technology produces. So, after a little thought, I�m calling what I and others do Stand-Alone Journalism. Why Stand-Alone Journalism? Well, it�s accurate. A journalist � or a small group of reporters � can work on the web to produce what they want as they find it appropriate. And readers are equally free to read the work of individual journalist as they see fit, on their time, not on schedules set by TV networks or the newspapers.
Very cool insight into the evolution of blogging as next-generation journalism.
The Internet savvy of a dehydrated slug
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004I really try not to write too many locally based (San Diego) posts about technology and the digital world, but I couldn’t resist this quote:
“Weather Watch has the Internet savvy of a dehydrated slug”.
That’s a quote from Rob Krier who writes the Weather Watch column for the SDUT. In spite of his self-deprecating humour, he has launched an interesting new San Diego weather blog.
EarthRoamer
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004Yesterday I wrote about the Las Vegas Monorail. I seriously dislike traffic and freeway congestion and hunting for a parking spot. I like traveling on trains and I support effective public transportation. Locally, San Diego Trolley is currently expanding and hiring workers.
Some of you might be wondering what I drive. Well, it’s a cherry, gently used Ford Ranger XLT 6-cylinder stick. Recently bought it from my father-in-law. But if I had $160,000 to spare I would get off the paved roads (more room for you commuters) and drive a 4WD camper known as the EarthRoamer. Built on a Ford truck chasis, it runs on diesel and uses solar panels. It’s not economical or a freeway cruiser or a Prius, but damn it, I’m a very large person.
