Entries from December 2003

Bayesian technology is powering some really, really good spam filters.

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Normally I post something here at least once a day, but I’ve been busy with all the Holiday Season stuff [...]

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Tiny transmitters give retailers and privacy advocates goosebumps.

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Toshiba’s new hard disk can hold a full-length movie in a space the size of a nickel. You just have to use the right format: VCD.

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Can’t find the real photo? Use a generic, like CNN.

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We could have had the right flu shots this year, if it wasn’t for the FDA. Oops.

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The Saudis want WHAT?

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I made an error in my 12/12 USA Today column. Here are the details.

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Don’t be fooled by an Arizona sheriff who’s trying to be a school’s Big Brother. He doesn’t know what he’s doing.

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Sick. Not writing.

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Here’s how to stop spam: One-time-use e-mail addresses. Read on for details.

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Fudgie, we hardly knew ya.

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The Times weighs in on e-voting.

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I had low hopes for the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries. I learned my lesson after Starship Troopers. Boy, was I happy to be wrong.

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The Mars jinx strikes again.

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There are people who would open this? Seriously?

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Military interest?

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The first hit on a Google Search on the term “miserable failure” brings up the White House’s page “Biography of [...]

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Back in the ’70s the F-word may have been X-rated. In the New York Post’s world, it apparently still is.

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Nevada isn’t taking any chances with black-box voting machines.

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