Entries from November 2004

Lycos Takes on Spammers

Posted 11/29/04

Lycos’s screensaver attacks spammers (gently).

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Great (Tech) Expectations

Posted 11/25/04

Some more detail about my MBNA experience.

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USA Today Column Follow-Ups

Posted 11/25/04

I’ve added the ability for people (that is, you) to comment on my USA Today columns — at least the [...]

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Who Do You See?

Posted 11/24/04

What on earth makes people think the “face” in the sandwich is Mary’s?

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The Right Image

Posted 11/22/04

Maybe they have a different sort of communication in mind.

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Verizon and Caller ID

Posted 11/21/04

When Verizon calls, it comes up as “Pay Phone” on Caller ID.

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The Shadow

Posted 11/19/04

The complete text of the intro to The Shadow

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When Bigger Is Worse

Posted 11/18/04

The problem with a big national debt.

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Copyright

Posted 11/18/04

An exceedingly long piece on copyright issues!

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A Comparison of Bosses

Posted 11/18/04

It’s amazing how different two supervisors can be.

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TiVo Talk

Posted 11/18/04

Real life doesn’t have an Instant Replay button.

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I hope they get it right

Posted 11/18/04

Here’s hoping for accuracy.

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How the government supresses scientists

Posted 11/6/04

Today, at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing’s annual briefing, I listened to Curt Gottfried, chair of the [...]

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Amusing sign of the day

Posted 11/6/04

Funny sign I saw today walking through the under-construction section of the airport here in Arkansas: “Welding in Progress. DO [...]

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All right, still testing

Posted 11/6/04

I’m still trying to iron out the wrinkles of posting via e-mail. The problem is that I’m not using any [...]

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Absence of evidence

Posted 11/4/04

Heard an interesting thing on the news today. It spoke of the before-the-election controversy about “black box voting” — electronic [...]

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Exava?

Posted 11/4/04

As someone who researches till he’s blue in the face — or at least blue in the fingers — before [...]

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Blogging via the mail

Posted 11/4/04

This is yet another test, and possibly the last, of posting via e-mail. I use Movable Type, probably the most [...]

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