Entries from December 2004

Would YOU Fly Northwest?

Posted 12/30/04

Northwest traps passengers — AGAIN.

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Pathetic and Insensitive Quote of the Day

Posted 12/29/04

“This is the equivalent of a medical tsunami — there was no warning put out whatsoever on this apparently benign, [...]

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Wait — Even Lower

Posted 12/28/04

I was wrong. CNN gets even lower.

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A Low for CNN

Posted 12/28/04

CNN’s news judgement is, well, pathetic.

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Thing I Learned Today

Posted 12/28/04

So THAT’S what cheerleaders shake.

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Meet Stephanie

Posted 12/28/04

Meet Stephanie Kwolek.

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Understanding Electron “Clouds”

Posted 12/28/04

Staring at my ceiling, literally, I saw a great analogy for the electron “cloud” that quantum physics describes.

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A Graph I Found Interesting

Posted 12/27/04

Temperature since the 19th century.

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Silly Things that Impress Me

Posted 12/27/04

A simple thing like stain-proof fabric is pretty cool in action.

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Giants vs. the Refs

Posted 12/19/04

Referees kill Giants, but that’ll change.

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Now AOL’s Stealing Ad Campaigns

Posted 12/19/04

AOL’s new ad looks disturbingly familiar.

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Numbers Sell

Posted 12/18/04

Gateway responds to my criticism of its marketing.

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The First Spam!

Posted 12/14/04

My spam project got its first piece of unsolicited junk.

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It’s a Matter of Patience

Posted 12/13/04

I once said that AOL was doomed. Wired found that funny. Now I get to smirk a bit.

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More Mac-User Logic

Posted 12/9/04

New examples of Mac-user logic.

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The Spam Project: My New Thing

Posted 12/8/04

I’m trying a spam project — let’s see when a brand-new address starts getting junk, and from whom.

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Thunderbird Thoughts

Posted 12/6/04

The Thunderbird mail client is terrific.

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MacDailyNews Dumps the Mac

Posted 12/6/04

Looks like Mac Daily News gave up on its Mac server and jumped to Linux.

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More Priceless Mac-User Comments

Posted 12/5/04

This is so funny I have to share it. Jeremy Bolton, Defender of All Things Mac, wrote: Again, Mr. Kantor, [...]

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Oh, I Should Point This Out

Posted 12/5/04

I know that the Mac folks are desperate to believe that everyone is out to get them. They have these [...]

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