An irreverent look at April 4 in history
On this day in 1581, Sir Francis Drake finished his journey around the world. For his efforts, Queen Elizabeth received a message from the Spanish government, saying Drake was nothing more than a...
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Lycos has released a screensaver that combats spam. It just tries to repeatedly download the web content of known spammers in hopes of driving up their bandwidth costs. I am famously opposed to screen...
View ArticleMaybe this is how Apple does it
Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend...
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Last week, a coworker and I had dinner with three representatives from a potential vendor. One said he was planning to celebrate his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Paris and Italy. It was...
View ArticleAn irreverent look at April 4 in history
On this day in 1581, Sir Francis Drake finished his journey around the world. For his efforts, Queen Elizabeth received a message from the Spanish government, saying Drake was nothing more than a...
View ArticleI\’d actually consider running a screensaver
Lycos has released a screensaver that combats spam. It just tries to repeatedly download the web content of known spammers in hopes of driving up their bandwidth costs. I am famously opposed to screen...
View ArticleMaybe this is how Apple does it
Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend...
View ArticleTraining future cassanovas
Last week, a coworker and I had dinner with three representatives from a potential vendor. One said he was planning to celebrate his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Paris and Italy. It was...
View ArticleRobert Rayford (Robert R): AIDS in St. Louis in the 1960s
The sad story of Robert Rayford (aka Robert R), the first documented victim of HIV/AIDS in the United States, shows that if timing had been a little bit different, the AIDS epidemic could have happened...
View ArticleAn irreverent look at April 4 in history
On this day in 1581, Sir Francis Drake finished his journey around the world. For his efforts, Queen Elizabeth received a message from the Spanish government, saying Drake was nothing more than a...
View ArticleI\’d actually consider running a screensaver
Lycos has released a screensaver that combats spam. It just tries to repeatedly download the web content of known spammers in hopes of driving up their bandwidth costs. I am famously opposed to screen...
View ArticleMaybe this is how Apple does it
Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend...
View ArticleTraining future cassanovas
Last week, a coworker and I had dinner with three representatives from a potential vendor. One said he was planning to celebrate his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Paris and Italy. It was...
View ArticleRobert Rayford (Robert R): AIDS in St. Louis in the 1960s
The sad story of Robert Rayford (aka Robert R), the first documented victim of HIV/AIDS in the United States, shows that if timing had been a little bit different, the AIDS epidemic could have happened...
View ArticleAn irreverent look at April 4 in history
On this day in 1581, Sir Francis Drake finished his journey around the world. For his efforts, Queen Elizabeth received a message from the Spanish government, saying Drake was nothing more than a...
View ArticleI’d actually consider running a screensaver
Lycos has released a screensaver that combats spam. It just tries to repeatedly download the web content of known spammers in hopes of driving up their bandwidth costs. I am famously opposed to screen...
View ArticleMaybe this is how Apple does it
Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend...
View ArticleTraining future cassanovas
Last week, a coworker and I had dinner with three representatives from a potential vendor. One said he was planning to celebrate his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Paris and Italy. It was...
View ArticleRobert Rayford (Robert R): AIDS in St. Louis in the 1960s
The sad story of Robert Rayford (aka Robert R), the first documented case of HIV/AIDS in the United States, shows that if timing had been a little bit different, the AIDS epidemic could have happened a...
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