18. June, 2002 - business, good, bad, and baseball
- Okay, so I did the update before midnight. Sorry, but I needed to get it done so I could sleep easier knowing you'd have fresh picks in the morning.
- McAfee Manufactures Virus Threat, Slashdot debunks. [fark!]
- Patently Absurd and The Smother of Invention. Two good articles from Forbes about the mess that is the patent office.
Too many patents are just as bad for society as too few.
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- We're Broke: The Economics of a Web Community - Rusty talks about how K5 is running out of money. And people suggest a lot of ways he could raise some cash, but few seem very viable in the real world.
- Counterpane's Crypto-Gram for June 2002 has some good reading. But it also has Schneier saying that people shouldn't be bashing Verisign. Which is interesting, since just about everything Verisign has done lately is bashworthy. And then later in the newsletter, I see the Counterpane Distribution Agreement with Verisign which leads me to wonder about Bruce's motives. But not very hard.
- Bigger twin more coy about stadium. There's a reason St. Paul may well end up with the new Twins stadium. And all of the costs and benefits associated with it. Minneapolis just isn't that interested, having been there, done that. It's a pretty good article analysing the current stadium situation in town. No mention of the Saints, but they don't really figure into any talks about a major league park.
Last night
before the Saints game, Tony the Bike Guy was riding a sweet Schwinn Stingray around the lot (it's green, even though the cheap digital camera doesn't capture that color so well). He stopped long enough for me to snarf a couple pictures. Apparently the bike (which was under $100 when I was a kid) is now worth over $2500. Notice the disc-brake, 5-speed shift lever, and shocks.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Mon, 17 Jun 2002 23:39:17.
