14. June, 2003 - I said I MIGHT take the weekend off
- Friday the 13th, full moon bring out the weirdos. Me, I stayed home and watched a movie. Guess I’m not that weird, eh? [fark!]
- According to Slashdot, there’s No Business Like SCO Business. It’s a good wrap-up of the various stories. SCO prepares to expand Linux fight is CNET’s round-up of the stories.
- FTC: Blame Foreigners for Spam, and they’d like more power to deal with foreign spammers. I still don’t think laws are the way to deal with spam, but best of luck to 'em.
- Loopholes frustrate Texans on No Call List, which was pretty much the case with the Do Not Call list here in MN. I’ve resorted to putting up a veritable Maginot Line on my phone, and when the telemarketers and junk-faxers start getting through that, I plan to print up a new raft of business cards and unplug all the phones on the landline. I don’t know if I’ll have people call the cell, or just get an answering service yet, but phones are just too much of a pain in the ass. [fark!]
- Switching cell phone carriers? Read this first! It’s a pretty good summary of what will be changing in the cell-phone world in the next year or so. [gizmodo]
- IE for the Mac is dead. Well. There it is, then. I’ll be back to being free of Microsoft software on my Macintoshes again.
- Worried about someone stealing your computer? Try this concrete casemod. Though the author does recommend never plugging it in again, which may hurt your productivity a bit. [boing boing]
- Run a small business? Think you’re under unfair or excessive regulation? The Small Business Administration Ombudsman's Office is supposed to help.
- Says here that computer jobs are as rare as mainframes. I’ve heard that from various people, too. The common thread seems to be that these are people who haven’t added something new to their résumés while they were unemployed. I see plenty of work out there, but a lot of it needs skills that people don’t have. [strib]
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Sat, 14 Jun 2003 08:53:55.