Monday, August 26, 2002

Searching for remote control software for clients. NetOp Remote was the pick of this PC Magazine review. However, friends also recommend I check out Radmin from Famatech. Looks impressive!

In considering a book about email, my complaint has always been “The Answers Are Out There,” yeah, I know, not original, but true. Here’s an example, explaining the structure of mail files. However, “out there” and put together in a comprehensive whole, if possible, is another matter.

Peter Coffee is sick and tired and he’s not going to take it anymore. Read his column on “Apollo 11, the 747 and .Net? No Way”. Way to go.

Sunday, August 25, 2002

Man, am I sore. Spent the afternoon trimming the hedges around Roche Manor. 95% done

Had another brief call from Whil, refining his ideas. The boy never stops!

Homebrew movies latest cinematic genre according to this CNN article.

An interesting study of Free/Libre/Open Source Software conducted by the International Institute of Infonomics, part of the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. FLOSS is a cute acronym. I wonder if they’ll prove it fights cavities or prevents plaque build-up.

Saturday, August 24, 2002

Yet another Saturday working on the house. Installed the last of the screens for the porch. End of the first major DIY job and I still have all my fingers. There were a hundred things I really wanted to do better, do over, do differently, but the goal is to get the job done. Always a tough lesson for a perfectionist. It’s said that the project manager’s job is to know when to shoot the engineer and ship the project. Bang.

Spent hours on the phone with my publisher and friend, Whil Hentzen, planning and plotting “What Comes Next.” No answers, mainly questions.