Monthly Archives: September 2003

There are a bunch of sites offering the LOTR:Return Of The King Trailer.  Check the Slashdot links for the nearest and faster for you. Again, BitTorrent makes the files fly. From a posting on Slashdot.

Laura sends along this great article from the local paper: Think your job is hard? Try tagging angry moose. I’ve had some challenging jobs, but…

Elia Kazan, Influential Director, Is Dead at 94. “Elia Kazan was one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history.” “… to many in the arts, he was the best actor’s director there ever was.”  By … Continue reading →

Canadian Insurer to Acquire John Hancock in Stock Swap. John Hancock Financial Services, the 141-year-old Boston-based life insurer, agreed to be acquired by Manulife Financial of Canada for $11 billion. By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joseph B. Treaster. [New York … Continue reading →

Okay, a really bad choice of names, but Slashdot features links to a new fan film about the Matrix universe. I hope the bigwigs will recognize this for what it is – fan art – and not stop its distribution.  … Continue reading →

Remembering the People Who Give Back to the Net, and All of Us. “The Internet has become a grossly commercialized Wild West in so many ways. But the community spirit on which it was founded is alive and well. The … Continue reading →

It looks like RSS News Ticker needs the .NET framework as well as the GDI+ runtimes to work. “RSS News Ticker looks interesting. Windows.” From Scripting News.

I’m not even ready for the 101 course, yet. My sister Anne asked me if there was any way I could make a DVD of one of her videos for her. I don’t (yet) have a DVD recorder, but I … Continue reading →

Hope our network downtime didn’t cause concern. Laura and I disassembled the office and did some serious rearranging to make room for the new furniture, due soon. Rewiring cable internet, DSL, the house ethernet, the wireless, the web site, ftp … Continue reading →