Monthly Archives: March 2005

Petals around the Rose

A mind boggling (for some) puzzle. It took me 2 days to figure it out – with substantial hints from my wife, who figured it out on her 2nd try. Tweet

Quite possibly he hardest puzzle in the galaxy

my brains hurt! Tweet

Novell Announces Enhancements for GroupWise

“Novell to deliver new product features, 10-year extended support commitment and pre-bundled Linux with upcoming version of leading collaboration product” At this week’s BrainShare conference, Novell made some nice announcements about GroupWise. Announced upcoming features are: enhanced client code for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and the Web, support for Microsoft Outlook, and new SOAP/XML interfaces to [...]

HP sues ink refillers

News.com reports on the HP lawsuits against Rhinotek and InkCycle. Looks like now HP is just using it’s patent arsenal to force refillers to list their cartridges as “used” and “refilled” – which only seems fair, as it allows consumers to make an educated comparison. I just hope it’s not foreshadowing of bigger and more [...]

Folding cloth for fun and profit

http://www.cs.hut.fi/~demi/cloth_folding.mpeg – another piece of evidence in the web is a weird place file… Tweet

What kind of dog are you?

Apparently, I’m a collie…. What kind of dog are you? (click on the link to the right) Tweet

Homestar Runner – Stinkoman Game

The Brothers Chaps have done it again with their Stinkoman Game. I’ve already put in about three hours and haven’t made it past level one! If you are not yet familiar with their wildly funny HomeStar Runner site, you’ll definitely want to check it out. If you are, the H* wiki can help you get [...]

How to Kill a Mockingbird

How to Kill a Mockingbird is a great time-efficient time waster – you won’t spend forever trying to defeat that elusive level, but the time saved may be spent rolling on the floor laughing. The only thing that can make a timeless tale like “To Kill a Mockingbird” better is pirates, flying burning sharks, and [...]

VoIP for the masses?

The Washing Post has a story on how Texas is suing Vonage because someone who failed to activate the 911 feature was unable to make 911 calls from their VoIP line. I thought it was interesting that this was one of the few articles that points out that: “Vonage notifies customers twice during the subscription [...]

Another nail in the coffin for traditional telecom?

Another interesting announcement at CTIA was Motorola’s announcement of their Cellular Residential Gateway. Even though the sign next to it in the Wireless Home exhibit announced “Shipping Now”, details on it are murky with no sign of it on Motorola’s website. It appears to be similar to a cable modem/wireless router, but replacing the cable [...]