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404 translations and salutations

Thursday, January 30th, 2003

Can’t find that file? You’re not alone. Webservers all across the world have problems finding files for inappropriately specified URLs (either through typos, linkrot, or whatever). Ibiblio.org has a page that proves it’s the same thing in different languages (and dialects).
If that’s not enough 404 fun for one day, check out the 404 Research [...]

What do the weather and the mail have in common?

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003

Like the United States Postal Service, the National Weather Service has made the switch to Linux.
Specifically, the weather gurus are using Red Hat Linux (woohoo!) — and they have even replaced both traditional UNIX and Microsoft Windows desktops with Gnome, fortified with the OpenOffice.org suite.
Also of note is the fact that the newly-formed government [...]

The Raleigh update

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003

Police around the area are planning on placing strategic speeding stings around the city of Raleigh. They’re planning on doing everything from the overt to going as far as sitting in unmarked cars in random people’s driveways so that they can catch those who exceed the speed limit. The article includes the names of the [...]

Meta-madness

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003

Everyone’s favorite epitome of journalistic prowess and hard-hitting, relevant news (heh), USA Today, has evidently uncovered a breaking news story which uncovers the world’s most popular phrase on the rise. The daily paper read by over nine million (per month) has discovered that the prefix "Meta" forms the coolest lingo.
Sure, Google now has over 7.2 [...]

Super bowl sum-up

Sunday, January 26th, 2003

I ended up watching the Super Bowl with a few friends out in the middle of Cary. As Tampa had the coach who was previously with the Raiders, it was as though he could forsee nearly every move from his new opponents, and the score simply reflected this fact.
Unfortunately, the team from California lost. [...]

Superb owl

Saturday, January 25th, 2003

A space matters. If you place it right before the "o" in "superbowl", you have a wonderfully amazing woodland bird. Move the space over to the left one character and you have a party that does not necessarily have anything to do with football (but can).
This year, I have been invited to no less than [...]

Mel Gibson’s new film

Saturday, January 25th, 2003

A friend at work mentioned something to me (and the rest of us at the lunch table) about a new film Mel Gibson is currently directing overseas. It’s supposed to be a historical re-enactment of an important figure who had a large impact on the timeline as we know it. Mel Gibson is striving for [...]