April 2003

Oh, goodie… more spyware. Clientman bypasses many popular firewall programs and gathers private data for transmission back to its masters.

Are you a carbon unit? I am. We can identify ourselves with the Generic Humanoid Carbon Unit T-shirt .

I Want One Of Those is your one-stop shop for the cool gadgets that you don't really need—but you've just got to have.

The "Electronic Government Services Act" prohibits Ohio state agencies from providing information electronically if two or more private companies provide the same information for a fee. Ohio residents would essentially have to pay twice — once with their taxes, and again to a commercial firm — for the same information. If you're an Ohio resident, contact your state legislators and urge that the bill be withdrawn!

"Bookshare.org is an online community that enables people with visual and other print disabilities to legally share scanned books. It is designed exclusively for the use of the blind and other individuals with print related disabilities."

Backups are important — as I recently found out the hard way. If you use Movable Type for your blog, set up a template to auto-export all your Movable Type entries now!

In Glitches in the Matrix, Peter B. Lloyd takes a look at the technology and philosophy behind the mythology of The Matrix.