2005 May

RFID tags seem to be gaining new uses all the time. While I worry about their misuse in terms of individual privacy they do help in many other ways such as retail inventory, cargo tracking, etc.

The manufacturer of a drug used in treating Parkinson’s disease is named in a class action suit alleging it causes compulsive gambling.
Now, before you throw a hissy fit over stupid, American, tort lawsuits, let me point out two things:

…and, if you are really lucky, a full body cavity search.
#180 is ready for his civic commitment. Today I showed up at the courthouse to report for jury duty and, of course, had to wait in line to go through the metal detector - and this got me thinking. We desperately need to improve our […]

Hmm, is it, or isn’t it? I don’t think Microsoft is really sure. A couple of weeks ago MS pulled its support for a US gay rights bill. Now Steve Ballmer (CEO) says that Microsoft is going to back it. I wonder which way it will go next week?
Since Microsoft changes its […]

Wired News: Pharming Out-Scams Phishing
It’s hard to tell which end of the security spectrum is advancing faster, the good guys who provide protection from cyber-criminals or the criminals themselves.
The big prize in the Internet scamming world is personal information. Spam and phising have been around for a while, and vendors like Mozilla have even […]

Wired News: Do You Speak Tech?
Those of us not afraid to call ourselves geeks have long been proud of our command of “geek-speak”. We knew the difference between ROM and RAM. We understood why a 32 bit application wouldn’t run on a 16 bit system.
But these days the acronyms are flying […]

Google
Those people at Google never stop coming up with new ways to explore the World Wide Web. Now in beta, Google Suggest.
It’s sort of like the familiar Google search, with one weird little twist.

What is it about washing clothes? In my family my wife is the one who does it most of the time. It’s not that I’m not willing to do so but it seems that every time I do I end up not doing it to her standards. I wash the wrong clothes or wrong colours […]