Month: February 2005

Server is now running Apache 2.0.53…fresh and hot this morning. [here]

I am throwing the glove down.
I want your best takes on Louie Louie, that song that every band has played at least once. Versions that make the original pale and run screaming.
Some rules.

1. Has to be recognizable as Louie, Louie
2. Has to be available somewhere
3. No reggae

My contender — The Sonics. In comparison, the “seminal” version by Black Flag version is wussy and weak. And given that The Sonics recorded theirs in 1966, it just proves that this band was the genesis of driving, power garage punk.
Bring them on.

…so posting will be lighter than today. Have a few things to clean up….ugh!

I am heading out to meet with clients in the Seattle area on February 23 and 24. Will be a good time and I get to talk to a lot of cool companies while I am there.

Why, oh why, does Windows suck?
I wish I knew…
Off to install my 87 new critical security patches…still haven’t gotten an offer from anyone to ship me a WiFi enabled Linux Laptop, or a PowerBook for testing and “paid” blogging purposes…

If I had a cube (Note to self — never work for a company with an OPEN floor plan again), this would be the show I would watch.
My work area, no matter where it is, always has that post-apocalyptic je ne sais quoi to it…

Wil Wheaton. We all made fun of him when he was Wesley.
Now, he is an Adult. About my age (Ok, same age as my corporate VP younger brother). Same concerns, habits, pets, job interviews, hobbies and clubs we all have.
And he writes very well.
Read this to make your day.

Hans Henrik raises an interesting question in his blog: Is google ranking the results from blogs differently than for static pages?
If they are, then this begs the question, when will we see a blog search tool from Google? You know they have to working on one. They would be silly not too, especially given the move by Ask Jeeves this week.

Darren Barefoot posted about Google Maps.
Ummmm…wow. What more can I say? Clear precise maps. Great zooming. Clear directions. Took all of the best from everyone else and … well, wow.
Interesting comment from Jeremy Zawodny. And he works at Yahoo!, which had my go to map application for many years.
More comments from Geek News Central here.
John Battelle woke up and noticed it too! [here]
Ok, the Head Lemur sums it up. [here]
Ummm…wow. My hometown. No street maps, but it’s on the map!
But I still won’t work for you.

Seth Godin thinks Google Maps sexy too. [here]

Hence the need to target those frivolous Asbestos Lawsuits…
W.R. Grace indicted over asbestos claims.
I mentioned this a while back…some people close to The Obsfucator are tied to this asbestos thing.
I have no sympathy for the asbestos industry. A high-school friend of mine lost his father due to a one-time, one-day exposure to asbestos 30 years ago. This material is hyper-dangerous.
It killed Warren Zevon. [here] ‘Nuff said.