Spam in der U-Bahn

http://www.spamreaper.org/etaoin/CatsAndCoffee/SpamMetroBerlin.jpg

What's with Slashdot?

I found this in the usenet:

Well, for several months, my firewall's been getting strange probes from Slashdot itself:

http://www.spamreaper.org/etaoin/slashdot.html

Who is OSTG?

I took this From one online publication:

About OSTG

OSTG (Open Source Technology Group), formerly known as OSDN, is the cornerstone of the Open Source movement and the leading online network for IT managers and development professionals. OSTG's technology-focused sites include Slashdot.org, SourceForge.net, ITManagersJournal.com, NewsForge.com, Linux.com and freshmeat.net. OSTG also owns ThinkGeek.com, the leading retailer for innovative technology products, and the MediaBuilder network, featuring AnimationFactory.com, a leading online- image content provider. The network serves more than 238 million page views and 16 million unique visitors a month. OSTG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of VA Software Corp. Find out more about OSTG at www.ostg.com.

About VA Software Corp.

VA Software Corporation (Nasdaq: LNUX), OSTG's parent company, is at the center of today's technology revolution, inciting innovation by empowering the IT and development communities with information, community support and software. VA Software is the creator of SourceForge. SourceForge.net is the global nexus for the Open Source community with over 88,000 Open Source projects and more than 921,000 registered users. SourceForge Enterprise Edition is used to manage and optimize distributed development across the enterprise. For company information, visit www.vasoftware.com.

Progressive Deutschland - Personalvermittlung im ICT-Sektor

Broadcast Equipment - Manufacture

IT jobs in the UK and Europe - OSTG

http://ukjobs.ostg.com/

Hi-performance re-engineering of classic toys and gadgets

Found at Slashdot

http://www.quirkle.com/puzzle/index.htm

Flashblock for Mozilla and Firefox

If you use Mozilla or Firefox, you have to try out this little thingy. It blocks all flash content, but enables you to click to view the flash content. EXTREMLY helpful with dreaded websites like washpost. Really nice, because you can still enjoy ZeFrank.

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

And if it is still blinking everywhere, type about:config in the address bar, go to image.animation_mode and change it once or to none.

BTW: If you still don't use Firefox, get it today.

No Microsoft for Tony

I applied at Microsoft and was considering moving to Redmond to work for MS.

But I no longer think, that is what I want to do. First of all I have been considering the economic situation and I think it is going downstream for the US. It is not all Sunshine and Roses in the Rest of the world, but I think I will be better of in a different country.

But second of all, MS is only hiring people from abroad, who can apply for the TN Visa (I think that is people from Canada, Mexico) or the H1B Visa (Typically, this means that you have a 4 year degree in computer science or equivalent for the technical positions MS offers). Neither one can be applied for me...

http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/archive/2004/03/23/94583.aspx

In related news:

I was trying to get a job within the group I currently work in a company in Scotland, but that doesn't seem to be a possibility. But I have been told, that I could apply for work at a group company in Canada, I think I will try that.

If this company in Canada doesn't want me, then I'm back to square one. I don't know what I want to do. I might want to start a company, I might want to work for Microsoft or Harman, I might want to move New Zealand.

But I don't know.

Wenn die Deutsche Bahn ein Schranke ersetzen muss..

http://www.wdr.de/themen/verkehr/schiene/emmerich_elten/

Titanic VR

A nice flash applet on the National Geographic site makes it possible for you to take a look at the bow of the Titanic.

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/feature5/zoomify/main.html

Mikehall - Featured embedded blog of the week

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/

CreateDigitalMusic - Featured music blog of the week

http://createdigitalmusic.com

Bill Gates doesn't know who made 'Finding Nemo'?

"Q: Steve Jobs has said consumers aren't going to watch video on tiny screens. Is he wrong?
A:Yes. Ask kids in the back of a car on a two-hour trip, "Hey, would you like to have your videos there?" My kids would. I guess Steve's kids just listen to Bach and Mozart. But mine, they want to watch Finding Nemo. I don't know who made that, but it's really a neat movie."

http://www.fscklog.com/2004/09/bill_gates_i_gu.html

Ok, 'Finding Nemo' has been made by Pixar, and I think the CEO is a guy called Steve Jobs...

Ihre Eingabe enth&a uml;ltung&u uml;ltige Zeichen

http://www.fehler10.com/2004/09/ung252ltige_zei.html

Tschuess Deutschland?

Go Limited?

http://www.go-limited.de/

The Core Essence of Information

The Core Essence of Information is for me, knowing where the information I get is coming from. If Robert Scoble writes, that MSN Spaces isn't the Blog system he want's to use, than it is something different than, say, Linus Torvald saying he doesn't want to use MSN Spaces (Ok, Linus might be a bad example, but you get the drift)

Now here I find the this (in many points) very stupid policy on blogs by a unnamed newspaper. What really trips me of is the "Such publication of personal opinion casts doubt on their impartiality, ultimately calling into question the newspaper's commitment to fairness." part. If I know, where the staff at the newspaper stands, I know if it's really impartial what they write.

http://dougharper.blogspot.com/2004/09/short-good-bye.html

[Update] I would like to point out, that I don't agree with most of the views expressed in Doug Harpers blog other postings. But hey, now I now where he stands.

Moroder

"I don't know, Donna, just wail something… 'I feel love'? Anything, really, I'm just trying to get this bassline right. No, listen, it's harder than it sounds."

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2004/12/moroder-week-pt-1-i-didnt-know-he-did.html

Why Do I Blog

Well, Doc Searls knows the reason:

[...] I blogged because doing cc: world was cooler and more leveraged than doing cc: (some finite group of people). it's still like that. I literally see blogging as emailing to everybody.

http://sandhill.typepad.com/sandhill_trek/2004/11/why_do_we_blog.html

Why Do We Blog

Chris Locke

Before I was a blogger, I was a zinester. I started Entropy Gradient Reversals while I was working for IBM because their stupid fucking PR fascists wouldn't let me write. I thought they were way too clueless to discover my zine on the net -- it was, after all, the IBM Internet Division -- but I was wrong about that. Fortunately, I resigned for different reasons (recurring homicidal fantasies) 30 seconds before their lawyers were about to come down on my ass. I'll skip the part where the security dogs sniffed out my office for C4. Good thing all that was before 9/11, or I'd be writing this from a federal pen.

http://sandhill.typepad.com/sandhill_trek/2004/11/why_do_we_blog.html

Best practices for programming in C

Here are some style guides from IBM for the language C.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/hook_duttaC.html

All that I write are my opinions...

Don't you dare assume they might be shared by anyone else.

Disclaimer: This blog represents the official view of the voices in my head

http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/fun.html