Thursday, 29 January 2004

WHOOPIE! "A German brewery has developed a beer containing vitamins and minerals it says are designed to slow the aging process."

Wednesday, 28 January 2004

His Billness will be so pleased.
"SCO has become the most hated company in the tech world, surpassing, at least temporarily, Microsoft Corp." Gosh, what did they expect? Taking on the entire Linux community! Well, it's a little matter of US$ 5 billion...
Wired's February issue has a good story on India's emergence as a software superpower, and the resulting angst in the American IT industry.
Google Bombing. Man, i posted about this ages ago! And i wasn't exactly on the ball. One of the claimants for First Google Bomb has a page dated April 2001. Where does that leave this article on the San Francisco Chronicle?

Tuesday, 27 January 2004

Two more for the MBAs in my life. Daniel Radosh's Power Point Anthology of Literature and this, from Radosh's blog.

Monday, 26 January 2004

Advertising on the web is, sadly, still largely banner ads, those damn pop-ups and email spam. So a site like Trojan Games is refreshingly different. Funny, painstakingly detailed, it is just the sort of thing that prompts people to pass URLs around. (It is distinctly adult content, but no, it's not indecent. IMHO.)

Saturday, 24 January 2004

Been there, done that. :-)
You mean there was ten tons of cold beer just lying there and no one told me?
If all goes the way i want it to, i'm never gonna apply for a job again. At least not a cubicle farm-type job. Because if i do, i won't be in a position to write a letter to my prospective employers like this one at J-Fly. An extract: "If you throw me into an office the size of a bathroom without fresh air or windows, further blighted by the negative energy of seven other disgruntled employees--all the while enjoying the airy, bright, billowy ambiance of your own private office with imported bamboo furniture and soft sofas with beaded pillows, I believe you should reconsider your choice in candidates."

Friday, 23 January 2004

Another Social Networking site pops up to join the likes of Friendster, Ryze, Meetup, et al. And this one should be taken seriously, because it has Google's backing.