June 2003 - Posts

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RSS, Echo, and Dave Winer by Tim Marman

There's been a lot of back and forth about RSS and Echo and the role of Dave Winer recently. Robert's post in particular prompted this one. Microsoft has engaged in things that were, let's say, less than honorable in the past. Surely they're not the only...
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Well, I did it.. by Tim Marman

After a lot of debating, I bought the Acer C110TCi Tablet PC. I'll definitely be blogging about my experiences. I looked at it again today in the store (for the second time) and decided I wanted it. The Toshiba is nice, but the specs aren't as good, and...
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More on Tablet PCs by Tim Marman

A week or two back I blogged about the Tablet PCs I have been considering, and Jesse and Rob had some good feedback . I recently stumbled on the Acer TravelMate C110 , the first new Centrino Tablet PC. I know it's Acer, but the specs are quite impressive...
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The Real Spanish You Were Never Taught in School by Tim Marman

Mark is looking for spanish curse words . I don't speak Spanish (only a bit of Italian), but I can recommend the following two books. My buddy had them back in high school and they proved quite entertaining (and occasionally even useful). Mierda! and...
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Bill Gates on spam... by Tim Marman

The latest Microsoft executive e-mail just went out about Microsoft's committment to an anti-spam future. As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the things I immediately noticed was better spam filtering on Outlook 2003. It looks like by the time the...
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Metaphors for and Stories about Network Authentication by Tim Marman

How does Secure Conversation and Trust relate to Jack Daniels, PBRs and Bully Hill? Rebecca Dias uses a bar metaphor to help explain these WSE specs. [ Julia Lerman Blog ] Good metaphor for network authentication in general. Actually, on a related front...
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NYC .NET Developer's Group by Tim Marman

NYC .NET Developer's Group meeting tonight. Free pizza, free giveaways, and a chance to hear Ken Getz. I'm not terribly interested in the topic, but I've heard that Ken is a great speaker, so I'm sure it will be good. Robert is going . Samer is going...
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Agent Smith's Source Code by Tim Marman

Agent Smith's source code, from a friend in Ice : #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(){ int i; for(i=0;i<3;i++)printf("Me..\n"); if(fork()) printf("... me too"); } Haha.
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Tablet PCs... are they worth it yet? by Tim Marman

I'm going back to school in August. I have access to one (or two) laptops I could use, but I'm considering getting a laptop for myself. I was looking at the Tablet PCs today at J&R. I especially liked the Portege 3505 because it has a pretty big keyboard...
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The Promise of RSS by Tim Marman

Of course, this scenario depends on the power of RSS to compress time and drive productivity in the exchange of ideas and information. It's the next step in iterative development: self-selecting groups of users and developers in a regenerative mesh network...
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