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December 6, 1989:

December 6, 2002 by Michael Boyle

December 6, 1989:

In Memoriam.

Tags: December 6, Personal

My new phone

December 4, 2002 by Michael Boyle

My new phone

was a bit of an extavagance, but still, so far it’s da bomb. I don’t mind spending money up front – but I’m going to have to monitor carefully to make sure I don’t spend too much in bandwidth.

Tags: Mobile, Palm

You’ve probably heard

November 30, 2002 by Michael Boyle

You’ve probably heard

about it for years, but I never imagined that it could still be seen: Doug Engelbart’s 1968 Demo is available on the net. “On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962.” This presentation was the first public demonstration of the mouse, and featured tons of other historical goodies as well. [via Boing Boing]

Tags: Boing Boing, History

Wow. There’s so much asstalk

November 27, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Wow. There’s so much asstalk

in this Globe article about weblogs that you’d have to say it’s more ass than talk. It’s hard to believe, really, that the premise itself should be taken seriously, let alone the opinions expressed about it.

Tags: Blogging

Dear but obviously deluded MJ

November 25, 2002 by Michael Boyle

Dear but obviously deluded MJ

suggests that all dogs descended from three original Eve dogs, but then the poor fellow refers to the Pug as the most noble and perfect breed. While it is true that his Jack is a handsome beast, it is certainly a stretch to consider the Pug the noblest of them all when there are Basenjis in the world. Specifically, the Basenji to the right, named Jordie.

Tags: Basenji, Funny, Personal

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