Monthly Archives: September 2003

Invasive Justice.

Posted on 9/30/2003 by Dylan

The FBI has been telling some journalists to turn over their notes, email messages, and sources, secretly — and we have the Patriot Act to thank for this new attack on the First Amendment. Continue reading →

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Genre: Mid Night Shooting

Posted on 9/30/2003 by Dylan

Poetically fractured English from a Japanese catalog site, for a video game / vibrator: “There are a color, a form, and a motion in all sound.” Continue reading →

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3G can make you sick.

Posted on 9/30/2003 by Dylan

Exposure to 3G radiation can cause nausea, headache — and improved alertness. Continue reading →

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Tablet toddler test.

Posted on 9/29/2003 by Dylan

A Tablet PC, with its direct stylus-to-screen interface, is ideal for toddlers. Just make sure you keep the spray bottles hidden away. Continue reading →

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New tweney report: Spamfighters.

Posted on 9/22/2003 by Dylan

I’ve posted a new issue of the tweney report: Spamfighters. This issue also went out via email to 2,647 subscribers. Although I’ve not published much lately, the bounce rate is pretty low — only a handful of defunct email addresses … Continue reading →

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Camera-phone sales boom.

Posted on 9/22/2003 by Dylan

According to a research firm called Strategy Analytics, sales of digital camera-equipped cell phones have, for the first time, exceeded sales of standalone digital cameras: Mobile Commerce World.com “Mobile phone makers shipped 25 million handsets with built-in cameras worldwide in … Continue reading →

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Spamfighters

Posted on 9/21/2003 by Dylan Tweney

One sad side effect of online life is that the longer you stick around, the more spam you get. This is particularly true if your email address appears online in any clear, unobscured form [Why Am I Getting All This … Continue reading →

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Seaport insecurity.

Posted on 9/19/2003 by Dylan

A four-month investigation by Baseline magazine shows that security in shipping ports is almost nonexistent. Continue reading →

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Banjo history.

Posted on 9/19/2003 by Dylan

Stephen Wade talks about oldtime American music and the banjo. Continue reading →

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E-Mail on the Cheap

Posted on 9/14/2003 by Dylan Tweney

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WANTED to give e-mail accounts to each of its pilots, flight attendants and ground-crew workers—critical employees who needed to be in the corporate loop but didn’t even have computers. The problem: It would have been prohibitively expensive to … Continue reading →

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