February 2003
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web content-management systems disappoint -
TechWeb [via RW]"61 percent of companies that have deployed [them] have gone back to manual processes for updating their sites"
1997 (new to me) story of a 767 running out of fuel at 41000 feet -
the Gimli Glider [via Link]or should that be 12500 metres?
give way to elephants -
SMH"reflectors will be attached to captive elephants in New Delhi to ensure they are visible to drivers at night"
yellow crazy ants
Anoplolepis gracilipes have reached northern Australia -
SMHTaiwan forces Microsoft to reduce prices, unbundle Office -
ZDnet [via /.]in the interests of "orderly trade, consumer benefits, fair competition and economic prosperity"
Google now offering content- as well search-based text ads -
sales pitch -
FAQ -
WMW threadif they can can match relevant ads to sites, I might be prepared to run them myself...
US telemarketers want to call people who don't want to be called -
ABCnews [via RW]"[US] telemarketers attempt 104 million calls a day"
travelling across Afghanistan with Arrian's Life of Alexander -
UK Times [via CR]Stiglitz on Bush's tax plan -
NYROBOpera versus Microsoft -
LinuxWorldJoe Barr on MSN deliberately mis-displaying for Opera users
IT problems in hospitals -
BaselineMag [via email]8500 patients at St Mary's Mercy were told they were dead
the music and film industries and the public -
NY Magazine"The veins on the necks of these execs are distended and throbbing, and they really have a hideous look in their eyes."
Paul Krugman dissects Bush's promises and lies -
CommonDreams [via RW]"credibility isn't just about punishing people who cross you. It's also about honoring promises, and telling the truth"
US humanitarian assistance plans for Iraq are classified -
UPI [via Google]Likud in coalition with Shinui and NRP in Israel -
Economistbut no dismantling of illegal settlements... and no buses on Saturdays, either
US hints to weapons inspectors are bullshit -
WCCO [via LiberalArtsMafia]US intelligence is "circumstantial, outdated or just plain wrong"
Australia's oldest human remains 40 000 years old, not 60 000 -
New Scientist [via AWW]now consistent with other archaeological evidence and Out of Africa theory
Australia has relatively low taxes among advanced economies -
SMHa deceitful study by chartered accountants KPMG pretends otherwise
the drought in NSW is breaking, here come the floods -
SMH"Mudgee recorded more than 200 millimetres of rain over the weekend - almost half its total falls for all of last year"
"floodwaters drowned more than 400 sheep"
WG Sebald's non-fiction: On the Natural History of Destruction -
Guardian review [via CR]raunchy teen fiction -
Guardian [via RW]"In Gossip Girl, you see, sex, drugs and rampant bulimia are presented not as 'issues', but as business as usual."
my modem died, hence the paucity of updates over the weekend -
new modemWashington Post off by 4 orders of magnitude -
MemoryHole [via RW]"Thousands Worldwide Protest War in Iraq"
"Programmers are Like Artists": an interview with Bruce Perens -
Businessweek [via /.]"The only way to stop open source is to make it illegal."
Christropher Hitchens on ethnic partitions -
the Atlantic [via CR]Laos villagers going online with bike-power, WiFi -
CNN [via CAA]UK cracking down on online prescription drug advertising -
Register [via WMW]new discoveries about gamma-ray bursts -
Eureka [via RW]Eric Raymond's web site's randomly redirecting to EFF/LI/FSF/etc? -
try it [via Link]recording companies want to scan all Aus university computers -
SMH [via Link]central London webcams went off-line during anti-war demonstration -
Register [via Link]pseudo-history is alive and well, sigh -
two AWW commentson "Veritas" TV series and a Stonehenge find
Google beats Coke, Apple, etc. in brand poll -
Yahoo [via WMW]I was in New Zealand February 1st to 19th -
trip writeupChristchurch; Dunedin; Stewart Island; Kepler Track; Darrans & Milford; Mt Cook; Christchurch
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