GeoURL
Try GeoURL – add some meta info to you website, and add your URL to the GeoURL database… then you can find websites close to you, and even get it as an RSS feed.
The Cigar
An aquaintance of mine has written a nice piece about the art of cigar smoking for beginners. As always, a wonderfully written monologue, with a quaintness that can only be expressed by him.
Ever wanted to know how to cut a cigar? light a cigar? select a cigar? Read his article. [...]
Bob Cringly on the Bus
Cringly writes another excellent article: Go to the Back of the Bus:
Intel’s Plan to Crush Competitors by Making More and More of Your Next PC
. A very nice history of the computer bus, and where it’s going. a small excerpt:HyperTransport is interesting, but it is really no threat to Intel. What is the [...]
AOL patents Instant Messaging
MSNBC has an article on the whole thing. The patent, filed January 27, 1997. There are 202 claims, which makes this an unbelievably detailed patent, and nearly uninforcable, since most of these claims will not be fulfilled by any given product. I’d wager to sya that ICQ doesn’t even fulfill all of [...]
Cairo museum unveils lost treasures
Treasures in the Egyptian Museum have been unveiled. A show on MSNBC will be aired December 15th.