Somehow, while I recognize the whole WorldCom thing to be a really bad thing, it doesn’t seem that important to my life. Perhaps it has to do with the level of cynicism I already harbor with regards to the current state of the global economy and financial systems, or perhaps simply its lack of relevance and direct impact on my existence (especially with the hours I’ve been putting recently at work).
I’m not quite sure where my time is going now adays. I’m not really browsing the web as much as I used to. I’ve weaned myself off of boingboing, mefi, and just about everything else. I absolutely have no life to speak of, and even though I’m pulling some long hours, there are still large chunks of time that seem missing.
Before I get back to work (deadlines), here’s some random crap I’ve found over the past few weeks (I’ve been really lazy about getting these up):
- The Transformers Archive – The entire original series, #1-80, plus the Headmasters Miniseries and movie tie-in. Pretty impressive. Scarily enough is that somewhere in a garage, I still have about 3/4 of those issues. Transformers were the first comics I got, and sort of kicked of a few years where I got really into comics and illustration.
- John Dvorak, king of moronic tech filler and exceptionally clueless punditry (even for a tech columnist) blasts Apple’s new ad campaign primarily by insulting and mocking the physical appearance of the people in the ads. He questions whether Mike (sic) is a real person (it’s Mark bonehead), is mean to KCRW’s Liza Richardson seemingly just out of spite, blasts Dave Haxton for his glasses and pocket protector and asks who could possibly identify with him (*bangs on Dvorak with clue stick* – perhaps all those UNIX guys and programmers who are switching to Macs in droves thanks to OSX? I personally know at least a half dozen people who would never have considered using a Mac until OSX, but are now happily chugging away on TiBooks or iBooks), and then finally ends complaining about Aron (sic) being creepy looking in his photo. Hey, if you really wanted to find out why he switched instead of presuming, why don’t you read the web page Aaron put up about it? God. Reading Dvorak articles makes me understand how some people can so venomously hate Katz. Same effect, I must imagine. (oh, and as far as execution, the Register did it better (and got the names right at least). in school they kick you out for plagiarism)
- warchalking looks pretty cool (it hit /. the other day). Of course, there are also more high-tech options, like netstumbler. Of course, what I don’t get about that is that it seems you’d have to be online to access the ap db.
- The new Matrox Parhelia is out, and while it has neat features and I’ll probably get one (can’t live w/o real dual monitors on Win2K), even at it’s steep price and (at least for the price) relatively mediocre performance.
- Apple Service Manuals – pretty nifty if you need to do any digging.
- k5 has some articles on our favorite dead horse, copyrights and ip: The RIAA, Fair Use, and You, Digital Rights Managment: Promoting Science and Art, or Monopoly Power?
- /. reports on ScummVM developments. Some interesting talk, and of course a pointer to the project on sourceforge
Oh, which leads to one last bit that’s just really damn cool news. Toys for Bob, the guys behind the original Star Control games have made an official announcement of a port of the 3DO version of Star Control 2 to Mac, Linux, and Windows. Star Control 2, for those who might not be aware, is one of the best computer games ever made. (shacknews has some comments too).