] Once the fried dough embodiment of hot and fresh, Krispy
] Kreme has transformed its original glazed doughnut into a
] new frozen beverage for summer.

Now you can drink your doughnuts. Coming soon, the intravenous doughnut.

Krispy Kreme introduces glazed doughnut frozen beverage - Jul. 21, 2004

] South Korea has been pushing the U.S. Central
] Intelligence Agency to change the way it spells
] President Roh Moo-hyun's last name, but the CIA
] is sticking to its guns, the embassy said on Sunday.

] In an online directory and in its World Fact Book, a
] standard reference, the CIA spells it "No," rather than
] "Roh," the Korean leader's preference.

] The State Department also uses the transliteration on
] its Web site.

Central Intelligence.

Yahoo! News - South Koreans Won't Take CIA's 'No' for an Answer

These people are suing Google for trademark infringement.

My end of the world sense is tingling. Googles from the Goo. The Grey Goo?! The future does not need this..

googles.com from goo

] ICANN should see DNS Whois for what it is, a relic of a
] simpler time, and focus instead on the IP address Whois
] systems, where their efforts might reap meaningful
] results.

After the drama Decius stirred up last week (see the politech list) Circle ID offered to feature an article from him about the DNS Whois issue. Here it is.

DNS WHOIS: Barking Up the Wrong Tree

] One of the cheapest Linux computers you can buy brand new
] (not at a garage sale) is the Linksys WRT54G, an 802.11g
] wireless access point and router that includes a
] four-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and can be bought for as
] little as $69.99 according to Froogle. That's a heck of a
] deal for a little box that performs all those functions,
] but a look inside is even more amazing. There you'll find
] a 200 MHz MIPS processor and either 16 or 32 megs of DRAM
] and four or eight megs of flash RAM -- more computing
] power than I needed 10 years ago to run a local Internet
] Service Provider with several hundred customers. But
] since the operating system is Linux and since Linksys has
] respected the Linux GPL by publishing all the source code
] for anyone to download for free, the WRT54G is a lot more
] than just a wireless router. It is a disruptive
] technology.

WRT54G + Asterisk = ?

The original title contained the word "Inadvertently".. Cringely always has some flaw in place when he is pointing out the obvious.

PBS | I, Cringely | How Linux is Poised to Remake the Telephone and Internet Markets

Not only has my car been nearly destroyed... Now my PowerBook is broken too.

After random amounts of usage, it crashes to a blank screen. Then when powered on it sits there and does nothing. Sometimes the "bong" occurs, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it happens and gets cut off. It powers up and boots (maybe) once out of every 20 or so tries.

Grrr!!

U: It may have just needed a PMU reset. The book it still out on the machine's viability.. I'll know if it keeps crashing. Last night was spent making a round of frantic backups of "non-critical" (read: large) files, such as my music collection.

U(2): Nope. Its still screwed up. I'll worry about it after Interz0ne. Its already destroyed my ability to put together a good presentation in time. As long as it sits there and displays my notes, I should be fine.

] Hope you have a great day:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!!

^X^D -R

Er.. Whatever.

I've been more read then write since hitting the road. As I get my communication infrastructure in order, that will change. Right now, everything is a pain in the ass so I'm focusing more on taking information in and working on strategy.

I'm at locations undisclosed in the Jersey Shore. Its always good to be home. Home is everywhere I've ever been, I think. This place is special for an entirely different set of reasons. This is where I'm from.

As I've walked and driven around, taken sites in, and otherwise, I find myself in awe, of so many things. I'm disturbed by others. Everything feels friendly, more so then ever before. That's a nice change.

I have many emails that are waiting to be sent. I'm lacking an SMTP server that I can use right now. I have this well formed mental block in place against doing certain things, and I've been spending a little too much time depending on others for my communication infrastructure. Sound familiar?

Oh yes. Let it be known, my current mission is simply to assemble several networks. I'm looking for SysOps. Serious ones. Responsible ones. Ones with diverse skills. My definition of that word, is going to require something on the level of a social contract. So I'm not going to try to get into too much depth yet. We have some tools to build.

I've been very busy. This doesn't show any signs of stopping. Rock on.

... and many more!

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