Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Network World Fusion:  Forum Spamming.  This is going to be a big business.  The best companies doing this won't be bot spammers like those mentioned in the article.  They will have people that know the group they are dealing with.  They will change names in order to run the attack or defense from multiple angles.  They will operate multiple weblogs.  They will cross promote.  Generally, they will be effective. Anybody that was intimately involved in online finance during 1997-2000 (I was) knows how to do this.  The methods used to drive a stock up are similar to what Karl Rove can do in 2004 if he has a clue.  I think he does.  Personally, I think that the impact on local races could be huge.  Rove wants a Republican era.  A presidency isn't enough.  This technology can provide him a good start at filling in the blanks in the lower ranks. 7:11:28 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

Dilbert.  For all my "fff doctor" friends out there.  This ones for you. 6:46:12 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

A list of start-up files that you can check for.  I periodically select "run" from the start menu and type in "msconfig", this brings you the the system configuration controller.  Click the startup tab to check out what will automatically start up.  Deselect items you know you don't want.  Check out the files that don't seem to be linked to any known application.  Deselecting AIM, MSM, and Real Audio will only get you a reprieve until the next time they startup (when they reinsert themselves automatically into the list again). 1:34:29 PM    Comment_ Trackback []

What if there was a weblog publishing system and web server on a chip?  It gets even more interesting if it is combined with low cost geopositioning, low power wireless connectivity, and "controller functionality."  Embedded weblogs solve the problem of how to add interactive intelligence to a physical object.  If the cost of a system like this was inexpensive enough, you could effectively put a weblog on everything of interest in the physical world.  The weblog would record the history of the device:  location, controller setting changes, etc.  The weblog navigation system on the left or right would provide access to controller settings.  Let you imagination go wild thinking about where they might be embedded. The biggest impediment to embedded computing isn't the cost, its the plethora of proprietary user interfaces.  People just won't take the time to learn them.  The tablet PC offers a large visual environment to display the interface (as well as an easy to use pen-based input device), the weblog offers the most basic of web site interfaces, RSS offers a way to interconnect or aggregate systems in a human readable way,  wireless connectivity provides seamless networking, and the embedded webserver provides remote access/viewing. Buildingblogs, deviceblogs, sprinkerblogs, heatingblogs, coolingblogs, carblogs, securityblogs, airportgateblogs, TiVoblogs, product trackingblogs, the list goes on (I will leave the snappy names to others). 8:33:58 AM    Comment_ Trackback []