Lunar Eclipse
by jpreardon on May 15, 2003
NASA tells us that there will be a Lunar Eclipse visible from North and South America tonight starting around 22:00 EDT. Here’s an excerpt from their site: “At first the moon will seem pale and bright, as usual. During the (…)
Blessed art thou helmet
by jpreardon on May 14, 2003
If you ride your bike in NYC, you need all the help you can get. Saturday is the Fifth Annual Blessing of the Bikes at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Blessing Of The Bikes Sat. May 17, 2 (…)
FCC Loosening Ownership Regulations
by jpreardon on May 14, 2003
I have to agree with Dan Gillmor, there has not been much in the way of coverage on this. The New York Times has had several wire articles about it (here, here, and here [2007-08-02: wire links are dead, removing (…)
Verizon Wi-fi?
by jpreardon on May 12, 2003
Verizon says it plans to utilize its existing payphone infrastructure to offer wireless internet access. This is in response to declining payphone business brought about by the widespread use of cell phones. Verizon also mentions that they don’t feel that (…)
Bike Week NYC
by jpreardon on May 9, 2003
I almost forgot to mention Bike Week NYC. So what if it’s almost over? There are still plenty of events this weekend like the Bike Art 2003 Reception (part of the Bicycle Film Festival). If film isn’t your thing maybe (…)
Junk on Tour
by jpreardon on May 9, 2003
Junkyard Wars, one of my favorite TLC shows, is on tour. Here’s an excerpt from their site: Here’s your chance to experience Junkyard Wars firsthand at a mall near you! Participants will build unique junk gravity-racers and compete on a (…)
Whack-a-mole was never this fun
by jpreardon on May 7, 2003
Watch for this exciting new development coming to a WC near you! If you’ve got time, read the white paper. Excellent job guys!
Is offshore development secure?
by jpreardon on May 7, 2003
This comes to us by way of the SANS newsletter: Offshore coding work raises security concerns. Unfortunately, security seems to be an afterthought many times anyway. But, before canning your development staff and moving the work overseas, you might want (…)
The PR industry and blogging
by jpreardon on May 6, 2003
I ran across a couple good entries regarding the public relations industry and blogging. I know first hand that many in the industry are still trying to get their heads around this one, but I don’t think that too many (…)