http://www.unicom.com/chrome/ Weblogging and commentary by Chip Rosenthal and his cat. en-us 2003-10-15T16:07:56-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000368.html I've been researching USB cams for Linux. I've got a spiffy webcam running now, but a little head scratching and... Technology chip 2003-10-15T16:07:56-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000366.html The little red brake light was going blinky, blinky. Last time I saw one of those it involved pads and... My Happy Life chip 2003-10-10T19:10:12-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000365.html Last Friday was not a good day. 72,996 AOL users were spammed from my mail server. I'm not talking about... Spam chip 2003-10-07T16:22:01-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000364.html Link: Consequences of Putting Wildcards in .NET and .COM. Why are so many people pissed that Verisign broke the DNS?... The Net chip 2003-09-30T20:00:26-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000362.html I wrote previously how Verisign broke the Internet by boinking up the Domain Name System (DNS). The move has been... The Net chip 2003-09-28T15:36:21-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000360.html I'm currently sitting on the back porch of the Bouldin Creek Coffee House (motto: South Austin-style service without the sense... The Net chip 2003-09-25T15:08:04-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000359.html Late night carousing can wear a person down. I'm not looking for the rarefied atmosphere of some swanky Warehouse District... Austin chip 2003-09-24T01:29:41-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000358.html Today is the day I finally cast off my Ethernet cables. I got wireless networking running on wiener. Wiener is... Technology chip 2003-09-19T16:04:41-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000357.html It's been 48 hours since Verisign broke the Internet, and only a day since ISC released a workaround. The next... The Net chip 2003-09-18T17:44:29-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000355.html Link: Verisign redirects error pages. Verisign, the operator of the largest databases for Internet domains, has taken greed to a... The Net chip 2003-09-17T00:49:24-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000352.html Yesterday afternoon, I lost my best friend. I've written how over the past month he's gone from sad to worse.... My Happy Life chip 2003-09-12T00:57:25-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000351.html For the last many years, I used an old 486DX-33 computer as a router between my local network and the... Software chip 2003-09-10T22:09:33-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000350.html Link: CATool Product Information One of the reasons I like product design so much is because I get giddily excited... Software chip 2003-09-10T12:39:36-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000348.html Things with the kitty have gone from unhappy to worse. I'm trying to avoid negative predictions about the outcomes, but... My Happy Life chip 2003-09-05T12:30:42-06:00 http://www.unicom.com/chrome/a/000347.html This is not one of my typical hard-hitting, entertaining (not to mention fair and balanced) blog postings. Instead, it's an... My Happy Life chip 2003-08-29T18:31:23-06:00