Makes sense. I was at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday – Atlantis was on the pad. Seriously cool stuff. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get much closer than 3/4 of a mile. But it’s still cool. That’s, like, space man… Shuttle launch times will be kept secret [CNN]
Now, why didn’t I think of this. Dating site for geeks & intellectuals. [Geeknews]
Morning Coffee – Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal. Ahh.. Vacation…
Thank god. Tipper Gore says no to Senate bid [CNN Top News]
No wireless here. I’m in Florida at my parents. I miss my broadband wireless at home. Waahh. Dialup is sllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Wireless Weblog [Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]
While I think that the idea is a bit wacky.. I do admire the folks at HavenCo for apparantly being successful with what they’re doing.. I just want a full cage in a colocation facility at a reasonable price and remain profitable! For now, I’ll settle for my 4u of server space. Want to start a Data Haven?. Have you ever read Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon? Are you running a server farm out of your bedroom closet and wishing you could think of something to do with it? Do you obsess over computer security, asymetric-key cryptography, digital cash, or the future of freedom in the information age? In short, do you wish you could buy an island, recruit a few techies like yourself, start your own Data Haven, and single-handedly change the world? [kuro5hin.org]
Umm.. I think this is crap. I’ve never seen more than 12 submissions in the queue. Why is this necessary? How will K5 avoid being crushed by content?. Kuro5hin, in growing as a community, faces challenges caused by this growth. One of these challenges is how it will handle the large influx of story submission as the number of participants increases. We need to plan now, less K5 implode under its own success. [kuro5hin.org]