Archives for July 2002

Must try this… Simon Willison

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 17, 2002

Must try this…

Simon Willison has Amazon glue for PHP. Here we go! [Scripting News]

Impressive scam. There will be

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 17, 2002

Impressive scam. There will be a presentation regarding this at the Annual Seminar of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators this September in Boston.

Meet the Nigerian E-Mail Grifters. Those increasingly ubiquitous Nigerian e-mails ‘respectfully requesting your assistance’ and promising great rewards actually do work — for the Nigerians. An admitted scammer explains how it works. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]

Great quote to start the

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 17, 2002

Great quote to start the day. Along with fresh toast, fresh boisenberry spread, and a good book…

Cato the Elder. “After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.” [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Now this is interesting… ‘Survivor’

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 17, 2002

Now this is interesting…

‘Survivor’ Judge Fuels an Ethics Debate – Georgia Judge Paschal English was likable enough to become one of the final four contestants on the reality show “Survivor: Marquesas.” Now that he is back on the bench, a question has come up as to whether judicial ethics canons prevent him from cashing in on his newfound celebrity status. [Law.com] It’s nice to know that Reality TV is helping to forge new ground in the field of legal ethics. [Ernie the Attorney]

He has a great idea.

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 17, 2002

He has a great idea. I’d love to see more communication and interaction both amongst government and amongst government and citizens.

eGovernment is a great idea – to some extent Indiana was beginning this when I was still a resident of that state. Massachusetts has put alot of services online recently – but I haven’t seen a CTO of a State yet come up with ideas like Windley has!

An Open Offer to Utah State IT Employees.

I believe that the 900 or so IT employees of the State of Utah would benefit from speaking and listening to each other more. I think we need groups of specialists inside various departments to communicate with others in their specialty and without. Consequently, I’d like to see more people writing blogs and communicating their ideas through an open forum like the one blogs engender. To that end, I’m willing to pay the licensing fee to Userland for the first 100 employees who start a blog. [Windley’s Enterprise Computing Weblog]