Advogato blog for ndw

27 Mar 2003

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:56:28 GMT

Spring Peepers!

It isn't really spring until I hear the peepers. This is New England, it may still not be spring, but I can dream, can't I?

22 Mar 2003

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:25:03 GMT

Tim Bray's excellent ongoing has rekindled my interest in blogging. Even when I don't agree with him, he's worth reading.

6 Jun 2002

Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:21:18 GMT

So. Verizon Wireless has added this "mobile messenger" feature that lets one send text messages to a Verizon mobile phone. On my clunky old StarTAC phone, this is next to useless, of course. I've received three or four text messages since Verizon started this service. Spam. Of course.

Is it even remotely possible that the ROI on spamming mobile phones is positive?

8 May 2002

Wed, 8 May 2002 21:51:06 GMT

I discovered at WWW 2002 that someone has actually read these diary entries. Amazing. :-)

2 May 2002

Thu, 2 May 2002 04:16:33 GMT

I thought a nice "gee the web works" story would round out the evening nicely.

I arrived in San Francisco today only to discover that I'd left my mobile phone charger at home.

To my inexplicable delight the sequence: verizonwireless.com, store locator, mapblast, address, address, address, "oh, that one's walking distance from my hotel" worked exactly like it's supposed to.

A fifteen minute walk and $40 bucks and I have a new charger. Total time about 45 minutes. Sweet. Well, except for the 40 bucks part maybe. It would have been cheaper to remember to bring it with me.

30 Apr 2002

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:47:40 GMT

Setup the DocBook Wiki.