October 2001

REBOL: new file-sharing technology on the rise.

They say it is possible. Living without Microsoft.

Idealine. Net art.

The rejection line. Yet another completely wacky idea. Listen to their messages.

Prototype of the future. A mobile + palm.

Shame on the RIAA! Now they’re trying DoS attacks on Gnutella, etc. Can’t they realise the world has changed?

Microsoft first tries to block MSN access to non-IE browsers, and then surrenders. I still can’t access their photos section through Opera.

Alicebot won the Turing test contest. I’ve chatted with quite a few Alicebots, such as Cybelle, or the one on the A.I. site. But they’re not too smart, as my conversation with Iniaes reveals. Other conversations are pretty similar. I should try downloading and building my own version of an Alicebot.

This 404 Page Not Found error throws up the game Zork!!

Cybergeography: the geography of the Internet.

The Times of India is going to make registration mandatory for its site. It’s free, but still, a pity.

I finally decided to pay Namezero and buy s-anand.net for a year. No popups for a while. And now that I’ve cleared up some space by moving my reports, I’ll have to think of something different to do with my website.

I work at a fun place (search for “Having fun in India” on Google).

I got a “Craig is ill” letter today.

Windows XP is OK.

I bought a graphic tablet. Pretty good.

The Global Corruption report.

Make up your own urban legend.

Blogback: Remote commenting for weblogs. But I’m not interested in going the full weblog way. Wonder what the next “new new thing” is…

And article on [Human Capital Valuation](http://www.iimb.ernet.in/review/abs133.htm#Human Capital Valuation: An Improved Model) from Deep, Kalidas, Kundu, Pankaj and Sumit on IIMB Review.