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I saw an old MPEG of Red’s Dream in 1995. In a sense, graphics hasn’t changed much in the last decade. It’s just become more accessible.

Windows XP is good at fixing itself. (But don’t upgrade yet!)

Preliminary indications are good. DeCSS is legal (so far.)

Now I can watch DivX movies on my laptop.

I wonder what caused this… From: [email protected] Subject: Your Data Transfer Status Congratulations, your website seems to be very popular and has been receiving a large amount of traffic. Our records indicate that you’re using more than the allotted amount of data transfer we provide for a free web site, which is 3 gigabytes per month (measured on an hourly basis). That means that during the past few days we had to temporarily turn your site off to keep the bandwidth within this limit. ...

Idealine. Net art.

They say it is possible. Living without Microsoft.

REBOL: new file-sharing technology on the rise.

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.

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

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

Prototype of the future. A mobile + palm.

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

Cybergeography: the geography of the Internet.

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

I got a “Craig is ill” letter today.

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

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.

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

The Global Corruption report.