Archive for February 16th, 2004

St. Pete Times Discusses Search Engines as Google Prepares for Its IPO

Monday, February 16th, 2004

This St. Petersburg (Florida) Times article gives a nice overview of the state of Internet search engines in light of Google’s upcoming IPO. It reminds readers that search engine technology is in constant flux; there are newcomers to the field; and Google may not be the king of the search world for very long. The [...]

What the Computer Repairmen Fixed

Monday, February 16th, 2004

Since a few of you have asked for an update, here’s what’s on the invoice for repairs done to my Mac that wouldn’t boot: New PRAM battery (While I was at the repair place, one guy changed the battery and was not able to boot the machine, so a new battery alone wasn’t the solution.) [...]

Enthusiasm for Macs

Monday, February 16th, 2004

Monday’s comic strip Unshelved mirrors a conversation I had with someone earlier in the day about Macs as we toured the computer portion of the Museum of Science. Luckily, my friend was polite enough not to haul me away in a straight jacket. Seeing the old computers brought back fond memories. What ever happened to [...]


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