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Dear Professor…

Weez, a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, writes about an email she received from one of her students:Hi, I…

23 years ago

A conversation in California (originally posted Saturday, February 23, 2002)

Thursday, February 14th: Mountain ViewThe scene:About 1:30 a.m. on Castro Street, Mountain View's main strip. Jill and I are outside…

23 years ago

New category: "Best Of"

I've added a new category to this blog, called "Best Of". It contains my all-time favourite entries from this blog…

23 years ago

Microsoft gets security religion, part 1 (originally published Wednesday, January 23, 2002)

Conway's LawMy friend Adam Smith used to have this quote from The Mythical Man-Month as a .sig for his e-mails:Conway's…

23 years ago

Saturday night (originally published Monday, January 14, 2002)

GratitudeThank you.Thank you.Thank you.I would like to thank my family, friends, former co-workers and acquaintances, both "real world" and online.…

23 years ago

Elegy (originally published Thursday, January 10, 2002)

The company for which I used to work provides a free lunch for all its employees on Thursday. It's one…

23 years ago

A spammer needs help from a time traveller! (originally published Thursday, December 13, 2001)

I just got the strangest mass-mailing I've ever seen:Time Travelers PLEASE HELP !message: If you are a time traveler or…

23 years ago