Welcome to a taste of post-abundance

The PSE outage line reports 700,000 estimated without power in their service area, and days if not a week to restore power to everyone. … but, you know, at least that power generator you bought for Y2K is useful now … as long as your gas supply holds out. Get your syphon ready to pull… Continue reading Welcome to a taste of post-abundance

EarthLink trots out MindSpring as re-branded VOIP software

Interesting to find that Earthlink has brought back MindSpring as a re-brand to some Internet phone software, previously called Vling, which used to be based on Pingtel opensource software. Seems odd to take a swallowed brand that had some cred in the olden days and cast it onto some different service. Well, it’s Windows only… Continue reading EarthLink trots out MindSpring as re-branded VOIP software

Jeeves, I’ll miss the way we used to talk …

Via Technology – Industry News, Policy, and Reviews, “Jeeves, You’re Fired“: “NEW YORK I grieve for Jeeves. The butler mascot of the Ask Jeeves search service got the boot yesterday but will always remind me of the pre-Google era when searching online still intimidated most people. Back then, the cartoonish Jeeves helped humanize the impersonal… Continue reading Jeeves, I’ll miss the way we used to talk …

Ambient sound found in Pompeii pottery?

Via Digg, “Archaeologists get ancient audio from grooves on Pompeii pottery” This seems unreal. I watching MirrorMask on DVD, which is, well, City of Lost Children on acid, and there seems to have been a leak of the surreal. Is this for real? Finding audio in the incidentally disturbed groves in pottery made hundreds, if… Continue reading Ambient sound found in Pompeii pottery?

SGI warns that bankruptcy might be year-end option | Channel Register

Via SGI warns that bankruptcy might be year-end option | Channel Register“: SGI issued its most ominous regulatory filing to date, warning that a bad 2006 could force the former high-flyer into bankruptcy. Another tech legend heading to boot hill. I remember once many years ago working with a customer to get their IRIX system… Continue reading SGI warns that bankruptcy might be year-end option | Channel Register

Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams; Make your own

Via The Huffington Post in “LiveScience.com – Era Ends: Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams” After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped sending telegrams. In other news, Western Union was still sending telegrams … However, there’s always Retro-Gram via snail or e-mail. Or, check out the free prop Western Union telegram from HPLHS. I actually… Continue reading Western Union Stops Sending Telegrams; Make your own