We saw Proof of Life and both really liked it. I gave it 4 stars. It ranked number 3 at the Box Office.

Download a free PDF version of Ed Roman's Mastering Enterprise Java Beans and the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition.

WAP doesn't work. It'll get to be a viable technology, eventually. But right now it is nothing more than a marketing buzzword.

Penthouse is offering a lifetime subscription for information leading to the arrest of any person involved in illegal vote tampering as part of a conspiracy to steal the Presidency for George W. Bush.

Woz will be the subject of A&E's Biography on December 13.

New domain suffixes and cybersquatting. What a mess, and it's just the beginning.

Sun vs. MS: Let's call the whole thing off. The Evil Empire spin-machine at work. What I really want to know is how many of Microsoft's own development teams are moving or scheduled to move to C#?

The FileMaker Mobile Companion for Palm OS is shipping.

Linux on the loose. The 2.4 kernel is set to be released later this month.

Det. John McClane and the Pretty Woman are rumored to be an item.

Getting a read on new E-Books. Too expensive for what they are, and the ability to create content was removed.

We went to see Vertical Limit yesterday afternoon. I gave it 3 ^1/2 stars.

We found out that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not playing locally. I'm miffed!

Indecision 2000 - Dec. 12, Dec. 18, Jan. 6, Jan. 20…

Will Linux Save Microsoft? Notice the reference to a Line OS; I'm glad to know financial analysts can't spell either.

Crack for sale on eBay!

All I want for Christmas is a new roadster.

The Evil Empire banned. Sounds like a very bad attempt at controlling the spin on their security advisory bulletins. Messing with Buqtraq is definitely not the way to go about it.

Indecision 2000 - Jeb Bush: "I may be my brother's keeper."

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Being born and raised in Europe, I've gotten very accustomed to foreign movies with subtitles; it'll be very interesting to see how it fairs in the US.

SyncML: Will it sink or swim? Sounds good on paper. For once I don't blame Microsoft, Oracle and Sybase for taking the wait-and-see attitude.

Do we need a second Internet? I liked Veronica Lake's talkback comments, although she forgot to mention the need for a backbone entirely dedicated to porn. ;-)

Developers offer Rx for Apple. Some interesting comments from developers. There really doesn't seem to be much coming from Apple to entice new developers to the platform. It's time for Apple to actively promote OS X strongest asset, its Unix underlaying.

The PERL CD Bookshelf. 6 of O'Reilly's best selling books on CD-ROM, not a bad deal.

To Aqua or not to Aqua. The problem with Aqua is that it doesn't really give me anything that substantially improves my daily computer usage. At least not over 9, Windows or even KDE. As a matter of fact, it is forcing me to unlearn some of the (bad) habits I've proudly cultivated for years. Without clear benefits, it is hard to convince myself that I should make the effort to learn new ways. My first instinct is to reach for a Terminal window. Granted, I've always been command line proficient, but when faced with the choice I used to favor the GUI approach. This feeling is not specific to OS X; I just find myself wanting to make things simpler, faster and more uniform across OSs. Even though the commands may actually vary from platforms to platforms, CLIs pretty much look and operate the same across the board. Heck, even Tog is frustrated with Apple.

Microsoft crashes Palm developer party. Shouldn't be too hard for the Evil Empire to generate some interest with key Palm OS developers. Palm had no developer programs per-say until very recently. And from what I've seen, they still have a long way to go.

Free software download have string attached. Are you ready to give up your privacy for freebies? Most Americans are.

John Lennon died on December 9, 1980.

FTC to vote on AOL-Time Warner merger. We may get busy signals trying to watch CNN after all. ;-)

ABC and NBC are already canceling new shows. I firmly believe most people simply do not watch new TV shows, at least not with any kind of regularity. We just get hooked during the re-run season; while there's nothing else to watch. Unfortunately, most shows have already been axed by then.

Looking for digital stocking stuffers for Christmas? You might want to check the SF Chronicle's Gadget Guide.

Macromedia has released updated Shockwave & Flash Players.

AportisDoc Mobile Edition version 2.2.1 is now available. A .1 update which probably addresses a few bugs.

The Evil Empire strikes back. This time they are preventing BugTraq from publishing MS Bulletins and security holes.

Inside the extremely wired homes of the rich. Hey Larry can I squat at your place for a year or two?

I moved my weblog to a new server. The old server was simply too slow. If you were a member you will need to re-join, otherwise please become a member now.

We went to see Unbreakable yesterday nite. We both liked it.

What's Mac go to do with it, Tina?

0S X release date set? February 24, 2001 rumored.

Lucent's Inferno gives Java hell. But does it really?

Valentia does Java but no JDBC, yet.

McAfee VirusScan definition and engine update.

ed update for Red Hat Linux 6.2.

OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4s Macintoshes. Can you imagine an iMac running BSD?

O'Reilly's new JSP book, JavaServer Pages, has finally been released.

Last nite's final installment of the Dunes miniseries wasn't any better. The pace picked up a bit but I still came close to falling asleep on more than one occasion.

Yesterday afternoon, while making copies at the Bellevue Library, we had our caricatures drawn by Tom Huff, the fastest pen in the world. Contrary to the girl who did the one for our wedding in Vegas, this guy is really fast (2/3 mins per) and works without any templates. I am portrayed cooking, Vicki's reading.

If you're in needs of a remote hut custom alarm system, check out www.AlarmsPro.com. Alarms Pro is the tool my friend Frank Knapp has been working on for years, it simply rocks.

Apple announce Q1 earnings substantially below expectations. Watch the stock take another nosedive. The Wall Street suits are clueless when it comes to computer manufacturers and the Internet. Pretty pathetic. I haven't been doing much with my portfolio as of late, I should start buying low.

Apple should merge with 3Com, says Sculley. What has John been up to lately anyway? Investing in Broadband and giving "armchair advice", apparently.

No Oscars for Billy. Can't say I'll miss him.

FCC weighs 10-digit dialing for all calls. Do I care one way or the other? Nope.

Kawa 5.0 it out. I guess I'm going to have to give the release version a try.

Computer companies specialize in giving consumers lousy products. I couldn't agree more. I would even go one step further and blame it on The Evil Empire. But then again if we keep on knowingly buy defective software, who's really to blame?

KDE 2.01 is out. And I just got 2.0 fully installed… Here is the list of changes between 2.0 and 2.0.1.

The future according to Dennis Ritchie. Everything you ever wanted to know about the future of C, the C99 standard, Plan 9 and more.

I've written a short guide to help with Installing Tomcat under Red Hat Linux.

Blue World Communications (I used to be their Director of Technology) has released version 3.6.6.2 of the Lasso Web Data Engine. I guess someone thought the version number had to be Microsoft-stylized. :-)

Connectix introduced Virtual PC 4.0. Some much needed improvements (better performance, auto-expandable disk images, multi-OSs support, etc.) We might upgrade. No mention of OS X though.

Indecision 2000 - Florida's "voter cleansing" program.

The second installment of the Dunes miniseries moved a little quicker. Vicki rightfully pointed out that William Hurt had a very small role after all. Still a yawner, IMAO.

The Ozone hole will heal, say British scientists.

Apache Group unveils Java-based SVG viewer & toolkit.

Sun will introduce Forte for Java Release 2, Internet Edition next week. I use Forte for Java CE, once in a while; it's pretty nice. The JSP plug-in does sound interesting. I've yet to find a decent JSP IDE, and I've tried them all (UltraDev, VisualAge, JBuilder, etc.)

Bette Midler's TV hubby walks out. I kinda liked the guy.

Yet another McAfee VirusScan definition update.