From Daniel's desk

Is it me or AOL always lays somone off. Then why work for AOL in the first place? This is another thing to make you go hmm.... AOL layoffs due next month | CNET News.com

Everyone Gets Offended thease days: Hormel the makers of SPAM (the meat product) is trying to to dissasociate themselves with the term "SPAM" wich is used to describe unwanted email from advertisers. In other words, they launced a buy back campain. The word SPAM has gotten a bad rep. Who could blame them. It's Hormels trade name brand. Spam: 'It's a meat,' Hormel insists | CNET News.com

Journal of DannyLinux (826517) I made a new slashdot account. Slashdot can be cool when it needs to. In addition I tied it to a bloglines email account, another cool site with cool features.

Furby Autopsy I find this subject to be very funny. This person has too much time on his or her hand.

This is a clever way of picking / opening those Kryptonite U-Locks for the bikes. Just when you though that expensive lock was secure think again. This is a bad thing once it falls into the wrong hand's like a petty theif. Like phrase I learned years ago - Hackers Rule: Anything can be hacked it's only a matter of time. Your brand new U-Lock is not safe!

Get Creative This is an interesting licencing concept. This is what makes the internet so great. This should go well with the open source community.

This is a test blog that I am entering/tapping on my Palm Tungsten E. It's neat that I can do this on my palm PDA. However, it feels combersome without a keayboard

Coca-Cola C2 Coke C2 I had my first taste of Coca-Colas Coke C2, not bad at all. I noticed the taste was very simmliar to Coke classic. With a light hint of a new taste, wich is very undetectable. Kinda like an ever so slightly watered down Coke thats been sitting in ice for a few minutes. Better than Diet coke, that stuff is nasty. For coke-a-holics needing less sugar and calories i recomend it. Less sugar, does that mean it's good for kids?

Cicada - Everyone seems to be going "gaga" over them. I myself on the other hand am not. I first encountered these critters or a different species of cicadas when I was at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn in 1994. Those insects are ugly indeed. In addition, one of those ugly critter's got on my uniform. Then I encountered them in South Korea in Camp Colbern. When they get indoors they make so much noise.

In D.C. Area, It's the Day Of the Cicada (washingtonpost.com) : "As it was then, so it will be in 2004: The females will begin to deposit their eggs -- each female cicada carries an estimated 400 to 600 -- after scratching incisions into pencil-thin tree branches. (This activity sometimes results in damage to young trees, and gardeners may want to protect trees by wrapping them in fine netting.) "

In D.C. Area, It's the Day Of the Cicada (washingtonpost.com) : "'Predatory Satiation' Some insects are endowed with elaborate defense mechanisms -- such as moths, whose bodies course with toxins -- that ensure they are left pretty well alone. Not periodical cicadas. There are simply too many of them to be wiped out by predators. Their sheer volume is a survival tactic scientists call 'predatory satiation.' "

In D.C. Area, It's the Day Of the Cicada (washingtonpost.com) : "Prepare to welcome Brood X (that's 10), as a federal bureaucrat named this batch of 17-year cicadas. Periodical cicadas last appeared in the Washington area in 1996, when Brood II came topside. That emergence, while sparser overall, affected Virginia more heavily than will X, which will largely sidestep the Old Dominion. "

Friday, April 09, 2004 Personal Contract With Myself On my honor I will do everything in my power to better myself. I will take steps to make improvements on how I will manage my time. I will be honest with myself and make feasible gradual goals and meet them. However I will take every measure to make sure that my gradual steps of improvement can be made and yet challenge me as well. I will strive to be a man of my word when it comes to commitments both personal and business. I need to be honest with myself and acknowledge that I am at war with my old bad habits. I will be more diligent in monitoring my time. I will be punctual. I will be reliable. I will live in a neat and comfortable living environment. My time is precious. My calendar will reflect that. My calendar will reflect on what I value most. On this day Friday, April 9th, the year 2004, this document will hereby become my personal policy, my directive. By signing this directive I will treat this doc...