Archive for December, 2002

Holiday festivities

Monday, December 16th, 2002

My friend Karen and I hosted our first annual Sunday Soiree last weekend. I’ve put up lots of pictures from the evening. One sign of a successful party is seeing people from different groups mingling. Friends from high school, college, work, and family all had the chance to meet each other. […]

The Google Zeitgeist

Thursday, December 12th, 2002

It’s no secret that I’m a long-time Google-booster. I also appreciate a good chart or an interesting statistic more than the next guy. The Google Zeitgeist combines both of these. Google publishes these weekly, monthly, and yearly reports that pick out interesting statistics from the mountain of data they gather about what […]

Ten years

Friday, December 6th, 2002

I’ve posted some pictures from my 10-year high school reunion. My camera ditched me at the Roo Bar, traveled to New York City and Princeton University, but eventually returned home.
It is true what they say. At the 10-year reunion, generally the girls look better than they did in high school and the boys […]

Messenger spam

Monday, December 2nd, 2002

I’m long accustomed to e-mail spam. I’m even getting used to the occasional Instant Messenger spam. Well, those industrious spammers have found another medium. It’s called “messenger spam“. Not to be confused with AOL or MSN Instant Messenger, messenger is installed and enabled by default on all Windows XP/NT/2000 systems. […]