Scope this ware

alternateorg on April 17, 2001

The desktop of the future? Hardly:


Scopeware abandons the file folder in favor of a line of index cards streaming into the distance; a search window parses the information. Released last month, browser-based Scopeware creates a searchable index of all textual information on an individual computer; corporate networks can be similarly indexed.

Yawn. I’d like to see it, though. And I liked this quote:

The typical corporate employee, for instance, spends two hours a day dealing with e-mail.

Might that be because the average corporate employee is a freakin’ moron? I dunno.

Colorado is where all the smart jocks live

alternateorg on April 16, 2001

From the RockyMountainNews:


A drunken, tired University of Colorado football player busted down the door to an apartment he mistook for his own, then crashed on a couch as the bewildered homeowner screamed at him to get out.

I knew there was a reason why I didn’t want to attend CU Boulder after high school….

Nevermind Jesus, where's Joey Ramone?

alternateorg on April 16, 2001

Joey Ramone of the Ramones died yesterday (Easter) of Lymphatic cancer. The Ramones have been one of my favorite bands even since my pre-teenage, junior high days and it really saddens me to hear that he has passed away.

The Ramones barely ever cracked the charts in 22 years of playing, but basically redefined music in the last 25 years. Joey gave music a new look, feel, attitude and sound. Very few people have been so influential and remained so quiet and humble about it.

NOTE: VH1 has a documentary on the history of punk rock on April 19th.

Head like a hole

alternateorg on April 13, 2001

Dennis Miller tonight on George W.: ‘He surrounds himself with smart people the way a hole surrounds itself with a donut.’

Nice.

Qwest kicks my ass… In a good way

alternateorg on April 13, 2001

So Qwest kicked my ass pretty good today, when I installed my DSL equipment a day early just for fun, and surprise surprise, it worked. It seems that Qwest figured I’d waited long enough, and installed my DSL line one day ahead of schedule. Whaddayaknow. Too little, too late? Probably.