Friday, April 02, 2004


Bits of Tid


  • Free MarthaThanks, [info]Tiff.
  • The paranoia flowing from a certain direction due to a particular newspaper article ought to be amusing, except it really isn’t. It’s kinda sad.
  • Looks like Java on the desktop is officially dead, I mean, even more dead than it already was. All credit due to Sun though — their Microsoft payoff was a lot bigger than the one AOL managed for knifing Netscape.

:: Dave Walker 11:43 (EST/EDT) [+]

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