Historical Exchange Rates

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Ebb and flow of the exchange rates

Ebb and flow of the exchange rates 09/08/2004 10:46 AM
David Pescovitz: The Data Fountain is an ambient display that translates streaming currency rates to streams of water. From Koert van Mensvoort's description of the project:

"In the morning paper, I can read the weather report as well as the stock quotes. But when I look out of my window I only get a weather update and no stock exchange info. Could someone please fix this bug in my environmental system? Thanks."

Link

Of course, the Data Fountain comes six years after pervasive computing pioneer Roy Want built a fountain at Xerox PARC that trickled or gushed based on the company's stock price. (Thanks, Alex!)

Recording Industry Thinks The UK Doesn't
Understand Exchange Rates

Recording Industry Thinks The UK Doesn't
Understand Exchange Rates 05/20/2004 01:05 PM
We've already had stories about how the recording industry is looking for any possible way to raise prices on digital downloads (showing just how little they understand the concept of an emerging market), and now we find out that the standard $1 price is really more for marketing reasons. Now that Napster has launched in the UK, they seem to think that it's a good idea to use the "1 standard unit of currency" as the main price - probably because it looks better in advertisements. So, in the US, a track is $1. In the UK it's £1. Now, while the recording industry couldn't be bothered, most users understand exchange rates, and realize that £1 = ~ $1.77 (with some fluctuations). In other words, for the sake of being able to use the "1 standard unit of currency" pricing, the recording industry gets to nearly double the price in the UK. This doesn't seem likely to encourage much adoption - but may encourage plenty of resentment. Of course, by this point, it appears the recording industry thrives on resentment.

Microsoft Exchange Community Selects
IdentaPop Pro as the Best Exchange
Connectivity Product.

Microsoft Exchange Community Selects
IdentaPop Pro as the Best Exchange
Connectivity Product. 05/31/2004 02:14 PM
The Microsoft Exchange users community has voted IdentaFone Software’s IdentaPop Pro the MSD2D.com 2004 People’s Choice Award for Best Exchange Connectivity Product. The award was announced at Microsoft’s Tech-Ed 2004 conference in San Diego, CA. [PRWEB May 26, 2004]

Essential Guide for Microsoft Exchange
Server Preventative Maintenance::
Optimizing Your Microsoft Exchange D

Essential Guide for Microsoft Exchange
Server Preventative Maintenance::
Optimizing Your Microsoft Exchange D 04/10/2005 03:29 AM
Frontline Apr 10 2005 7:11AM GMT

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

Which Historical Lunatic Are You? 12/06/2003 08:37 AM

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"historical data"

"historical data" 05/27/2004 03:23 PM

"Which Historical Lunatic Are You ?"

"Which Historical Lunatic Are You ?" 12/07/2003 03:41 AM

The Web as historical record

The Web as historical record 05/04/2004 06:38 AM
Rosetta Stone or writing in the sand?

Historical Anatomies on the Web

Historical Anatomies on the Web 04/26/2004 10:21 AM
Historical Anatomies on the Web

Historical Maps

Historical Maps 08/12/2004 04:36 AM
Online Historical Map Exhibits from the Smith Centre for Cartographic Education. Nice collection - take a look at the Columbus Letter, Portugue se America and the exhibit on diasporas.

Historical Directories in the UK

Historical Directories in the UK 07/13/2004 08:19 AM
I'm not sure this is complete yet, but there's enough to be seen at the Digital Library of Historical Directories that you'll be browsing a while. It's available at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/...

Historical origins of obesity

Historical origins of obesity 05/27/2004 02:52 AM
Long, interesting Harvard Magazine article about the historical shifts in diet and lifestyle that led to America's obesity epidemic.

"We are not adapted to handle fast-acting carbohydrates," Ludwig continues. "Glucose is the gold standard of energy metabolism. The brain is exquisitely dependent on having a continuous supply of glucose: too low a glucose level poses an immediate threat to survival. [But] too high a level causes damage to tissues, as with diabetes. The body is designed to keep blood glucose within a tight range, and it does this beautifully, even with extreme nutrient ratios: we can survive indefinitely on a diet of 60 percent carbohydrates and 20 percent fat, or 20 percent carbohydrates and 60 percent fat. But we never [before] had to assimilate a heavy dose of high-glycemic carbohydrates."

Link (via Kottke)

Other News: Historical Lessons

Other News: Historical Lessons 08/13/2004 10:48 AM
Nick Clayton worries that Apple repeating past mistakes with its iTunes blockade.

Historical Markers In New York

Historical Markers In New York 12/26/2003 04:22 PM
There are over 2800 historical markers in the state of New York, and the state of New York has a searchable database for 'em. Not only can you search for markers here, you can get a history of the historical...

Recreating Historical Monuments,
Virtually

Recreating Historical Monuments,
Virtually 02/12/2004 02:16 PM
I'm sure similar projects are being worked on elsewhere, but it's nice to know that people are creating virtual replicas of historical monuments that let people "go back in time" at the click of a mouse. From the article, it sounds like the team in this case is paying great attention to detail, making sure that the representation is as accurate as possible. While not taking away from the value of actually visiting historical monuments, it would seem that this makes for a nice complement for people who want to compare what may have been with what's there today. Also, it allows people nowhere near these historical sites to check them out.

TCS: Defense - Our World-Historical
Gamble

TCS: Defense - Our World-Historical
Gamble 03/13/2003 10:25 AM

Historical Christian Site Said to Be
Found (AP)

Historical Christian Site Said to Be
Found (AP) 12/22/2004 01:21 AM
AP - Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 08/27/2004 09:12 PM
cartography from the 18th and 19th centuries

Historical Statistics of the United
States

Historical Statistics of the United
States 12/27/2004 06:52 AM
Historical Statistics of the United States
http://www.csep.ucr.edu/ HSUS/HSUS.html

The goal of the project is to produce an updated, expanded, and thoroughly revised edition in print and electronic formats of various historical statistics of the United States, to be collected from the Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition, Colonial Times to The Present (Cambridge University Press). The Historical Statistics of the United States was first published in 1949 by the Bureau of the Census with the advice and assistance of the Social Science Research Council. A second and much larger edition appeared in 1960 under the same auspices. The third edition, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, was published by the Bureau in 1975 and was expanded to two volumes. In the year 2005 Cambridge University Press will publish the fourth, millennial, edition of this classic reference work. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Minnesota Historical Society Updates

Minnesota Historical Society Updates 06/17/2005 07:21 PM
The Minnesota Historical Society recently updated its birth certificate index; it now includes 1900-1910. That's in addition to a death certificate index on the site which indexes death cards from...

Wordspotter Searches Historical
Documents

Wordspotter Searches Historical
Documents 03/29/2005 08:22 PM
In the age of Google, searching through most documents is as easy as clicking a mouse. But what about documents that mice like to munch -- in attics, basements, and stuffy storage rooms?

Spartacus sucks you in - Happy
Historical Hyperlinkation

Spartacus sucks you in - Happy
Historical Hyperlinkation 03/14/2003 01:09 PM
Wow. Spartacus Educational is a masterwork of hyperlinked history with a rather eclectic list of focus topics that can suck you in and never let go. Start anywhere, and then just click, and click, and click...

In light of recent events, you might begin, if you wish, with a brush-up on the 1914 assassinat ion of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, and from there go on to find out more about the Black Hand secret society responsible for the killing. You may attempt to sidestep politics by going to cartoonists, or U.S. novelists and poets, but you will find that the site is organized against a backdrop of world politics (viewed chiefly from a British perspective), a point of view that weaves its own endlessly looping and mesmerizing mesh.

airbrush the cigarettes out of
historical figures' mouths

airbrush the cigarettes out of
historical figures' mouths 03/14/2005 04:50 PM
Boingboing

boingboing.net/2005/03/11/lame_history_revisio.html
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ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on a
historical Jesus

ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on a
historical Jesus 03/30/2005 09:29 AM
Canada.com - Wed Mar 30, 12:48 pm GMT

Historical Event Markup and Linking
Project 0.5_8-dev-20031111

Historical Event Markup and Linking
Project 0.5_8-dev-20031111 11/11/2003 05:40 PM
A Java Web app to display historical events marked up in XML.

Historical Event Markup and Linking
Project 0_6.1-dev-20040506

Historical Event Markup and Linking
Project 0_6.1-dev-20040506 05/07/2004 09:17 AM
A Java Web app to display historical events marked up in XML.

Reader Request -- Historical Places for
Road Trip

Reader Request -- Historical Places for
Road Trip 03/20/2003 08:31 AM

Google Patent Shows it Looks At
Document Age and Historical Data for
Rankings

Google Patent Shows it Looks At
Document Age and Historical Data for
Rankings 03/31/2005 12:20 PM
"This document may be scored higher by search engine 125 than a document with an inception date of 10 years ago that is referenced by 100 back links because the rate of link growth for the former is relatively higher than the latter."

Disneyland ride scheduler uses
historical wait-time data to cut queuing

Disneyland ride scheduler uses
historical wait-time data to cut queuing 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
Cory Doctorow: This Win-only app uses historical wait times and a "scheduling algorithm" to help you plan your day at Disneyland to minimize your wait-times and maximize your rides.

RideMax allows you to specify the attractions you wish to ride during your visit, then uses a sophisticated scheduling algorithm to order your attractions so that the amount of time you spend in line is minimized.

Using historical wait time statistics for each attraction as a foundation, RideMax analyzes millions of different ride sequences in order to create a minimum-wait-time itinerary. This schedule is tailored to the expected crowd patterns on the day of your visit, for the attractions you want to ride!

Link (Thanks, Alex)

Wisconsin Historical Society to make
naturalist John Muir's letters available
online

Wisconsin Historical Society to make
naturalist John Muir's letters available
online 04/19/2005 08:55 AM
Cbs11tv.com - Tue Apr 19, 08:45 am GMT

Historical Significance Internet
Communications Technology BreakThrough:
Commercial Ready NextGenTCP for All
Windows Platforms

Historical Significance Internet
Communications Technology BreakThrough:
Commercial Ready NextGenTCP for All
Windows Platforms 02/07/2005 01:05 AM
Visit http://iwxchange.com to download free. Microsoft, Cisco, IETF included will be very surprised 'good old ' Internet's underlying TCP/IP protocol itself can now more successfully do for PSTN quality VoIP / Multimedia instead of current QoS/MPLS cumbersome attempts. Dr Bob Kahn had somehow perhaps foreseen something like this in his recent interview: ' ...something far bigger than existing Internet may jiust as easily again emerge ...just like Internet itself originally...from totally unexpected quarters...' We are looking for worldwide technology partners, country & regional reseller ( 50/50 royalty share ). There will be many immediate companies adopting straight away, saving multimillion pounds & 6 months on QoS/ MPLS hardware/ softwares. [PRWEB Feb 6, 2005]

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store 08/04/2004 02:36 AM
DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

US Fed increases rates to 1.75%

US Fed increases rates to 1.75% 09/22/2004 12:14 AM
The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 1.75%, the third rise this year, indicating a recovery in the world's largest economy is on track.

Get Record-Low Rates

Get Record-Low Rates 06/01/2004 08:53 AM
This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money.

Search for Available Rates

Search for Available Rates 05/26/2004 08:56 AM
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Rates will have to rise, says Fed

Rates will have to rise, says Fed 04/21/2004 07:57 PM
US Federal Reserve chief Greenspan says interest rates must eventually rise to control inflation, though not just yet.

Decision on interest rates due

Decision on interest rates due 06/09/2004 10:32 PM
The Bank of England will announce on Thursday whether or not it has decided to change interest rates.

i want to know the rates in celeron and
pentium the same lap

i want to know the rates in celeron and
pentium the same lap 09/15/2004 01:49 AM
TechTree Sep 15 2004 6:34AM GMT

Refinance Rates Just Got Lower

Refinance Rates Just Got Lower 09/14/2004 12:36 PM
Ad - http://www.LowerMyBills.com Sep 14 2004 4:37PM GMT
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Other News: Xerox PARC

Other News: Xerox PARC 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
And Xerox PARC gave us much of what now makes up personal computing.

Xerox Posts Profit; Margin Woes Hit
Stock

Xerox Posts Profit; Margin Woes Hit
Stock 04/24/2004 04:44 AM
Boston Globe Apr 24 2004 8:47AM GMT

HotFix Watch: Win32 Error = 1072 error
appears after you change the SMS 2.0
Service account of a secondary site

HotFix Watch: Win32 Error = 1072 error
appears after you change the SMS 2.0
Service account of a secondary site 12/28/2004 07:03 PM

Windows XP/Internet Explorer 6/Office XP
Error Reporting

Windows XP/Internet Explorer 6/Office XP
Error Reporting 05/08/2004 09:05 AM

msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh

msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh 05/10/2004 07:09 PM
Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider (May 10 2004)

Re: msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh

Re: msxml3.dll Parsing Error Crashes
Internet Explorer Remotely Upon Refresh 05/12/2004 12:51 PM
Gao Rui (May 11 2004)

Aiptek PocketDV 4100

Aiptek PocketDV 4100 07/16/2004 05:02 PM

It's probably not going to give you the same sort of visual fidelity of a nicer camera, but for $230 the new AIPTEK PocketDV 4100 looks like a fun diversion, with a 4-megapixel sensor and a 1.8-inch color LCD screen. Keep in mind that the 4100 doesn't use tapes. Instead, it has a Compact Flash slot that supports, well, as much Compact Flash as you can afford. I suspect that the 4-megapixel sensor is actually 4-megapixel this time, instead of the 2-megapixel CCD that's in the SD-card-based PocketDV 4500 that is just interpolated up to 4-megapixel. (Thanks, Mike!)
Read - Product Page [AiptekUSA]

Related
Aiptek Pocket DV4500 Hits The States [Gizmodo]

Update: Looks like it's just 3-megapixel, interpolated to 4. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
Read< /b> - Product Page [AiptekTW]

In which Tom visits PARC...

In which Tom visits PARC... 06/24/2005 09:22 PM

In what is definitely a highlight of my weirdest holiday ever, today I got to travel to California Ave on the Caltrain and visit PARC to talk to them about my stuff around Social Software for Set-Top Boxes and the work that Matt Webb and I did over the last couple of years at the BBC. It was possibly a more exciting trip for me than it strictly should have been, I fear - I think even I was surprised by how nerdy I turned out to be. Trevor F. Smith was looking after me - he took a few embarrassing fanboy shots of me lurking by the PARC sign and then gave me a bit of a tour around the floating earthquake-secure buildings, past the self-assembly robot room and around the back of the laser experiments suite. As you do.

Having a native nerd show me around was beyond cool. At a certain point we ducked into a room with an enormous photocopier in it, Trevor pulled back a little door and pointed inside. "That's the world's first ethernet cable", he said. I'm embarrassed to say that this got a little sincere 'oooh' noise out of me. But that was nothing compared to when we passed the door with the 'Smart Matter' sign on it. The door was very firmly shut, and all the windows had blinds so you couldn't see inside, but secretly I knew they were developing Flubber. Trevor refused to confirm or deny this speculation.

The session itself went relatively well - I got some interesting questions about some of the work we did on Phonetags and some useful directions to investigate in terms of more formal directions in tagging and hypertext research. I also got to hear a bit about the research that they've been doing, and was delighted to see that we were coming to some very similar conclusions from very different directions.

After our chat, Trevor was decent enough to drive me back into San Francisco. The views along the way were completely stunning and he took me up to pose by this really grotesque statue of Father Junipero Serra that points out over Crystal Springs lake. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the pictures, but only in as much as I like to have a record of what I've done, not because they're good pictures of me. Trevor seems to have a particular knack for making men look like shabby balding transexuals in his photographs. I'm not entirely sure I'll be sharing them with the world.

Nikon Coolpix 4100 announced

Nikon Coolpix 4100 announced 05/28/2004 07:53 AM
Nikon today introduced the new Coolpix 4100, a PictBridge-enabled, four megapixel digital camera...

Nikon 4 Megapixel Coolpix 4100

Nikon 4 Megapixel Coolpix 4100 05/28/2004 12:44 PM

Nikon's got a new Coolpix coming out this summer with a 4-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 1.6-inch LCD and--in a rare return to early digicam form--14.5MB of internal memory. The Coolpix 4100 will also take SD cards for additional storage and should be price around $300. One thing I love about Nikon is that they tend to release their own underwater housings for their cameras and the 4100 will be getting one, as well. Even though many 3rd party housings are just as good or better, it's usually a lot easier to buy from the manufacturer.
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10.2, Samsung SCX-4100 and D-Link
printer setup

10.2, Samsung SCX-4100 and D-Link
printer setup 01/04/2005 08:50 AM
I was trying to get Mac OSX.2 printing via a wireless network to a D-Link wireless print server (DP-311P) that's connected to a Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction printer. I tried using ghostscript and cups with miscellaneous Sam...

Product Review: Gateway E-4100 VS
(NewsFactor)

Product Review: Gateway E-4100 VS
(NewsFactor) 08/13/2004 04:19 PM
NewsFactor - When purchasing a Gateway E series PC, you're given the option of selecting which of several packages you'd prefer: "value," "performance," "productivity" and so forth. Opting for the Value Series, I expected a relatively powerful machine with a reasonable price tag. Unfortunately, Gateway seems to have a different view of "value," as the Gateway E-4100 Value Series turns out to be not much of a bargain.

Cliex32.dll Error 126 Error in
Wnmanual.log

Cliex32.dll Error 126 Error in
Wnmanual.log 06/18/2004 08:16 AM

Cisco to buy routing specialist Parc

Cisco to buy routing specialist Parc 07/08/2004 10:13 AM
Acquisition will give Cisco access to Parc's multiprotocol label switching, a technology that the industry bills as the ultimate convergence tool.

Cisco gobbles up Parc Technologies

Cisco gobbles up Parc Technologies 07/08/2004 10:41 AM
$9m for UK university spin-off

PARC wants to make networks smarter,
easier

PARC wants to make networks smarter,
easier 03/08/2004 11:18 PM
Faster WLAN sign-on and sharing of digital data among incompatible devices are announced.

PARC Cedes AspectJ Technology to Eclipse

PARC Cedes AspectJ Technology to Eclipse 03/19/2003 10:42 PM
The Eclipse Project adds AspectJ, a Java language to work around crosscutting code issues, to its repertoire.

Audiovox and AT&T Wireless announced the
PPC 4100 Windows Mobile PDA phone

Audiovox and AT&T Wireless announced the
PPC 4100 Windows Mobile PDA phone 05/27/2004 03:38 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum May 27 2004 8:21PM GMT

Nikon offers Coolpix 4100 4 megapixel
digital camera

Nikon offers Coolpix 4100 4 megapixel
digital camera 05/28/2004 09:30 AM
Nikon on Friday released the Coolpix 4100, a 4.0-megapixel digital camera aimed at families. The camera features Scene Assist and Blur Warning functions to help photographers get the picture right the first time, and supports PictBridge to transfer files directly to compatible printers without needing to go through a computer first.

Gestion Libre de Parc Informatique
0.5-RC1 (Default branch)

Gestion Libre de Parc Informatique
0.5-RC1 (Default branch) 03/23/2005 06:58 PM
GLPI is an information resource manager with an administration interface. You can use it to build a database with an inventory for your company (computers, software, printers, etc.). It has functions to make the daily life of the administrators easier, including a job/request tracking system with mail notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network topology. It provides a precise inventory of all the technical resources (all their characteristics are stored in a database) and management and history of the maintenance actions and the bound procedures. It is dynamic and is directly connected to the users, who can post requests to the technicians.

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Changes:
Repair items can be managed. Network ports for devices (such as phones) were added. The browse system was improved. The file link feature was added. A knowledge database was added. Templates were added for all inventory items. The reservation system was improved. Internal device management was added. Manufacturer fields were added. Contracts and commercial information can be managed. Hierarchical location management was added. Software management was improved. A category for tracking was added. Many minor improvements were made.

Cisco to acquire Parc for improved
traffic routing

Cisco to acquire Parc for improved
traffic routing 07/08/2004 12:20 PM
Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire London-based traffic engineering and routing software provider Parc Technologies Ltd. in an effort to gain better traffic management in its systems and products, the company said Thursday.

Cisco agrees deal to acquire Parc
Technologies

Cisco agrees deal to acquire Parc
Technologies 07/12/2004 05:41 AM
CommsTrade Jul 12 2004 10:06AM GMT

Gestion Libre de Parc Informatique
0.5-RC2 (Default branch)

Gestion Libre de Parc Informatique
0.5-RC2 (Default branch) 03/30/2005 08:50 PM
GLPI is an information resource manager with an administration interface. You can use it to build a database with an inventory for your company (computers, software, printers, etc.). It has functions to make the daily life of the administrators easier, including a job/request tracking system with mail notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network topology. It provides a precise inventory of all the technical resources (all their characteristics are stored in a database) and management and history of the maintenance actions and the bound procedures. It is dynamic and is directly connected to the users, who can post requests to the technicians.

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Changes:
Minor bugfixes from 0.5-RC1.

The next hot internet stock

The next hot internet stock 11/06/2003 07:24 PM
Google is now more than a business: it is a cultural phenomenon. But where will it be in a few years? IF THE ultimate measure of ...

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A 04/19/2005 04:29 AM
Adobe Systems To Buy Macromedia .. schluckt

marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B3B04AC26-E1ED-4FA3-8 E72-9C493CADC469%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw
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Internet stock talk isn't all babble

Internet stock talk isn't all babble 09/23/2004 01:08 PM
IHT Sep 23 2004 4:25PM GMT

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class 11/10/2003 11:25 PM
If you're tired of the default error handler and want to have complete control over default error messages, you should write your own error handling class. Writing your own handler will enable you to change the way php handles your error messages, and allows you to create your own error types. With this class you will be able to send error messages to a log file, or send error reports via email.

Internet is new route for penny stock
fraud

Internet is new route for penny stock
fraud 07/18/2004 05:48 AM
Courierpress.com - Sun Jul 18, 06:23 am GMT

Internet new avenue for penny stock
fraud

Internet new avenue for penny stock
fraud 07/11/2004 06:49 AM
Thedailycamera.com - Sun Jul 11, 09:03 am GMT

reel around the fountain

reel around the fountain 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
A week or so ago, I did an interview with Developershed about WWdN, Dancing Barefoot, D&D, Nethack, and Sammy Hagar vs. David Lee Roth.

It just hit the web this morning, in their magazine called Plugin.

Historical Exchange Rates