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Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US 05/28/2004 09:26 PM
Financial Post May 29 2004 1:40AM GMT

FBI seizes $87 million worth of illegal
software

FBI seizes $87 million worth of illegal
software 09/16/2004 09:27 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - A two-year investigation by U.S. law enforcement authorities has resulted in one of the largest seizures of fake software ever in the U.S. and charges against 11 individuals, government officials said Thursday.

Ellison sells $252 million worth of
stock (SiliconValley.com)

Ellison sells $252 million worth of
stock (SiliconValley.com) 04/19/2004 08:27 AM
SiliconValley.com - Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison sold more than $252 million worth of stock in the Redwood Shores software maker in recent weeks. The moves were part of an automatic-sales plan adopted this year by Silicon Valley's richest executive to sell a portion of his massive holdings in Oracle shares.

CNET to Buy Webshots in Deal Worth Up to
$70 Million (Reuters)

CNET to Buy Webshots in Deal Worth Up to
$70 Million (Reuters) 07/14/2004 05:14 PM
Reuters - CNET Networks Inc. (CNET.O) on Wednesday said it had struck a deal to buy privately held Twofold Photos Inc. and its Webshots Web site in a deal worth up to $70 million.

Media Command Systems launches it's new
website to service the Dallas Fort Worth
metroplex.

Media Command Systems launches it's new
website to service the Dallas Fort Worth
metroplex. 07/06/2004 06:45 PM
Media Command Systems launched www.dfwhometheater.com this week to bring it's home automation and home theater services to the Greater Dallas area. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2004]

Shanghai Fashion Show to draw exports
worth $430 million

Shanghai Fashion Show to draw exports
worth $430 million 04/27/2004 01:15 PM
Maekyung Internet Apr 27 2004 5:17PM GMT

Environmental Management Solutions wins
contracts worth $10.1 million

Environmental Management Solutions wins
contracts worth $10.1 million 01/10/2004 10:50 AM
Canadian Press Jan 10 2004 9:09AM ET

Tender: GBP90 million worth of PCs for
HE National Notebook Agreement

Tender: GBP90 million worth of PCs for
HE National Notebook Agreement 06/11/2004 03:09 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jun 11 2004 7:07AM GMT

Thomson Corp. offers $250 million worth
of notes paying 4.5 per cent

Thomson Corp. offers $250 million worth
of notes paying 4.5 per cent 05/29/2004 11:01 AM
Canadian Press May 29 2004 1:59PM GMT

SR Telecom wins contract in Latin
America, first phase worth $35 million

SR Telecom wins contract in Latin
America, first phase worth $35 million 05/10/2004 11:39 AM
National Post May 10 2004 3:31PM GMT

FBI Seizes Over $80 Million Worth of
Counterfeit and Infringing Software in
California and Texas

FBI Seizes Over $80 Million Worth of
Counterfeit and Infringing Software in
California and Texas 09/17/2004 12:43 AM
Microsoft Corp. today applauded the FBI in Los Angeles for its leadership following a two-year investigation undertaken in a significant partnership with Microsoft and other industry investigators that has resulted in the largest seizure of counterfeit Microsoft® software and components to date.

Health website benefits from Google link

Health website benefits from Google link 03/27/2005 05:50 AM
Sunday Business Post Mar 27 2005 9:01AM GMT

Obligatory Wrath of Kahn Website link

Obligatory Wrath of Kahn Website link 06/13/2004 09:38 PM
The post's title says it all .. Khaaaaaaan!! Khaaaaaannn!!! .. I don’t get it .. Good for a giggle .. Khaaan! Khaaan! .. khaaaaaaaaan! .. Khaaaaaan! .. Khaaaaan! .. he's back .. Spannend .. Khaan! .. Khaan .. Yay!

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Ziff-Davis To Website: You Must License
To Link

Ziff-Davis To Website: You Must License
To Link 08/08/2004 07:17 PM

Mitec Telecom signs deal to supply
wireless equipment worth up to $50
million

Mitec Telecom signs deal to supply
wireless equipment worth up to $50
million 03/26/2005 01:01 PM
Canadian Press Mar 26 2005 5:03PM GMT

Ziff Davis To Website: License To Link,
Updated

Ziff Davis To Website: License To Link,
Updated 08/09/2004 12:49 AM
Slashdot Aug 9 2004 3:11AM GMT

North American Broadband Over Powerline
Company Secures Commitment With China
Worth Over $50 Million

North American Broadband Over Powerline
Company Secures Commitment With China
Worth Over $50 Million 06/22/2005 02:09 AM
3One Networks Inc, a leader in Powerline Communications technology is conducting a beta deployment of its Power Grid Management Solution in China with one of the largest power companies in the world. Within the first two years following the successful completion of the beta deployment, 3One has commitments for additional systems in excess of $50 million (USD). [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

The wireless adult content market will
be worth approximately $90 million in
the United States and $1 billion
globally in 2008

The wireless adult content market will
be worth approximately $90 million in
the United States and $1 billion
globally in 2008 09/15/2004 03:57 AM
[PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

Over 46 Million Hits On UAE Website

Over 46 Million Hits On UAE Website 06/07/2004 04:23 AM
Bernama.com - Mon Jun 7, 08:42 am GMT

The company that runs the website of
Silicon Valley Land Survey broke the
link to the videos once it

The company that runs the website of
Silicon Valley Land Survey broke the
link to the videos once it 06/19/2004 06:09 AM
News.scotsman.com - Sat Jun 19, 08:35 am GMT

Three million bl0gs tracked by Website

Three million bl0gs tracked by Website 07/08/2004 12:19 PM

The amount of weblogs continues to grow, as the total number tracked by a leading Website has passed three million , as of this month. Technorati studies the blogosphere , the portion of the web comprised of blogs.

(via Glenn Reynolds )

Interactive Convention Website Registers
16 Million Hits in First 24 Hours

Interactive Convention Website Registers
16 Million Hits in First 24 Hours 07/29/2004 02:50 AM
The interactive Democratic National Convention Website registered 16 Million hits in the first 24 Hours of the Convention. Live streaming video of the convention events was a huge hit with Web viewers. [PRWEB Jul 29, 2004]

Kansas City Website Designers and
Software Programming Firm Launches KC
Website Design Resource Website

Kansas City Website Designers and
Software Programming Firm Launches KC
Website Design Resource Website 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
VectorVision, one of Kansas City, Missouri's leading Web design firms and software developers is pleased to announce the creation of http://www.KC-web-design.com a Missouri web site showcase and Missouri web site designers resource center. [PRWEB Dec 24, 2004]

If a job's worth doing, it's worth
overdoing.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth
overdoing. 04/15/2005 11:58 AM
For Sale: Wothahellizat? It's definitely not built for speed, but this weird off-road truck is truly a labor of love.

Start Your Own Website And Manage It
Successfully - Domain Registration,
Website Design, Web Hosting

Start Your Own Website And Manage It
Successfully - Domain Registration,
Website Design, Web Hosting 07/05/2004 06:09 AM
Webhostdir.com - Mon Jul 5, 09:35 am GMT

New Website Template Customization
Service Offers Unique and Affordable
Website Creation

New Website Template Customization
Service Offers Unique and Affordable
Website Creation 03/24/2005 05:13 AM
Sure Logos offers new services, including website templates, website template customization, and custom web design. [PRWEB Mar 24, 2005]

GotWebsiteHosting.com Adds Website
Builder - Get Your Small Business or
Personal Website on the Internet

GotWebsiteHosting.com Adds Website
Builder - Get Your Small Business or
Personal Website on the Internet 06/05/2005 11:15 PM
GotWebsiteHosting.com offers a website builder for personal websites & small business owners that requires no HTML knowledge. Offering 71 professional templates to give site builders a variety of layouts. [PRWEB May 25, 2005]

EZGenerator Website Builder brings
professional website building to the
masses

EZGenerator Website Builder brings
professional website building to the
masses 09/01/2004 04:06 AM
Image Line Software is pleased to announce that the next release of their EZGenerator Website Builder, which is scheduled for mid-September 2004, will contain advanced features, such as an e-commerce module and editable areas, features previously considered only within the reach of professional webdesigners [PRWEB Sep 1, 2004]

Just Released Domain Name and Website
Reseller Website.

Just Released Domain Name and Website
Reseller Website. 12/28/2004 07:39 AM
Webhostdir.com - Tue Dec 28, 09:23 am GMT

Innovative NFL Stats and Analysis
Website Football Outsiders Celebrates
its First Anniversary - Website Seeks to
Adapt Principles of Sabermetrics to
Bring Football Commentary into the
Moneyball Era

Innovative NFL Stats and Analysis
Website Football Outsiders Celebrates
its First Anniversary - Website Seeks to
Adapt Principles of Sabermetrics to
Bring Football Commentary into the
Moneyball Era 07/30/2004 03:41 AM
Football Outsiders, the Web's top site for intelligent football fans and innovative NFL stats, today celebrates its first anniversary. In one year the website has grown from a handful of fans to a thriving community of readers and writers who seek to bring to pro football the concepts of sabermetrics that have become famous in baseball due to the book Moneyball. [PRWEB Jul 30, 2004]

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship 04/13/2005 05:08 PM
Apple Computer on Wednesday reported a profit of US$290 million for the fiscal second-quarter of 2005. The company said that 1,070,000 Macintosh units and 5,311,000 iPods were shipped during the quarter, which ended March 26, 2005. This represents a 43 percent increase in CPU units and a 558 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million 02/14/2004 10:52 AM
Canadian Press Feb 14 2004 2:11PM GMT

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent 02/01/2005 09:22 PM
mbl.is Feb 1 2005 11:53AM GMT

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd)

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd) 07/01/2004 10:33 AM
"According to today's London Evening Standard, Lastminute.com bought the Lastminute.de domain name for 31 Million UK pounds sterling, although this did include the existing lastminute.de business"

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing 07/16/2004 11:53 AM
Wishlist: the million monkeys at a million typewriters plugin A Whole Lotta Nothing .. matt wants a public editing of blog posts .. a.wholelottanothing.org

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Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units

Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units 04/13/2004 12:39 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Apr 13 2004 5:04PM GMT

Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago

Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago 05/01/2004 11:41 AM
Canadian Press May 1 2004 4:14PM GMT

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile 07/15/2004 03:15 PM
Gigex Jul 15 2004 7:20PM GMT

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET
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Breaker, Breaker, Bad Neighbor, We've
Got a 10-34

Breaker, Breaker, Bad Neighbor, We've
Got a 10-34 04/05/2005 02:27 PM

Andy Seybold and Ron Sege (Tropos) hammer away on metropolitan-scale Wi-Fi: I've had long internal debates with myself about how to write about this issue played out in competing guest commentaries on Muniwireless.com. Andy Seybold is a respected figure in the industry, and someone I admire. But his approach to external Wi-Fi, however reasonable some of his concerns are, has been ham-handed, often inaccurate, and biased towards licensed frequencies.

Because he's a consultant and does not have a list of his and his firms' clients, it's impossible to know what angle he comes at this. I'm not suggesting his opinion is paid for. He's too honest, too independent, and too smart for that. But if you just had your head inside the cell data helmet for two years, metro-scale Wi-Fi looks absurd. Take off that helmet, and evaluate it fairly, and you could have an entirely different take. I'd urge Seybold to disclose any past and present consulting arrangement with companies that compete in the space that he is offering public opinion about. He's not a journalist, but he still writes like one.

His opponent in this debate, Ron Sege, makes his money as the CEO of Tropos Networks, a company that is the leader in selling metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh equipment. So we know where his bias is: he'd like his company to sell more and more gear. He has every interest in making his approach seem workable. But he's also responsible to his private shareholders and board of directors as well as his customers. As recent years have shown, pretending something works doesn't work as a long-term business strategy.

(Me, I accept advertising through third parties and am not involved in negotiating or signing advertisers to my sites. I work as a journalist, primarily, and do not consult in this or any industry.)

The difference between Seybold and Sege is that Sege can give you the names and addresses of networks and city IT managers: you can go and try his networks and talk to the people running it who aren't responsible to Sege, but to taxpayers and city officials. Seybold is poking holes through what I have to say is often specious or inaccurate reasoning; Sege is offering a rational approach that's not overhyping the abilities of the system he sells. I think both parties would agree that the future for metro-scale wireless (not Wi-Fi) is extremely bright.

If you view metro-scale Wi-Fi as a poor cousin to cell data, then I have to say that's where the drugs have kicked in and you're channeling Hunter S. Thompson. Verizon Wireless keeps making bizarre statements about how their EVDO service works everywhere unlike Wi-Fi which works mainly when your laptop is physically touching an access point. Okay, I'm exaggerating. But their statements have been strangely broad especially when their technology provider, Qualcomm, has a campus-wide Wi-Fi network that they're very happy with. Seybold agrees: indoor deployments of Wi-Fi are great uses of the technology and they work.

EVDO is fantastic technology that I'm in love with, but let's remember three salient points: limited spectrum available for 3G in this country; high cost for unlimited usage to deter too many subscribers; limited bandwidth compared to the backhaul capable with modern Wi-Fi (mesh or fixed hotspot or hotzone).

So where's the dispute? Let me start drilling into Seybold's Muniwireless.c om commentary. He hates 2.4 GHz: it's a messy band. It may experience a tragedy of the commons. It's like Citizens Band radio: too many users turned CB into something no one can use. (Except that it's still in use by a group that carved their own purpose out of it when the FCC walked away.)

But that's not what's happening in 2.4 GHz. The band has become more and more useful because it employs technology to allow many simultaneous networks to work without rendering each other useless. Yes, the more networks, the worse performance. But I've been at trade shows--Wi-Fi Planet, notably--with hundreds of 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi networks over a few thousand square feet, and you can still associate and send data. The FCC hasn't walked away: they're actively involved in tweaking and enforcing rules. Seybold claims companies are selling gear that flaunts Part 15. Hey, who are they? Let's report them. They're violating the law and threatening public safety and corporate data networks through their gear.

Seybold moves on to airports, indoor spaces that you think he would admire. But a lack of coordinated policy have doomed some of his connections, he says. I and others asked where in the comments, and he cited Dallas/Ft. Worth and San Jose as having several networks that apparently prevented him from getting a good connection. But those two airports have coverage from Wayport, which he doesn't mention as one of the signals he saw. I was recently in Seattle and Austin's airports, which are two of Wayport's oldest installations, and had great service throughout. As you imagine, I have professional interest in wandering around to look at signal strength and throughput. I saw other networks, sure, but the ones that Seybold cites are ones that are designed to cover small areas, like an airport lounge. If you're not in the lounge, you might see the signal, but the coverage shouldn't be good. This is frustrating for T-Mobile HotSpot subscribers who aren't lounge members, but that doesn't mean that Wi-Fi failed them.

Seybold's airport reasoning is conclusion by anecdote. Airports are generating hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi connections each month. Ask Concourse, T-Mobile, and Wayport, to name the biggest players. If service were as poor as Seybold maintains, this wouldn't be happening. I had terrific results in Seattle, Denver, and Austin a few weeks ago, three of the oldest Wi-Fi'd airports in the country. (Seybold is also incorrect about a remark in the comments to his commentary: "access points are being deployed without knowledge or consent of the airport commission--and sometimes with their consent." The FCC ruling last June precludes airport authorities from restricting unlicensed wireless.)

The commentary devolves into speculation about how metro-scale Wi-Fi networks can't work well because of interference and many competing networks (home and otherwise), and how if they even manage to work now they will fail in the future because of a tragedy of the commons.

Unfortunately, all developments point otherwise. Seybold mentions the 5 GHz band in passing, but it's clear that as 2.4 GHz becomes more crowded--I completely agree it will--that the 23 channels in 5 GHz for relatively unused 54 Mbps communications today and 100 to 600 Mbps communications with 802.11n in 2006-2007 will take up the slack. Manufacturers are clearly moving towards integrated dual-band chips in all non-consumer devices. It doesn't cost much more at this point, and it's the way the enterprise is moving.

Combine that technology direction with the spatial multiplexing and multipath discrimination that will appear in 802.11n (and is already in early form in MIMO gear hitting the market), and you solve another problem. If you can more clearly differentiate signals as they reflect in complex, radio-crowded environments, then you effectively increase the amount of bandwidth available across a given geographic area in a given slice of spectrum.

Thus even if 2.4 GHz becomes unusable due to crowding with today's technology, tomorrow's technology won't be subject to the same limitations. Even better, you can continue having bad results with today's technology while tomorrow's is installed all around you. Tropos could move from 802.11a/g to 802.11n for backhaul and use multiple radios for service to support legacy users.

Seybold also writes, "The problem with 2.4-GHz Wi-Fi is that if it works in a given wide area today, there is no guarantee that it will continue to work tomorrow. Building a system that requires, for example, 500 access points today might require the addition of another few hundred access points in the future. This would throw a wrench into the business model."

That's a lot of different ideas, but I don't buy any of them. The technology will improve, so upgrades to the technology will be necessary. But all of the plans I've seen and read about involve the idea that technology will improve. A 500-node network that needs 200 to 300 more because of usage or other factors is already in the plan. Nobody is deploying a network of fixed size, crossing their fingers, and trusting that it will work indefinitely--or even 1 to 2 years in the future without adding nodes.

Seybold transition into questions of mobility, or accessing metro Wi-Fi while in motion. "If public safety officers have to pull over to the curb to run a license plate while they are in pursuit of a vehicle, what good is the network?" I don't think Seybold has talked to police officers about how they work to make that statement. Most of the selling point of public-safety networks is about keeping staff in the field instead of returning to base to fill out paperwork. Another part is about getting robust information in the field--but not, typically, at 100 mph pursuit. You're probably on the radio at that point and focusing on driving and not getting shot rather than typing on a keyboard (or having your partner do such).

In any case, focusing on mobility sells the idea that a technology that doesn't yet exist in most cities--broadband speed cell data, which is coming--and that requires payments to external providers trumps a flexible, multi-purpose network that a city itself could own or have built for it. Cities should probably think about conserving costs in areas in which outside providers have no similar interest. This is one of the primary problems in my view with state laws that would prevent municipalities from being able to build multi-purpose networks that public safety personnel would benefit from.

Like so many of the arguments in this commentary and more cellular-focused articles and chats elsewhere, Seybold wants to make the indirect case that an unlicensed band will devolve into chaos without rules that provide for strict separation of providers, cell-like seamless handoff, and other features common to cellular data networks.

But he's taking a very small slice and a set of strawman that I don't think hold up to scrutiny to posit that today's networks don't work (when they do) and that the same technology will get worse and worse instead of the inevitable path that's already underway to improved use of spectrum, better signal discrimination, and more channels for use overall.

Now you think I have forgotten about Tropos CEO Ron Sege's commentary on Seybold's piece? I have not. Here's my dilemma. I'm not a toady, but I agree with practically everything Sege writes. Why? Because he's not trying to create an reductio ad absurdum argument. Sege is willing to consider and even introduce points of view contrary to his own interest in the purpose of arriving at a logical conclusion.

Sege doesn't look as Seybold does at spectrum in the classical, early 20th century view that is being widely discredited by people as varied as open-source radio enthusiast and the FCC. Spectrum is only scarce when you spew radio waves over it. It's abundant when devices are smart enough to use the least signal, to avoid stepping on others, and to hop away from frequencies in use. Some of this is already in place in 2.4 GHz; some in European rules for 5 GHz.

In the non-scarce spectrum worldview, the more transmitters, the more difficult but not unsolvable the problem becomes. Coordination happens among devices using protocols that allow this to be sorted out.

If you apply Sege's arguments to the tragedy of the commons you get a very different outcome from Seybold's. Seybold would argue that in a space intended for 1,000 cows consuming regularly that he found 5,000 cows and the field was trampled. Sege, in contrast, would point out that there were 5,000 cows, but they were led in and out on a rata system that assured that no more than 1,000 cows--and often only a few hundred cows--were munching at every given time.

In fact, rather than 1,000 cows mostly owned by Verimoo or SBCow, the 5,000 cows were owned by hundreds of different dairy farmers. By keeping the commons open and using a protocol that determined the number of cows that could contend for grass, the commons continued to flourish. To follow Sege's commentary, he would say that Seybold didn't stoop to look at the grass at all, but reasoned that 5,000 cows were an untenable number for the commons, and vowed to return in a year to see if any grass was left at all.

Sege's summary is rather stirring and in accord with my opinion: "Cautionary projections of potential failures of technology solutions based on previous failures have a place in the debate, as long as they are fully verified as still valid and acknowledge real changes in the environment."

Comments welcome below that advance a civil discussion of these issues.

Breaker, Breaker: 10-100 Filtering

Breaker, Breaker: 10-100 Filtering 04/19/2005 11:06 AM

Truck stops in Texas with free Wi-Fi may have to filter content: A Slashdot poster connects the dots in a Texas house bill that would require filtering on any state-provided wireless network on public property. This means the truck stops that have been equipped would need filtering. I don't need to make snickering references here, as you can read plenty on Slashdot.

Second ISS Gyro Failed

Second ISS Gyro Failed 04/25/2004 03:02 AM
NASA needs to kick someone in the Ass and get the heavy lifter back in service. The ISS has experienced...

ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk

ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk 07/01/2004 10:31 PM

Epson/NGK Announce 5mm Gyro-sensor

Epson/NGK Announce 5mm Gyro-sensor 08/27/2004 07:16 PM
Need some tiny gyroscopes to go with the new OKI accelerometers? Epson and NGK have just what you need. "The world's smallest" gyro-sensor with built-in drive circuit; a 5mm, surface-mount device that can measure angular veolocity with a sensitivity of 0.67 mV/deg/sec at up to 100 degrees per sec. Combine three of these with one of the recently announced OKI tri-axis accelerometers and you've got a dirt-cheap IMU that would fit on even the smallest robot. Like OKI's part, Epson's gyro is made for use in cellphones, cameras, and navigation systems.

Functional Antique

Functional Antique 03/06/2004 01:55 AM

We drove through Arizona, Utah and Southern California for our honeymoon a few years ago and I took most of the photos of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley on Kodachrome film. The lab made a mistake in the processing and only gave me the slides instead of including a photo CD with them. They refused to correct the error and I didn't have a projector so I've never gotten to get a good look at them. Since then the boxes of slides have sat in a container that I occasionally pass and remind myself that I should do something about the slides. By chance I noticed an old Leica Pradovit projector on eBay and bid on it. I lost that auction but I kept looking now and then and finally nabbed one. It is as simple and as elegant as a slide projector can get and certainly all that I need for the occasional viewing of slides at home. It's a Leitz Prado SM-300 from the late 1950s and 1960s with a solid lens and tough bakelite body. Instead of €250 or more for a projector with more electronics than my laptop, this was only £20 and will likely outlast most of the new ones that require service instead of a hammer or a pair of pliers. :)

The only problem with the projector was that the seller likely picked it up at a local boot sale without checking the parts or knowing the slightest thing about shipping things that contain glass. Fortunately, all of the optics survived the trip, but the bulb was not so lucky. Removing the old bulb was an exercise in patience since the socket is unusual and flanged. I had to use a leatherman to carefully go down into the socket and ease up one of the flange guides that had been bent which made the removal of the bulb impossible. I took the bulb's ID number, started searching on the net and only found one place that had them in stock and they were €150 each. For a cheap old projector, this was likely not an economical solution. I needed to go by EP-Kamera to see if I could get a lens cap for the leica anyway, so I thought I'd take a chance and ask if they had a bulb. The gentleman who owns the shop immediately recognised it and was able to order 2 of them for €20 each for me. It reminded me of why the internet sucks for buying things that require some level of expertise in the seller. I had forgotten how nice it is to have a shop like the electronic parts place my father used to take me to where the owners knew their business and loved what they did. Now we have a working projector and I promise not to torture the family with captive slide shows at dinnertime. :)

Antique American Posters

Antique American Posters 06/16/2004 04:50 PM
Poster Glory: Antique American Posters.

Toy Tent: Antique Future Collectibles

Toy Tent: Antique Future Collectibles 07/21/2004 02:34 PM

Toy Tent is an online store that specializes in antique and collectible toys, including a fantastic collection of "space toys," like toy rocketships and tin UFOs, ray guns, and of course, robots. The prices vary wildly (we are talking about antiques, after all), but just browsing through the product catalog will produce lots of little squeals and giggles and claps. (Be sure to check out the Jupiter Spacecraft. I actually considered dropping $275 for a tin spaceship.)
Read - Home Page [ToyTent via WeMake MoneyNotArt]

Mythical Geography in Antique Maps

Mythical Geography in Antique Maps 07/30/2004 11:46 AM
Illusions, Delusions, and Confusions: Mythical Geography in Antique Maps, courtesy the Philadelphia Print Shop. (via tui)

What came out of the Novell/HP roadshow

What came out of the Novell/HP roadshow 05/13/2004 03:42 AM
Reports have started filtering in from those of you who managed to secure a place in the Novell/HP "Delivering & Deploying Linux Across the Enterprise" seminars that began last week. The evidence keeps mounting that Novell is really taking to open source like a convert takes to a new religion - embracing it all and proselytizing at every opportunity.

US extraditing DRM-breaker

US extraditing DRM-breaker 07/07/2004 12:48 PM
The US is trying to extradite an Australian who broke DRM systems to stand trial in America.

US justice agencies allege that Griffiths, whose online name was BanDido, was the ringleader of an internet group called DrinkOrDie (DOD). Its members played a global game of one-upmanship with manufacturers, cracking security codes and reproducing software, games and music worth $US50 million ($A70.2 million).

It is not claimed that 41-year-old Griffiths, who is unemployed, made any money from the alleged piracy.

Link (Thanks, Gwen!)

Antique Macintosh Easter Egg Movie Found

Antique Macintosh Easter Egg Movie Found 03/26/2005 01:07 PM

Antique science fiction toys for sale

Antique science fiction toys for sale 07/22/2004 02:31 AM
ToyTent are purveyors of astonishingly cool (and wickedly expensive) vintage space toys, robots, and rayguns. Just browsing the images of these things gets me all excited. Link (via Gizmodo)

Micro-content Roadshow

Micro-content Roadshow 08/03/2004 03:39 AM

I'm going on a Roadshow this summer - starting in Michigan and NYC on Aug. 19th - and then heading to Amsterdam (for three weeks - dinners on Aug. 24th & Sept. 7th), Galway, Ireland (Sept-1-2), Paris (Aug. 27th), Trieste (11th) and finally ending up in London - Sept. 13th.

I'll be posting on details and locations in the coming days.

Here's the artwork for the T-Shirt.....

And the Wiki page of details.....

The New Republic Online: Law Breaker

The New Republic Online: Law Breaker 02/19/2004 08:05 AM
impact of the FMA .. devastation .. today joins .. Jacob Levy

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A SOAP syntax breaker

A SOAP syntax breaker 08/09/2002 11:09 PM
CNET Aug 9 2002 10:08PM ET

Prison Guards on Strike Over Antique
Guns (Reuters)

Prison Guards on Strike Over Antique
Guns (Reuters) 03/19/2005 02:20 AM
Reuters - Greek prison guards will go on strike next week demanding a change of their American-made weapons that date back to the U.S. wars in central America almost a century ago.

Etech '05 - phase II in the Trifecta
roadshow

Etech '05 - phase II in the Trifecta
roadshow 03/14/2005 05:08 PM

I've arrived in San Diego. Please notice the aircraft carrier.

Apple sponsors Post-NAB Roadshow

Apple sponsors Post-NAB Roadshow 05/17/2004 09:01 PM
Apple is sponsoring the Post-NAB Roadshow, which is running in 35 cities through June 30...

Antiques Roadshow FYI Launches Online

Antiques Roadshow FYI Launches Online 02/01/2005 08:51 PM
The producers of Antiques Roadshow proudly present Antiques Roadshow FYI, a spin-off TV series and web site packed with as much suspense and information as the wildly popular original.

FC Now: Decision Maker, Deal Breaker

FC Now: Decision Maker, Deal Breaker 09/16/2004 05:34 AM
In the current issue of Darwin, contributor Chuck Martin considers the ways in which leaders make tough decisions. In a nationwide survey over a base...

Snake Skin Bean Breaker

Snake Skin Bean Breaker 09/02/2004 01:28 PM
Namespace Collision

Advanced Office Password Breaker v1.20

Advanced Office Password Breaker v1.20 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
Advanced Office Password Breaker (formerly Advanced Office Key Recovery), or AOPB for short, is a program to decrypt Word and Excel 97/2000 files that have file open protection set, as well as Word and Excel XP files with default (Office 97/2000 compatible) encryption - guaranteed, regardless the password length and complexity. This is being done by trying all possible encryption keys (instead of brute-force and dictionary attacks) and takes only about two weeks on single Pentium III/1000 PC (or just four-five days on faster dual-CPU systems).

Newly Discovered Galaxy Is a
Record-Breaker

Newly Discovered Galaxy Is a
Record-Breaker 02/18/2004 01:06 AM

Micro-Content roadshow Beta test

Micro-Content roadshow Beta test 08/11/2004 02:01 PM

It was a pleasure to meet Marc Canter tonight at Guu with Otokomae and to be part of the Vancouv er trial run of his Micr o Content Roadshow.

If you get a chance to meet Marc, don't miss it! You will learn lots about cool things like Open Media.

[Roland Tanglao]

Hey Roland - don't forget FOAFnet.org and other burgeoning standards - around OpenEvents, OpenListings and OpenReviews.

It was great to finally meet Roland and Boris and to see Stewart and Jon - again. The place really got me back into that "Gaijin" kind of frame of mind. Big guy - small seats.

Antiques Roadshow FYI Launches Preview
Site Today

Antiques Roadshow FYI Launches Preview
Site Today 12/17/2004 06:36 PM
Hosted by Antiques Roadshow's Lara Spencer with correspondent Clay Reynolds, Antiques Roadshow FYI's magazine-style episodes and web site give viewers tools to enrich and improve their own treasure hunts and answer the many questions raised by Roadshow: What happens to the stuff you appraise after the owners leave the convention hall? Where can I go to get the best deals? What's a hot collectible right now? Not to mention, what do the appraisers collect themselves? The complete Antiques Roadshow FYI Web site (launching Jan. 17) will follow and extend these segments through lively features that coincide with the PBS broadcasts.

APLAC Roadshow 2004 - European Seminar
Tour

APLAC Roadshow 2004 - European Seminar
Tour 06/24/2004 02:53 AM
APLAC hits the road through Europe again with a Seminar Tour! See and try out APLAC 7.92 Circuit simulation and design tools and pose your own questions and challenges. The APLAC roadshow starts in Helsinki, Finland, and proceeds through each major European design metropolis, concluding at European Microwave Week 2004 in Amsterdam. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Intel concludes technology awareness
roadshow for consumers in the UAE

Intel concludes technology awareness
roadshow for consumers in the UAE 03/17/2005 03:49 AM
AME Info Mar 17 2005 7:44AM GMT

Worth a Look

Worth a Look 04/09/2005 06:22 PM

Google Aerial Photos of Your Home: I mentioned this already, but it's quite amazing. Use the map view to zero in on your home, or that of family or friends (or any other place) in North America (double-click to re-centre, then use the sliders in upper left) and then click on the 'satellite' button and see how much detail of the whole continent infrared satellite photos have captured. Then zoom back out in satellite mode and feel veeeery small. Dare you to stop at just one. The Great Lie: A fascinating 27-minute film, free online, inspired by Daniel Quinn's book Ishmael. The Real News: While the lazy-ass mainstream media have clogged the airwaves all week with the non-news of the late and dreadful pope's funeral, the marriage plans of British royalty, and various celebrities' trials, the deadly Marburg virus, an Ebola relative, has taken its largest and most devastating toll yet. Sooner or later one of these is going to teach us what The Tipping Point was really about. meanwhile the genocide in Darfur continues unabated, with the death toll of innocents reaching Rwanda proportions and an entire village being razed to the ground yesterday. Oh, and you can thank the NRA and the politicians in their back pockets for making it much easier for terrorists, even those on Al Qaida watch lists, to get AK-47s at the local store in your community.

Is A Link To A Website Worth $5 Million?

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