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Joey Ramone Dies

Apparently one of his last conversations was with U2’s Bono. How Banal. -Ian. http://www.sonicnet.com/news/archive/story.jhtml?id42818 [ Sun., April 15, 2001 5:50 PM EDT ] Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead At 49 Lead singer of Ramones had lymphatic cancer. Joey...

FW: It’s Canada’s Game

—–Original Message—– From: Ian Andrew Bell [mailto:me [at] ianbell [dot] com] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 11:49 AM To: letters [at] denverpost [dot] com Cc: wpaige [at] denverpost [dot] com; WoodyPaige [at] aol [dot] com; newsroom [at]...

This Guy Makes Me Mad…

I honestly have a hard time believing that this guy is for real. He’s just the sort of crass, bigoted, moronic, ugly American that gives citizens of the US a bad name around the world. Anyway, what’s afoot right now is a major hellstorm of flame email...

FW: Legal way to defeat AOL’s third-party AIM blocking

—–Original Message—– From: Robert Harley [mailto:Robert.Harley [at] inria [dot] fr] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 3:44 AM To: fork [at] xent.ics.uci [dot] edu Subject: Legal way to defeat AOL’s third-party AIM blocking The idea is to...

Oligopolies…

From Dictionary.com: ol·i·gop·o·ly (l-gp-l, l-) n., pl. ol·i·gop·o·lies. A market condition in which sellers are so few that the actions of any one of them will materially affect price and have a measurable impact on competitors. [oligo- + (mono)poly.]...

Kozmo.com Goes BOOM!

As if this were unexpected news… -Ian. —- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010411/wr/retail_kozmo_dc_1.html Wednesday April 11 8:48 PM ET Kozmo.com to Shut Down Immediately, Lay Off 1,100 By Doug Young LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Online retailer...

FW: Former Yahoo CEO ‘Outed’ As eBay User

—— Forwarded Message From: Mike Masnick Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:45:05 -0700 To: “Jeff Barr” , Subject: Re: Former Yahoo CEO ‘Outed’ As eBay User Yes, but I blame Auctionwatch for not including the following links: Koogle’s...

Sign of the Times: Microsoft Gives Clippy the Axe.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010411/tc/microsoft_tool_quot_clippy_quot_ gets_pink_slip_1.html Microsoft tool “Clippy” gets pink slip By Erich Luening CNET News.com Software giant Microsoft is laying off one of its most controversial employees: Clippy....

MOVIE: The Last Broadcast..

This movie, overshadowed by The Blair Witch Project, predates it by 1 year. The movie itself is much more like a documentary than the straightforward as-it-happens style of Blair Witch, but it’s very similar in its use of handheld video and the...