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Star Wars in ASCII

And, by the way, in case you haven’t seen it, you can now watch a REAL internet movie — Star Wars in Ascii text. 🙂 http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ -Ian.

Beware the Hype, Not the Witch

Great SlashDot article on The Blair Witch Project yesterday (below). Hollywierd is now calling BWP an “Internet Phenomenon”. I think this is simply because of the fact that the major studios simply can’t face up to the fact that as they continually...

Nortel Takes Newbridge?

http://www.worldlyinvestor.com/article/article.jtmpl?article_id=3631 Meanwhile in Canada: Nortel Takes Newbridge? August 31, 1999 6:22 AM EDT By Bob Beaty Canada Editor Click here to sign up for free newsletters. Click here to set up your free portfolio. There’s...

H.323 as Bag of Mostly Water..

I was piqued by this until I realized it was an advertisement for SIP. SIP has its own set of problems. -Ian. http://www.networkcomputing.com/1017/1017colwillis.html When Good Standards Go Bad August 23, 1999 By DAVID WILLIS Sometimes there’s just no turning...

Canadians Congregating in the Bay Area..

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/hightech/990823/2759600.html California dreaming ‘Lone wolf’ Canadians in Silicon Valley heed compulsion to congregate Mark Anderson The Ottawa Citizen At first glance, it appears to be just another sunny Saturday at the track...

[Fwd: Esther on .com alternatives in WSJ today]

What a twit. Still blowing hot air over nothing. I’m on record: Esther Dyson is a dumbass. -Ian. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Esther on .com alternatives in WSJ today Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:18:39 -0700 From: Rohit...

Re: POLL: FOIB Success to Date.

Aha! At last an excuse to use your newfound Silicon Valley Buzzword Dictionary? 🙂 -Ian. Mark Winder wrote:> > So Ian! when did you pass out the Kool-Aid??? ;o) > > – Mark. > > —–Original Message—– > From: Nancy Zehr > To: foib [at]...

Onex Wants to Buy Air Canada AND Canadian Airlines..

http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560851881-89f 12:31 PM ET 08/24/99 Onex Wants To Buy Canada Airlines Onex Wants To Buy Canada Airlines MONTREAL (AP) _ Onex Corp., a Toronto-based conglomerate, is offering $3.8 billion to buy and combine Air Canada...

Canada’s Internet Vice Superstars in Trouble

Also.. No shortage of accusations flying about that might explain the justification that the RCMP/Vancouver Police used for the raid here: http://www.gamblingmagazine.com/starnet.htm If the investigation is sealed, meaning the cops are not revealing the grounds, you...