Coredump

• I’ve just installed a web-based IRC client on Dreamhost. Now I don’t have to worry about firewalls blocking IRC connections .
• Brushing up on my C skills again, helping out a former co-worker on some coding stuff.
• I hear Google is going the offline route with Google Docs. Cool. Finally! (But that’s just speculation, of course.)
• And, oh: didn’t make it to the IOSN Linux TOT (got shortlisted but didn’t make the cut). Well, it’s okay. There’ll be more opportunities for that. I probably won’t be able to take the LPI certification exams as well — my company made me choose between those exams and training from another vendor. *shrugs* Later…

My fascination with spam continues (call this the second part of a continuing series, the first of which was this).

Snagged via Boing Boing a cool in-the-works animation series, Spamland:

Can’t wait for the next one.

• Google Docs + Spreadsheets On the way to Google Office? / web google
• Coghead: Design applications visually A simple, powerful new way to create web-based business applications that can be used by anyone, anytime, anywhere! / web tools tech programming design
• Making Comics: How to communicate visually Howto on creating cool comics drawings. / howto graphics cool comics books art

I recently received a feedback, which came through this blog’s contact form:

Congratulations on having the same name as me. You may just be the reason why I can never get Iandexter@example.com etc. But I will let u off for having such a name.

Right. And that’s my problem because…?

(No contact details were given, but the IP address is from AOL.)

• BBspot - Yahoo Erotica Editor Fired for Excessive Programming Wished I had his job. jk / yahoo work programming perl humor geek fun