Joe's Random Ramblings

Recently, I made the mistake of buying a relatively expensive item (a Sonos Zoneplayer S5, ca. $400) at a local Best Buy store. Unfortunately, the item was sold out pretty much everywhere else, with Amazon showing a delivery time of 1-2 months. Since I… more »

Support for Yahoo and ICQ IM protocols in Kopete for KDE 3.5. Slackware packages. more »

Here is the announcement. All I can say is good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. The anti-immigrant antics of Mr. Dobbs really showed his complete disconnect with reality. more »

The world today is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall. Here is some news coverage from the BBC and CNN. All this brings back memories, since I was right there, in the middle of it. I went with a couple of friends to Chec… more »

Some time ago, I wrote about spam I got from the National Federation of the Blind (here and here.) Now I am getting spam from the US Red Cross. What connects these spam runs is the company that actually sends out the spam. In both cases, a company cal… more »