Isotropic is …
... my personal blog. Anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Category Archives: Old-Posts
01 Jan 2004
Director of Software Development
I’m now Director of Software Development for Phi Theta Kappa (ΦΘΚ) International Honor Society.
06 Sep 2001
Project Manager
I’m now gainfully employed as Project Manager for Phi Theta Kappa (ΦΘΚ) International Honor Society.
21 Jul 2001
Home Network Security
Stop the insanity — read this: Home Network Security.
29 Jun 2001
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
For your entertainment, I’ve set up an illustrated copy of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
13 Jun 2001
Just say ‘NO’ to Smart Tags
Just say ‘NO’ to Smart Tags While the idea in itself is not bad, this article at ZDNet should give you a good demonstration of why you should NOT want Microsoft (or any other company) to have such power to figuratively “modify” a web page. I place the links I want on my pages; I […]
18 May 2001
Wikipedia and Nupedia
Wikipedia and Nupedia Wikipedia The home page of Wikipedia says “We’re writing a complete encyclopedia from scratch, collaboratively. We started work in January 2001. We’ve got over 6,000 pages already. We want to make over 100,000. So, let’s get to work! Write a little (or a lot) about what you know.” Wikipedia is implemented via […]
12 May 2001
“You have 1 message waiting for you.”
About a year ago I commented on the “Do you want this Ad to Go Away?” banner ad. Since that time I’ve suffered the dodging monkeys and distracting pop-ups in silence, but today a site annoyed me enough to write again. While wandering around the web I stumbled into an ASL (American Sign Language) dictionary. […]
11 May 2001
free software
I am rendered speechless (typeless?) by the more recent Microsoft pronouncements about the evils of open source, their “prizes” for anyone reporting orders of PCs without operating systems (such hubris to think that only their OS would be installed on these PCs), their new subscription model of software licensing where you pay and pay forever […]
05 May 2001
Linux stuff
Started working on a Linux specific page under my resources page.
