New Home for patrickWeb
It was time for patrickWeb to get a new home. The original site — ibm.com/patrick — was setup in 1995 and IBM has been kind enough to continue to maintain the link. Then, after e-tirement at the end of 2001, I setup patrickWeb. For the first year I rented some server space in New York […]
IP Everything
IP/SBC notes 50 million lines connections into homes. 20+m wireless. 7m high speed Internet. SBC believes the world is moving to all IP. Moving to all IP backbone which will allow anytime, anywhere access to communications and entertainment services on any device. IP based offerings in Voice, Video and Data. Project Lightspeed Network. IP video […]
Spam Arrest – part 2
Hormel Foods Corporation loves Spam. They say their SPAM Luncheon Meat is "the one in good taste". For the rest of us spam is something quite different and anything but in good taste. There have been quite a few stories about spam here on patrickWeb. Early in the debate — years ago — I took […]
How To Become A Fonero
When my La Fonera was registered, I became member number 95,495 of the FON Community. This could be the start of something really big. Perhaps a revolution. Fon wants WiFi to be available everywhere and they are doing a lot to make it happen. The idea is that FON members (foneros) share their wireless Internet […]
The Proxy
According to the wiktionary, a "proxy" is an agent or substitute authorized to act for another person. You can find many variations on this theme in the wikipedia. If you belong to a club or association that is having a vote on something at a meeting which you are not able to attend, you can […]