SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator

An exercise in context-free grammar.

Star Wars Revelations

As first revealed in my post here.

Database misuse: who watches the watchers?

Misuse of database information by insiders happens everyday, and there's little we can do about it.

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Tu et ego.

But who is watching the watchers? You and I.

Plane Lands on Highway

DNS Stuff

Stuff to do with, er, DNS. And more.

The Carly Fiorina Years

Work at HP? Survived the Carly Fiorina years? Visit the
Survivor Memorabilia Shop.

Worked at HP? Laid off by Carly? Visit the Victim Memorabilia Shop!

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Soc.ial boo.kma.rks.

Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?

Blogger Status

I've been having a bitch of a time getting to Blogger.com today, but managed to load up their status page.

"Friday, April 08, 2005

If you are experiencing problems loading Blogger.com, please try clearing the cookies in your browser."

Simple as that!

Naming rights to the Moxie Cinebar up for grabs on eBay

It's the story of the millenium*! Dan and Nicole Chilton are opening an art-house cinema in Springfield, Missouri, and have run into financial difficulties. So what to do? Sell your body? Sell your soul? Or sell naming rights to the concessions stand? You guessed it... prostitution and working for the devil are out, and sponsorship is in. For a starting price of only $1USD you have the chance to have the Cinebar named after you. I can just see it now... for only $99.99 I could have, "The Moxie Cinema presents popcorn and soda at the Surferbill Cinebar!". Or maybe not. Hopefully they raise the requisite $10,000 or even more. Good luck to them, and good luck to you bidding in the auction!

*possibly.

Press Release

Springfield, MO, April 6, 2005: Moxie Cinema, opening later this spring, is auctioning off the naming rights to the Concession Bar to the highest bidder on Ebay. The winning bidder will reserve the right to have the Concession Bar named after themselves or their corporation for the first year of operation. The auction lasts ten days, starting on April 7 and ending April 17, 2005. A link to the auction is available at http://www.moxiecinema.com.

Due to unforeseen building costs, the owners of Moxie Cinema need to raise additional revenue before they are able to open. “It’s not a conventional way to raise money,” owner Dan Chilton says. “But then again, we’re not necessarily a conventional movie theater.”

Located downtown at 408 West Walnut Street, Moxie Cinema’s mission is to create a unique and inviting venue for the exhibition of smaller, lesser-known films that have traditionally been unattainable in the Springfield market. By providing intriguing film series and offering a cinematic experience that differentiates itself from the typical multiplex affair, the Moxie will create a one-of-a-kind service that will benefit the downtown community along with the rest of the metropolitan area.

For more information on the theater or the auction, please visit http://blog.moxiecinema.com.

Yeti Sports 8 - Jungle Swing

Gmail offers yet more space!

Originally thought to be another April Fool gag, it appears to be true!

"Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more."

Update 4-Apr-05: The Register picks up the story.