Daily Archives: April 11, 2004

The spyware that loved me

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll second Ginger‘s recommendation of this Chron article on spyware. There’s some nasty stuff out there, and you probably don’t know about it – if you are seeing messages popping up on your screen for no apparent reason, it’s almost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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March traffic report

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

There were about 33,000 hits here in March, a number that might have been a bit higher had it not been for some outages, including a major DDOS attack, on my webhost. Traffic fluctuates somewhat from week to week, with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sieve City

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Of interest to Houstonians: Sieve City is a project by a couple of Architecture grad students at Rice who want to know how far from your house you walk. Don’t know what they ultimately plan on doing with it, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PDB

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Everyone else is linking it, so for my own future reference and your enlightenment if by some chance you haven’t seen it, here’s that Presidential daily briefing you’ve heard so much about. Full text is beneath the More link. Continue reading →

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The Wichita Falls Tornado

Posted on April 11, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Twenty-five years ago, a massive tornado levelled the North Texas city of Wichita Falls, killing 42 people and injuring 1700. Walking through tornado-ravaged neighborhoods after a deadly storm 25 years ago, architect Charles F. Harper saw something strange: small closets … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | 5 Comments