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If you don’t want spam, here are some things to do and not to do. Don’t post usenet articles, to start with.

My site actually has pretty bad design against these parameters. Need to work on it. Besides, the time is up for static sites. Dynamic website design will rule. Wonder when Geocities will start offering these features.

A $45 billion writedown from JDS Uniphase. The largest ever loss in corporate history.

I’ve started needing a time zone converter pretty badly, with all these international interviews that I’m doing.

Secret Yahoo emoticons.

Wednesday seems the most popular day for visiting my site. While I get 14 visitors a day on average, I seem to get 22 visitors on Wednesdays.

Lots about artificial intelligence on Yahoo Clubs, ai.about.com, and Generation5. Among other things, you can find various version of Alice to chat with.

Archimedes may have anticipated a bit of Cantor’s work on infinity. In mathematical history terms, that’s about as big as the ancient Greeks invented aeroplanes.

The Internet Oracle (ultimate source of Internet humour, IMHO) is alive and well.

If you thought HAL and IBM in 2001: A Space Odyssey was clever, you should read this article to learn out about the pun in Gattaca.