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Archive for April, 2004

Google-Bomb! (Ya gotta love this)

23
Apr

Hmm. I know they happen all the time, but this one is pretty funny.

Posted by Toby Simmons on April 23rd, 2004 and filed under Technical at 3:39:13 pm. | Comments Off on Google-Bomb! (Ya gotta love this)

From the left coast: Google’s mail illegal?

12
Apr

You have got to be kidding me. A state legislator from California (where else?) has implied that Google’s Gmail service is illegal and is drafting legislation to block it.
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Posted by Toby Simmons on April 12th, 2004 and filed under Technical at 8:27:47 pm. | Comments Off on From the left coast: Google’s mail illegal?

Software Updates

02
Apr

I’ve updated the software section of the web site to include a link to a new installer for Clocker, a small desktop clock, calendar, sticky-note, weather gathering application I have written. I started working on it several years ago and has become a little labor of love. I hope you like it, it’s for Windows 2000 or higher.

Posted by Toby Simmons on April 2nd, 2004 and filed under News at 4:50:34 pm. | Comments Off on Software Updates

Clocker — Desktop Clock, Sticky-Note

02
Apr

I’ve decided to create an installer for a small desktop clock, sticky note and calendar and weather application I wrote. In addition, it can sync your clock to SNTP time servers on the Internet.

The download is a fully functioning, no cripple-ware, application. (Update 2008-01-25: I’ve created a new installer here.)
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Posted by Toby Simmons on April 2nd, 2004 and filed under Clocker at 4:46:12 pm. | Comments Off on Clocker — Desktop Clock, Sticky-Note