- Correct colour sequence for Cat-5
Wednesday 26 May 2004
I found a useful page that details the www.proav.de/data/cables/RJ_types.html “>correct sequence of colours in a category 5 Ethernet cable (as well as some other telecom stuff).
- Maciej’s Warsaw adventures
Wednesday 26 May 2004
We were still heading the wrong direction, and whoever had designed the Warsaw highway system had not apparently heard of the U-Turn.
- Ask the geek: RSS
Tuesday 25 May 2004
A friend of mine, setting up a new blog, asked me a question over email.
- The second coming of Andy Kaufmann
Monday 24 May 2004
If [this is actually true,](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html) I’ve got a lot of “told you so’s” to get going.
- Bankers’ suggestion box
Friday 21 May 2004
I caught this article in the dead-tree edition of The Age over lunch today.
- Elena is a fake.
Friday 21 May 2004
Well, it looks like the story about the woman who allegedly rode a motorbike through Chernobyl is a fake.
- Search engine lists data
Friday 21 May 2004
Researchers at the [University of Washington](http://www.washington.edu/) are working on a search engine that **understands** web pages and consolidates the information into lists.
- Aliens invade Mexico
Friday 21 May 2004
Not just aliens, but **Mexican** aliens! How bizarre! An aeroplane on routine surveillance encountered 11 bright whizzy things that circled the plane until the pilot turned off his lights.
- A brief history of Taiwan
Thursday 20 May 2004
Taiwan [re-elected their President](http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=514261&section=news) today. He must be something interesting (or dangerous) because someone tried to kill him on the eve of the election.
- Leaf blowers eat their young!
Thursday 20 May 2004
A few years ago, I was sitting in my office in Vancouver, quietly doing my work.