July 2004 archives
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July 27, 2004 by Sciri
Head-on collision on 128S in Lexington?
How the heck does a head-on collision occur on 128S in Lexington? It’s a multi-lane divided highway for chrissakes. Right at Exit 31b around 10:25 AM there was a minivan facing oncoming traffic in the left lane with a sedan firmly implanted in its grille. I had the Digital Rebel with me, but I was [...]Archive
July 26, 2004 by Sciri
MontaVista Linux Revs Up New Pepper Pad from Pepper Computer
MontaVista Software has posted a case study featuring the Pepper Pad’s success with MontaVista Linux, Too bad they recycled the headline from a previous press release. Still pretty cool, though!Archive
July 26, 2004 by Sciri
Pepper Pad in the Globe Again
We’re in the news again! As a followup to his previous article, Scott Kirsner featured the Pepper Pad in his @Large column in today’s Boston Globe. The article confirms the availability of the Pepper Pad later this year for between $600 and $700 with a price break once we go into high-volume production. I can’t [...]Archive
July 22, 2004 by Sciri
We trust you, really! And who were you again?
In theory, the Merchant ID and Terminal ID numbers used to configure a payment processing system and link it to a merchant account are highly sensitive pieces of data that should never be revealed to anyone. With those two numbers, any fraudster could configure their credit card terminal to siphon funds from the account in [...]Archive
July 22, 2004 by Sciri
Boston Globe Archives for Free?
I really don’t get it. If a newspaper is going to charge for its archives, you’d think that it wouldn’t make its archives available for free depending on what you clicked on. The Boston Globe does just that. I did a search to see if Scott Kirsner’s followup article about the Pepper Pad had been [...]Archive
July 21, 2004 by Sciri
Migrated to a new wicked fast ADSL line.
I’ve been a Speakeasy 768/768 SDSL customer for over three years now and, up until recently, I couldn’t have been happier with the service! That is until I found out that Speakeasy had a new 6000/768 ADSL offering in my area. The 768/768 SDSL line was originally chosen because we were locally hosting around a [...]Archive
July 12, 2004 by Sciri
No solicitors!
Kudos to the Forefront sales rep who stopped by the office today. After encountering a locked door and a NO SOLICITING sign above our lobby doorbell, he meticulously balanced a brochure against our door and silently walked away! This is a far cry from most sales monkeys that will ring the bell while looking right [...]Archive
July 12, 2004 by Sciri
Pepper Keeper rated 5 out of 5!
Download.com has given Pepper Keeper Sampler 1.2.2 a 5 out of 5 rating! This is a major milestone for us because it validates that we’re on the right track on the software side, and shows that consumers really do want a simplified computing platform. Although the Pepper Keeper is an amazing piece of software all [...]Archive
July 12, 2004 by Sciri