eToy
December 05, 1999 by Eric Richardson
This story shows how saddly muddled trademark law on the internet is right now. It's just flat out wrong that eToys can get eToy shut down. Woo hoo, so you've got dumb customers who mis-type the domain name. That means you get the right to shut down a site which had been operating for years before your site was even a little idea growing in the mind of some young businessman just out of school? Only in our corporate world...
this crazy world
November 29, 1999 by Eric Richardson
It's six o'clock. I'm leaving for South Carolina in one hour, and yet I'm still at the office, doing work. I haven't even been home yet to pack. This is shaping up to be one heck of a 24-hours... Good thing I've got Shock-a-lots for the night drive.
heh
November 29, 1999 by Eric Richardson
Wired News? Funny? It can't be... And yet, this is perhaps the funniest article I've seen all day. Look! They said Esperanto!
Toy Story 2
November 25, 1999 by Eric Richardson
I went and saw Toy Story 2 last night. I was amazed. I mean, put aside the fact that the animation was the best ever and that the whole thing was computer generated. Even without all that, Toy Story 2 was simply the funniest movie I've seen in a long time. — Continue Reading...
sled dogs
November 21, 1999 by Eric Richardson
As I usually do on boring Sunday afternoons, I'm randomly browsing the web for weird stuff and reading Wired. Somehow, something in Wired's drool section ("Wired Tools"? tools? these ain't no steekin tools. them's toys.) reminded me of the Sled Dogs (snow skates, not real dogs) I bought a couple years ago. Obviously, this is my ticket to catch up on things... — Continue Reading...