Just finished watching XXX - the movie, not the genre ;-) Better than I had expected (but that's not saying much, considering expectations were pretty low). During the trailers, saw a preview for The Ring, which looks intriguing and features Naomi Watts, of Mulholland Drive fame.
This new Peer to Peer client looks good - Xolox. Also, Winamp 3 has been released, and yes, it rocks.
For those of you who have read the 'doom and gloom' reports surrounding WorldCom's demise and its affect on the internet's stability, consider this:
WorldCom owns and operates the following as a backbone operator:
UUNet
vBNS.net
ans.net
wcom.com
alter.net
Lest you think some other company can provide this much coverage, consider this: most of the other 'backbone' companies are bankrupt or near, such as XO Communications, globix.com, genuity.com is close, psi.net was acquired by Cogent Communications (which doesn't seem to have much of a future), etc. For those of you who are wondering why I talk so much about ISPs, I used to work for ElkhartNet, but more importantly, I saw my friend from high school start his own ISP, which he has long since sold. While I'm ranting on ISPs, Internap doesn't seem to be doing so well either, and that's a company that I'd really like to see excel.
Posted by stephend at August 10, 2002 8:46 PM