16 April 2001

  • With the idea of direct buying, Michael Dell built a business model that few can afford to copy.
  • Tech workers who exercised options but never sold owe a great deal of taxes.
  • Amazon may survive by providing the back-end for Wal-Mart & Co.
  • Attention drug dealers: don't ride Amtrak. They have a link-up with the DEA.
  • Women can pay $20 to chat on the Web without being flamed by abusive men.
  • Apple has pruned its product line to make room for dual processors.
  • Hackers may read radiation in order to watch McVeigh executed.
  • The David Rumsey Collection is a big download but has beautiful maps.
  • Monkeypile has some great paintings and collage work.
  • Skam Records makes no attempt to be easy to navigate, and this makes it kind of fun for the patient browser.
  • Graphic design is piddle compared to concert hall design.
  • People live on the Internet (or at least share their lives): now you can enter their computers.