Hi-tech Happenstance

Dredged dregs and tech tidbits from the dumpsters and waste bins of the worlds' leading R&D hotspots.

Award-winning l33t reporter Leif Leet uncovers the ripest science news

Leif Leet Backgrounder - Bor|\| oi 197l, started programming in thwe /\/\id-1(80's wjhile still in high-school!! My p0rgrams always haf somei nterest1ng flair, ber te yfor marikng entrance t3sTs at na iVy league nivArsity or extending C-pusspuss as a sceince-fair project!!

I atte|\|ded colleg3 at m U~~~ t.. , recieVign a b..i e7ecTrial enfgineering/comput4r science in 1993 there wrok3d 4t t3h laboratory fro ComPtar sceicne ,porgramming varioous intaractive systems, 1 aftedr m.. com3 to my Ftp , dam W0rekd at Micdrosotf Croportion (dev), as project leader fo the longhorn warez, helping to spceify and develop o|\|e of thef irst protos systems

in l997, left annd w0red at noise2news, A small |\|iche dotcom aimI|\|g to extract news frrom acched web pag3s oN t3h intenret fo rautom8d newz feeds tO syndicated n3tWork neWs0roms

  XP-SP2 huge bundle of \/\/arezz - h4X0rs get restIve around augusT.

  AOL woos low-income with ch33p PCs - hopes to atrtact seniros, african americans and hispainCz who do't o2n a pc

  Ho'oponopono assists spiritual IT - INFOrm47iON  73CHNOlo9y  pRoc3DuR4l  POlIci32  InvOk3  H4w4Ii4n ho'OPonOPoNo M374phy5IC2.

I know, it's all pretty sad.