Guess who’s running for President?

Robyn started the latest Boobiethon to raise money for charities. Veronika received $359 to run the Chicago Pets Are Worth Saving event. The rest of the money goes towards the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I think more breast cancer fundraisers should promote themselves as fans of preserving the breasts we love. She has already raised about $1700 in a little over a day!

O’Reilly.com now has a page in English describing Spidering Hacks.

Fortune’s Brent Schlender interviews Bill Joy. “I’d really like to go and do something that’s more like Java�that starts from a clean sheet and that isn’t required by its compatibility with something else to be so complicated. Unfortunately, too few people get to do that in our industry.”

Rumor is that HP will announce a new line of Tablet PCs on October 13. The 1GHz Pentium M is part number DQ871A#ABA. I want one! One of my biggest complaints with the TC1000 is its lack of any GPU handling. Rendering a PDF page in Adobe Reader seems to take forever. The NVIDIA GeForce 4 Go 420 should help with that. I like my Compact Flash slot because my camera uses CF and I can take my memory from my camera and place it right in my Tablet with no add-ons. Maybe HP will have a trade-up version for all of its early adopters…one can hope!

Apple is hiring a Hot-Spot Evangelist in the UK. My favorite part : “Understanding and experience of implementing Microsoft Windows networks. Mac OS X knowledge a bonus, but not required.”

Yahoo! now has a Yahoo! Search IMVironment for its instant messaging client. Include a yellow page search, a map, news, whatever, and it shows up alongside your IM conversation.

The Meeting Place is a dating system using computer kiosks placed in large nightclubs and social venues. Rocky Mountain News has a detailed article on the concept. I like the ideas of clubs and bars listing themselves on Friendster and patrons add their regular hangout as part of their network. It works especially well if the bar serves a specific demographic such as bikers, lesbians, or heavy techno lovers.

Newsfactor has a special report on Tech-Job Certifications That Still Matter. I wonder if Java is one of the over-supplied certs.

Megaman vs Metroid Flash game. I own a top-loading NES and just bought a bunch of new games. Now you can play a new game in Flash too…