NetBloke.com - Glorious Gnomedex
Publication Date: 16/10/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
Publication Date: 16/10/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
G'day!
Well that bumper issue on online hardware purchasing has been put off again. However I am sure you will all love this issue! I just spent the past weekend helping out at Lockergnome's Gnomedex, which had to be the most amazing tech conference of all time. I am serious! I am also not just saying it because the guys are my friends.
I volunteered my time (along with Karissa's time as well) to help out at Gnomedex. I was lead van (bus) driver. My vehicle was a Ford E-350 with a V10 motor. It sure went quick when you needed it too, and people sure got out of the way when necessary! So most of the two days of the conference I was ferrying around Gnomies and speakers.
I was lucky enough to speak at length with Mark Thompson from Analogx.com and David Lawrence from the radio show Online Tonight. The speakers were extremely approachable. I have never seen or been to a conference before that gives you the opportunity to personally speak to this caliber of speaker. You should have seen everyone hanging on every word that keynote speaker Steve Gibson had to say!
The two parties and two VIP meals were great too. At both parties (one at the Kirkwood Hotel and the other the next night at the events center) David Lawrence broadcast his radio show live. The first party included the talent competition and crowning of Miss Gnomedex, while the second featured karaoke and Steven Robertson and his band live on stage.
This issue will review a couple of the great booths that were in the Gnomedex tradeshow. If you wan to find out more of what happened at Gnomedex check out Lockergnome.
Also from next week on I have a volunteer that is going to review programs for me. His name is Ryan Glenn and his Website it is located at http://www.gongus.com. I really appreciate his help and hopefully this makes NetBloke a little easier for me to write and a little more useful for you all.
Another change from next week is that I will be changing email list hosts. My friends at Lockergnome are letting me move the list over to their Lyris server. This is very generous of them and I appreciate it so much! If you have any problems subscribing or changing your email address in the next week or so be sure to let me know so I can help you!
So until next week seeya later!
Nathan Allan
Mondayitis
I had a bit of this on Monday after a big weekend!
It is the feeling you have on Monday when you aren't really sick but feel like you better take the day off anyway. At best you go to work but don't get a lot done!
Start saving your money now. Why? Well for Gnomedex 2002. Yes that means you Aussies and other international readers. I swear it was the best conference I had ever been too (and I was driving a van most of the time). Australia too far away you say? Well we had someone from Germany, and plenty of people drove for days to get here. On a plane Australia is only a 20 hour trip at most (and I included layovers!). I will promise anyone reading this and taking up my challenge, that I will personally be there and make sure you have a great time at next years event!
DNS Central
My favorite company at Gnomedex was DNS Central. I will certainly be swapping all of my domain names over to them when I get the chance. They have fantastic pricing and Bill and Pam who run the company are fantastic people. I believe being able to put a face to a name or a company is invaluable. I will trust them with my Domain name needs very soon!
http://www.DNSCentral.com
NetBloke Note - 2003: I now endorse Sausage Domains for obvious reasons!
So I copped a couple of emails over lasts issue's joke. I was told it put down men and was a bit of man bashing in general. So this issue I believe this joke comes from the other perspective. Hugh Andrew, an Aussie stranded in the United Kingdom was nice enough to send it in!
A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big open mouthed kiss, says she'll see him later and walks away.
The wife glares at her husband and says, "Who the hell was that?"
"Oh," replies the husband, "she's my mistress."
"Well, that's the last straw," says the wife. "I've had enough, I want a divorce!"
"I can understand that," replies her husband, "but remember, if we get a divorce it will mean no more shopping trips to Paris, no more wintering in Barbados, no more summers in Tuscany, no more Lexus in the garage and no more yacht club. But the decision is yours."
Just then, a mutual friend enters the restaurant with a gorgeous babe on his arm.
"Who's that woman with Jim?" asks the wife.
"That's his mistress," says her husband.
His wife pauses for a split second: "Ours is prettier".
