Spencer F. Katt

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 12:42 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Personal space invaders; a barrel of HoneyMonkeys; koan fishin Thwack! “Oh, um, sorry,” creaked an adenoidal voice as a rogue Frisbee impacted the Furballs pate. Vacationing on Cape Cod, the paranoid Puss felt as though his fellow beachgoers were infringing on his […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:03 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Geeks vs. Nerds; free, as in pizza; blah, blah, blah, blah, blah Facing another sweltering week in Boston, Spencer sought a cooler place. “Its not so much the heat as the humidity, but if you cant stand the heat,” clichéd the cat, […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, August 8, 2005 12:17 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Geeks of the glen; Symbol klatch; maltware “Och, laddie,” burred the Baron of Babble when he heard that every adult in Scotland will get 100 pounds to put toward improving his or her basic computer skills. The computer education funding, which is […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, August 1, 2005 12:59 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Acid commentary; stem-cell simians; quahog quota Spence sensed an oncoming ph imbalance when a phone friend told him “phlooding” has joined “phishing” and “pharming” in the ranks of faux phonetics. The word, apparently coined by an Internet security company, AirMagnet, describes the […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:02 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: The OS That Must Not Be Named; Scotty, RIP; data hygiene With a serious whack, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” landed on the doorstep of the Katts lair. Spencer turned from his Quidditch 3-D video game to retrieve the highly touted […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:29 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Swing your partner; Tunnel funnels; incredible demo “I love you, partners!” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer roared repeatedly as he took the stage to give his keynote at Microsofts recent Worldwide Partner Conference in sweltering Minneapolis. With a straight face, Ballmer told the […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:43 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Suns Schwartz dresses down, fesses up “Only two things in life scare me: nuclear war and carnies!” cried Spencer from a rope ladder on the midway of the carnival that sets up shop every year in a field near his litter box. […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:34 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: From Rat Pack to Jack; a Mickey moment “Luck be a lady tonight,” crooned El Gato, looking sharp in a black tux as he sauntered through the lobby of the Renaissance hotel, which touts the cool, confident style made famous by the […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:47 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Longhorn has Monad removed; empty iPods; funny-smelling acronyms “Longhorn is looking emptier than Michael Jacksons post-trial bedroom,” Spence snickered, noting the recent news that “Monad,” Microsofts proposed scriptable shell language, was added to the list of features being dropped from the product. […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:21 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Big Bother is watching; Sarvega seeks switches; HP—software is forever “Lets make progress, pilgrim,” El Gato commanded his limo driver, who didnt appreciate the Mousers John Wayne imitation. Spence was scrambling to get from Progress Softwares Exchange conference at the Walt Disney […]