Spencer F. Katt

Spencer wondered if the post-presidential lecture circuit would make Bill Clinton enough cash to finally buy furniture for his New York digs. One of Clintons first speaking engagements finds the ex-prez delivering the opening keynote at the Oracle AppsWorld show in New Orleans this week. A trusty Tabby tattler tells El Gato that Citizen Bill […]

The puss was perplexed as he wove through the lengthy online service agreement at Juno.com. According to the agreement, the companys “free” Internet service may have “costs” the user doesnt expect. In the obligations section of the agreement, the document states that “Juno may require you to leave your computer turned on at all times” […]

What could Microsoft executives have been up to last week as they lurked in the hallways of the Javits Center in New York during the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, pondered the Katt. “Just a few short years ago, they wouldnt have been caught dead at a gathering of engineering geeks who were discussing a fringe […]

Spencer was avoiding his deadlines and web surfing as usual when he accidentally hit upon the George W. Bush/ Albert Gore collectors coin at www.washingtonmint.com. The official-looking silver coin depicts Bush as 43rd president on one side and bestows the same honor on Gore on the other side. The Minnesota-based independent mint created the coin […]

El gato was amused when he heard that the National Archives and Records Administration was in a quandary over how to store the millions of electronic files produced by the departing Clinton administration. The Maryland-based archive is apparently better-suited to dealing with old filing cabinets than figuring out how to store the electronic documents, which […]

Is it just my imagination, or is the small tally of reports on Y2K+1 bugs actually higher than what the dreaded Y2K bug produced?” pondered the Puss. The new year kicked off with the state of Connecticuts DMV double-billing 22,000 people for motor vehicle taxes, 7-Eleven cashiers finding their registers reading the date as 1901 […]

As the dawn of the new year approached, El Gato took a moment to contrast the reality of the year 2001 with Stanley Kubricks epic vision. From the time he was a kitten, Spencer thought the world would be a futuristic utopia when the new century shifted into first gear. Alas, the Katts expectations of […]

With the presidential election wrapped up and the year winding down, Spencer found himself reminiscing about some of the funnier rumors and tidbits that crossed his path over the past 12 months. It wasnt always pretty, but it was entertaining. Like when Texas rivals Dell and Compaq vied for goofiest tip of the month in […]

Spencer wondered why sun microsystems ceo scott mcNealy was so snippy at the companys much-trumpeted clustering software launch in Santa Clara, Calif., last week. After the official presentation, McNealy entered the media and analyst Q&A session unshaven, clad in his signature blue jeans and sports coat. n When asked by a reporter why Suns new […]

El gato winced when he heard harpercollins was publishing a celebritys autobiography titled “Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary.” “I bet its the inspiring story of how lil Britney Spears left Kentwood, La., to become a teen music phenomenon,” assumed the remedial-reading Ragamuffin. Imagine the Katts chagrin when a pal informed him […]