It has been ten years since Sanford Wallace first burst onto the Internet. Since then he has gone offline and back online again at least twice, and repeatedly changed the city in which he does business. He stays on the move, presumably to prevent attempts at reprisals against him. The reason is that his business efforts make people angry. Wallace calls himself the original 'spam king.' Others call him 'Spamford' and much worse.  read more »

As Steve Wozniak has been to personal computers, so was Arthur Andrew Collins before him, to ham radio. Using crude materials largely created for other purposes (a cylindrical oatmeal box, a lump of coal, a glass rod from a towel rack, a coil from a Model T), he and his childhood friend
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Mark Zuckerberg"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." ~ Victor Hugo  read more »

If you are a regular attendee at mainframe conferences, you will have met Bob Rogers, or you will soon do so. It's unavoidable! Either way, you will not forget the high energy, effervescent spirit and non-stop monologue that both entertains and instructs - if you can keep up!
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In 1564, the year Galileo Galilei was born, Michelangelo and John Calvin both died. The Renaissance was well underway by then, and the royal courts of Europe and the Catholic church were becoming accustomed to bestowing favors upon individuals in return for deeds or cash. The Middle Ages had been marked by pestilence and famine.
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