NPD: Thoughts on Cisco's Modular IOS
I’ve been mulling over the idea that Cisco is planning to take the IOS in their routers and break it into different modules, which they can then provide separately. As a developer I am always interested in architecture, but as a customer do I really care how the code is implemented? After all, I buy a router to direct traffic.

Providing only what you want, none of what you don't. Now, if only the cable companies would take a cue from Cisco...

Slashdot: What Bizzarre IT Setups Have You Seen?
I was talking to a co-worker the other day about the history of our company (which shall remain nameless), and he started reminiscing about some of the IT hacks that our company did. Like running 10BaseT down a storm water drain to connect two buildings, using a dripping tap to keep the sewerage U-bend full of water in a computer room, (huh?). And some not so strange ones like running SCSI out to 100m, and running a major financial system on a long forgotten computer in a cupboard. I know that there must be a plethora of IT hacks around. What are some you've seen?

Remember, this is about IT hacks, not MIT hacks. Police cars on domes don't count.

TechWeb: Server 54, where are you?
The University of North Carolina has finally found a network server that, although missing for four years, hasn't missed a packet in all that time. Try as they might, university administrators couldn't find the server. Working with Novell Inc. (stock: NOVL), IT workers tracked it down by meticulously following cable until they literally ran into a wall. The server had been mistakenly sealed behind drywall by maintenance workers.

Actually, that's the story in it's entirety. But - who needs to say any more?

Washington Post: Immigrants a Driving Force Behind Start-Ups, Study Says
The report, based on telephone surveys with 2,054 companies and projections by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and at Duke University, found that immigrants -- mostly from India and China -- helped start hundreds of companies with estimated sales of nearly $50 billion. It was written by a former technology executive who was an immigrant himself.

Upon learning about this, Pat Buchanan suggested building a firewall along the border.