Spencer F. Katt

El Gato was one feelin fine feline as he lapped up a piña colada while bobbing along the waves of the faux beach at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, where he returned mere days after his stint at the Hard Rock covering N+I. As the Vegas sun warmed his back, Spencer also basked […]

El Gato picked up his bags from the carousel at McCarran and braced himself for the dreaded cab corral. But—surprise! He had his pick of fare-starved cabbies, eager to shuttle him to his pseudoswanky digs at the Hard Rock Hotel, where the paper-thin walls provided easy listening for items of interest—including tips. The paucity of […]

Spencer began the week Monday by calling in sick. Then he hitched a ride to the start of the Boston Marathon. Spencer wanted to try out his Garmin GPS V device, but he wasnt about to get lost in the pack of 20,000 runners moving in one direction. Still, he found the bar listings along […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 1:26 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: A Perl script for a catalog cataclysm The time: 11:55 p.m. The date: April 15. The place: Spencers neighborhood Kinkos. We find the tax-stressed Tabby waiting in line to get copies of his tax forms before “skatting” to the post office to […]

Stop reading this and get back to work, you whiner! Well, Spencer knows you may not be a whiner, but he has it on good authority that many of your IT compadres are. Thats because the fact-filching Feline heard it in so many words at a recent Mass eComm Leadership Roundtable on outsourcing in Boston. […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.comSent: Monday, April 7, 2003 12:42 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: Katt plays Silicon Prairie version of Wheres Waldo When Spencer heard that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was hosting a symposium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mosaic, he immediately began packing for the Silicon Prairie, land of boilermakers and cow tipping. As he […]

While most dream of the Caribbean for its long beaches and warm breezes, some pine for its long craps tables and chilled drinks. Spencer falls into the latter category, which is why he took note when informed of the U.S. Congress recent steps to ban online gambling. Apparently the move is upsetting to the island […]

As he sat in the back of the limo, stuck in D.C. traffic caused by a grumpy tobacco farmer, Spencer pounded his furry head for leaving his dart gun in the hotel. The Katt was in the nations capital to attend the Open Source in Governments conference and couldnt believe, along with the rest of […]

0S/2 and Mac OS loyalists have always been known for their zeal, especially when it comes to defending their platforms of choice. But those groups seem downright cuddly compared with the Linux crowd when theyve got their dander up. The Kitty heard The SCO Group may be facing the collective wrath of the Linux horde […]

A Katt crony claims that EMCs long-rumored intention of acquiring backup-and-recovery company Legato Systems may soon become a reality. But word has it that if Legato isnt pleased with the plan, it could walk away from the table at the last minute. “Ya cant just take your ball and go home when youre playing in […]

As reports of the impending death of the music CD continue to pop up, theres no denying the validity of the media mantra that “record company execs just dont get it.” But the Furball is starting to wonder if anyone at the big Internet companies “gets it,” either, as AOL and Roxio roll out pay-to-play […]

While snowbound for a day in the northeast, thanks to the Blizzard of 03, the Kitty looked back with fondness on the low-tech world that existed during the Blizzard of 78. Thats when being snowbound meant a couple of bottles of Mateus, vinyl album vibes and being stranded with a very significant other—not VPN lines, […]