Monday, March 4, 2002

Linux PR: CUPS licensed for use in Apple Operating Systems. via winterspeak.com. Brent Sleeper's Web Journal. "Bottom-line, trying to write productively in a web browser is like using a knife to turn a loose screw. I'll do either in a pinch, but would really prefer the right tool." [Exactly why I developed "Archipelago".] via Scripting News. [Mark gets bit in reverse by an escaping bug. I found it rather amusing (I had the redirect thing happen to me). I admit that at first I considered that he had done it on purpose... but it was so pointless... that hasn't been his style. (My solution was a little different. I changed my pref so that no feeds were checked for deletion, then I deleted his story and flipped the pref back. This way I knew only his story would get killed. Then I went to his site to read the story. By then it had been figured out.] Apple chief blasts labels. "If you legally acquire music, you need to have the right to manage it on all other devices that you own. The lesson of Napster, which popularised unauthorised music-sharing on the Internet, had more to do with convenience than the fact users could get music free of charge, in Jobs' view. "We believe that over 80 percent of people are willing to pay," he says. "But there is no one offering you a choice." [Amen brother.] CNotes: The Love/Hate Playdate: "I asked Jacob to say goodbye, and once again, he surprised me. Rather than jump for joy that his toys were all his again and tell this kid to take a flying leap, he got up, went over to his friend and hugged him. Then he gave him a kiss on the cheek." [Lot's to be relearned from kids...] How the Web Bug Simulator works. [Ingenious.] Brent: "I'm not responsible for any servers anywhere." [I wonder if this will last? I find that running servers for myself does not carry the tension level that running servers for a business or with many, many, users does.] REALbasic Developer Writer's Guidelines. epicware Fire. "What is Fire? It is an Multiplatform Instant Messenger client based off of freely available libraries for each "service". Currently Fire handles ICQ communication, and Yahoo! Pager communciation. All "services" are built off of gpl'd libraries, including firetalk, icqlib, and gtkyahoo (linux libraries). Fire looks somewhat like AIM (on Windows at least) but is much much more. It can handle similtaneous connections to AIM, ICQ, Yahoo , IRC, MSN and Jabber IM." [A friend has added code to this project...] Adobe AlterCast Web Service Update for Solaris. "Remote access is provided by a Web service, implemented by a Java servlet, that accepts HTTP/SOAP requests containing AlterCast commands and passes that information on to an AlterCast server. The servlet works in concert with a pool of AlterCast server processes on the same system, and can be invoked via URL from any system through a servlet engine." (Win version)[A PDF describes the service.] via Jarret House North 11:16:27 PM    comment

The Shifted One quotes 'If they will do this to Ted Koppel and Nightline, they will certainly do it to Peter Jennings,' Jones says. 'And other networks will probably do it to their news operations without much concern [~] or at least they'll say, 'Oh, we'll take a little heat and then be done with it.' ' " [Koppel did this to himself. He was the person that folks tuned in to see, and when he stepped back the show became far less relevant to its viewers (IMHO). If he was tired (as was reported in the NYT) of the long hours he should have stepped down. As for the rest, it has long been the case that television news is "entertainment". News casters have been shuffled many times (more than thew formats even) in the search for ratings. This isn't a change taking place now, it's been this way for long time. That it is happening to the venerated NightLine is a confluence of factors. PI died the night Bill called the US a coward in apparent support of the 9/11 suicide bombers. Regardless of what he meant; whether he was misunderstood; the show died that night -- it was only a matter of time.] Top ten technology innovators: Dave Winer. "services and tools will form around the activities in which people routinely engage." [Amen. Congratulations Dave! Keep on innovating!] Crooner Uses Computers to Replace Sheet Music. "Mr. Connick, who has been described by one critic as a new and improved version of Sinatra, recently received United States patent 6,348,648 for a "system and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra." [IS this another common sense patent?] NYT: The Corner Internet Network vs. the Cellular Giants. "What begins to appear is a high-speed wireless data network built from the bottom up, rather than the top-down wireless cellular data networks now being established by giant telecommunications companies." [Go little guys!] Radio YudelLine. "BBC Israel Log". Hiker Trash Haven. "For those who hike the long trails..." [(Now offering email) The site is run by someone deployed overseas as part of the Air Combat Command Intelligence Squadron.] From Steven's Weblog: Error Messages. and The Myth of Tech Support. [Al seems to have survived another WFH (Weekend From Hell) with enough energy to change his format again. How'd he do that?] The Radio Community Server: Ranking by Page-Reads. [Interesting...] Kodak to unveil digital cinema system. [Kodak continues to move into new areas as the long term consumer business for film stock looks ever more grim.] Be Inc. says to dissolve business on March 15. [I hope Palm makes use of some great technology...] 12:29:21 PM    comment