Friday, January 18, 2002

>>>I just plunked down my US $39.95 for Radio and I feel good.  Thanks to Dave and everyone at Radio.  This is so cool! 11:28:58 PM

>>>Well, it worked!  I'm really happy about that.  Of course the spam at the bottom of the post was not expected.  What could I do about that?  I could use a normal 'spam-free' account to check for posts.  (kinda boring)  Or, I could look around and see if there is some kind of macro that could be called to parse email postings as they arrive.  (way cool)  Does anyone have any other cool ideas? 3:33:53 PM

>>>This is a test email to check out posting to my weblog via email. What a cool feature. I'm still looking for a way to use Radio from home and the office, but maybe this will work well enough. We'll see. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ 3:24:48 PM

>>>Browser Wish List Item.  Why can't my local machine run a bookmarks service for all of the browsers that I run?  There could be a standard API that all of the browsers use to access the local bookmarks file.  Each browser could have it's own skin/look/feel but they would all play nicely with the same set of bookmark data.  It would also be great if I could easily share this service with others and keep it synchronized with the other computers that I use.  Currently, I use fusionOne to keep Outlook sync'd between my home and work PC's.  It also keeps my bookmarks file in sync, but I only use it for IE.  Just think how cool it'd be if you had your bookmarks with you where ever you went AND no matter which browser you happened to be using.  Currently, IE 5.5 SP2, Netscape 6.2, Opera 6. 1:27:35 PM

>>>Popular file-trader halts software downloads.  One one level I don't understand the logic behind this.  Sure they make it possible for people to share copyrighted material.  Doesn't everything?  Why not shut down the Kinkos, Xerox, and PIP Printing to make sure no one is making any illegal copies of copyrighted material.  Let's stop Kodak and Polaroid so people can't take pictures of copyrighted material.  What about USPS, FedEx, and UPS; they might be transporting copyrighted material as well. 12:23:44 AM

>>>Anytime you feel the depression setting in it's a good idea to have someone like Dave around. I listened to a panel of open source leaders talking about web services this morning and all they could talk about was Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft. I raised my hand a few times, but didn't get called on. What I would have said is this. Forget about Microsoft. Even the DOJ can't stop them. Make beautiful software anyway. Apache is great. Make it better. Ask Microsoft how you could make .NET better. Do it. Ask UserLand how you can make Radio 8 better. Etc. Etc. You get the idea. Just do what you would have done if there was no Microsoft and work with others, and life will be good.  [Scripting News] 12:21:27 AM

>>>The Friday Five What do you have your browser start page set to? A local PHP box with a ton of links to things I need during the day.  It saves me so much time. What are your favorite news sites? Scripting News CNET News Yahoo! News Radio Userland (News Aggregator) Favorite search engine? Google Teoma When did you first get online? 1996 How do you plan to spend your weekend? Go see a matinee Do some shopping Sleep in 12:12:33 AM