Monday, December 16, 2002

Cool Tool Round-up. Interesting items of note from the current Neat Net Tricks: BROWSERMASTER at http://www.applythis.com/browsersizer/ asks "Isn't it annoying to change your development machine's resolution just to test for people who haven't figured out that they can change THEIR screen resolution?" This application allows Web developers to see how their Web pages look on screen resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and WebTV. BrowserMaster is shareware and works with Win95/98/ME/2000/XP & Microsoft NT4.   ABANDONWARE. You've heard of spyware, adware, freeware and shareware. Here's a new term for your vocabulary: abandonware . That's software that is five years old or older and no longer supported.. Take a trip back in time and perhaps get some good old relics art Dan's 20th Century Abandonware, http://home.pmt.org/~drose/aw.html.   06. IE COOKIESVIEW at http://nirsoft.tripod.com/ is a small - and free - download that displays the details of all cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer. You can sort them, search by Web site, delete them, and copy them, even on networked computers with access permission. CookiesView works on Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP with IE versions 4-6.   PANDA QUICK REMOVER. This tool automatically repairs infections of "popular" worms and viruses and restores original system and registry configuration. Panda Quick Remover can currently detect and remove the following infections: BADTRANS, VOTE, SIRCAM, ANNA KOURNIKOVA, HELP, KAK WORM, NAVIDAD, SHELL SCRAP, KLEZ, NIMDA, FUNLOVE, COOL NOTEPAD, I LOVE YOU, MATRIX, PRETTY PARK, VERONA. It's a free download at http://www.webattack.com/get/pandaquick.shtml. [The Shifted Librarian] 5:48:05 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Here's the list. Here's everyone who was on Peter Kaminski's list that got passed around at the dinner Monday night: www.istori.com/log/ www.gulker.com www.codinginparadise.org www.wiredmuse.com/scottmace/ isen.com www.docuverse.com www.gracenet.net www.bricoleur.org www.timbishop.com www.evident.com xavvy.com techdirt.com dijest.com whitehouse.com (adult content) www.ratcliffe.com/bizblog/ www.lile.com joi.ito.com blog.canter.com blogs.osafoundation.org/chao www.furrier.org www.peacockmaps.com www.frankston.com www.sifry.com doc.weblogs.com scoble.weblogs.com www.raines.com radio.weblogs.com/0114726 werbach.com epeus.blogspot.com mediagora.com www.faisal.com www.google.com/search?q=%22sam+perry%22 nickdenton.org www.scripting.com  [Marc's Voice] 5:35:33 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

When science fiction comes true: The Man in the White Suit.. As I'm preparing supper, The Man in the White Suit (1951) is showing. Alec Guiness stars as a chemist who invents a fabric that won't get dirty or wear out. Disruptive technology by any definition, the industry and unions try to supress it. Great chase scenese of Alec running for his life in this brilliant white suit. It reminds me of Nano-Tex, Emeryville, California. Their processes give cotton cloth new characteristics like: Liquid and Oil Repellent, Wrinkle Resistance, Breathable Fabric, Wicks Body Moisture, Dries Quickly, Superior Water and Oil repellency, Unsurpassed Durability, Luxurious Softness, Ease of Care. I think I just bought a pair of Dockers made with nano-touch™. I can't wait to spill something. Unlike the white suit's fabric, the Nano-Tex products build on the existing industry, creating a natural draft for their products. [Phil Wolff: technology] 12:27:45 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Big worlds Joel Spolsky has posted a new essay on programming: "Lord Palmerston on Programming." Joel writes about how vast the pools of knowledge programmers need to master to become really expert in each of the many programming "worlds" that are popular today. Choice quote:   People who only know one world get really smarmy, and every time they hear about the complications in the other world, it makes them think that their world doesn't have complications. But they do. You've just moved beyond them because you are proficient in them. These worlds are just too big and complicated to compare any more. Lord Palmerston: "The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it." [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment] 12:04:12 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

Smart match Okay, I'm awfully out of touch with pop culture today compared with the days when I was a theater and movie critic. So maybe I'm the last one to learn what I just read about the plans of New Line, the movie studio behind Peter Jackson's smashing "Lord of the Rings," to follow up on that success. The Wall Street Journal says the studio has planned an adaptation of Phillip Pullman's beautiful "His Dark Materials" trilogy -- with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Bring it on! [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment] 11:56:51 AM    trackback []     Articulate []