Coyote Gulch

Monday, June 14, 2004

Web Inventor Rewarded At Last
Technology Review: "Rather than patenting his idea for the World Wide Web, (Tim) Berners-Lee and colleague Robert Cailliau, working at CERN (the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva), insisted on a license-free technology. If they hadn't, Berners-Lee says, the Web wouldn[base ']t be the interoperable linkup that it is. 'There would have been a CERN Web, a Microsoft one, there would have been a Digital one, Apple's HyperCard would have started reaching out Internet roots,' he said. 'And all of these things would have been incompatible.'" Thanks to Dave Winer for the link.
7:47:52 PM

RSS
Here's the RSS Cookbook from Ole Eichhorn. Step by step instructions for getting started with managing RSS newsfeeds.
6:51:08 AM

2004 Presidential Election
Here's a Financial Times article about 26 former diplomats and military personel that are uniting in an effort to defeat President Bush in the fall. From the article, "More than two dozen members of the military and diplomatic elites from both US political parties are uniting to launch an assault on the Bush administration's conduct of foreign policy, claiming in a letter to be published this week that it has isolated the nation. The 26-member group, known as Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, includes several people appointed to important positions by Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Among them are former US ambassadors to Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union and a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, as well as retired Marine General Joseph P. Hoar, who commanded US forces in the Middle East under former President Bush. Their letter, to be published on Wednesday, represents an unusually broad attack on a president in an election year from the ranks of the career diplomats inside the Washington beltway. It is likely to deepen doubts reflected in recent polls that the nation, under the leadership of President George W. Bush, is on the wrong course." Thanks to Colorado Luis for the link.
6:47:59 AM

Denver November 2004 Election
Josh Marshall looks at the President and the issue of activism from the Catholic Church. Very timely, here in Colorado, with the retreat going on here this week.
Here's an article about Peter Coors and his fundraising advantage going into the August 10th primary, from the Rocky Mountain News [June 14, 2004, "Money won't guarantee Coors primary win"].
6:05:06 AM

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