Friday, May 03, 2002

11:33:19 PM   Megnut: "Imagine if your car used a gas pedal to accelerate, but depressing the same pedal on your friend's car sounded the horn."  [via Scripting News]  //  Like this and have been down this road more than a few times.

11:20:19 PM   Study: File sharing boosts music sales. Millions of songs may illegally trade hands online every month, but file swapping may actually be causing people to spend more money on music, according to a new report. [CNET News.com]  /\  Hmmmmm.........

1:12:49 PM   Unemployment Rate Highest in 7 1/2 Years [reuters.com]  //  Don't let anyone kid you into thinking this little thing is over yet.

1:09:51 PM   "Coinciding with this realization was Microsoft's change in licensing policies. Enterprises that do not buy a software maintenance plan for Microsoft Office by July 31, 2002 (thereby paying Microsoft a fee every year) will have to re-buy the software the next time they want a new version, at roughly twice the price they used to pay for an upgrade. " Sun's StarOffice: Challenging Microsoft's Office Suite [ZDNet]  //  Big Bill is going to regret this little mistake.

1:01:38 PM   My spam volume has been picking up a little lately, the murder added to this regular request to send money my way was a new twist I hadn't seen.  These spammers are just amazing.

12:49:32 PM   "That software does not always work correctly is roughly as surprising as finding a cockroach in a New York apartment." "'It's not a bug, it's a feature. "just write in the manual, rather than fix the product "such solutions compound the fear that computers are 'so complicated that you're not going to understand how they really work.'" The Workaround: 32 Steps to Frustration. Some software companies often don't even try to fix what is wrong with their product. They say it's up to you to "work around" the problem. By Peter Meyers. [New York Times: Technology]  //  And why is it acceptable that software is different and can get away with this krap ?

12:19:18 PM   A few notes in outline form about various blogging tools that I am more or less familiar with, as they relate to issues of centralization.  [Scripting News]

11:46:40 AM   Jenny the Librarian: "I'm glad SonicBlue is going to fight this order."  [via Scripting News] //  O boy.  Check out this krap.

11:25:36 AM   Cease & desist fun with fonts  [via Phil Ackley's Radio Thingumabob]  //  Software and lawyers are not a good combination.

11:03:18 AM   A Panel Discussion for the DePaul’s Technology Community, Co-Sponsored by the CTI Alumni Association & the Chicago Chapter ACM : "Agile Development is quickly changing the landscape of software development, leading the industry toward lean, adaptable development methodologies. Join DePaul's CTI Alumni Association for a panel discussion on the Agile Development movement."  //  This ought to be fun this evening, way tooooo much hype here.