Thursday, April 24, 2003

*bird All the non-convtroversial names have been used up. *bird for both with a preference for setting *. I would start with Freebird and __bird. 6:45:18 PM    comment []

Monday, April 21, 2003

The Grand Unified Wafer "Disks are a hack, not a design feature". So says Alan Cooper in About Face 2.0:The Essentials of Interaction Design. "They are a compromise, a dilution of the solid-state architecture of digital computers" he argues. I agree but that doesn't go far enough. All non-silicon systems are hacks. We need the entire computer on a single piece of silicon, including the power supply, display and other IO. I call this computer The Grand Unified Wafer. Until then, we'll need the hardware folks ;-) 9:41:07 PM    comment []

Friday, April 18, 2003

is Amazon hosed? no webby, no pingy. No...it's just moz+tbird wierdness. 10:53:21 PM    comment []

'zilla, xul & zope Flying along with 'zilla/xul. XBL rocks like Elvis. All my zope are on hold 'til the v3 beta. PY2EE baby. And seriuosly twisted too...which with pyxpcom may torque my 'zilla/xul up notches unknown. 10:40:26 PM    comment []

Sunday, February 23, 2003

Granny's I heard the message loud and clear. We're tired of the tired old 'rock and roll' banality that Springsteen and Sheryl Crow/Kid Rock and the others tried so hard to sell tonight. Tonight, music won. Thanks Nora. 9:58:06 PM    comment []

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Negotiated DRM The RIAAs pro-consumer spin is transparent. They found technology partners that are as scared of customers as they are. 10:13:57 PM    comment []

Saturday, January 11, 2003

If I order it now, will it appear on my bookshelf? Quicksilver (Stephenson, Neal. Baroque Cycle, V. 1.) Availability: This title will be released on December 31, 1969. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives 5:53:04 PM    comment []

Tuesday, January 07, 2003

I want my iSUV The new 17-inch Powerbook is cool. The new software is cool. Apple is cool. I suddenly have the overwhelming compulsion to learn Objective C and Cocoa....just so I can be cool. 10:16:39 PM    comment []