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Wednesday, 26 June 2002

Jez has written a very simple client-side Java blogger - LocalBlog. It now uses Velocity. Cool! [Blogging Roller] 11:58:09 PM  comment []      Microsoft takes heavy losses on the Xbox: "Microsoft can absorb the Xbox losses. The company has an estimated $42 billion in cash reserves and, for the year ending June 30, it is expected to report a net profit of about $10 billion and revenues of $28.25 billion." 4:51:36 PM  comment []      hahahah Jackass The Movie. 4:33:36 PM  comment []      Doc Searls is teaching people the Unfuck gesture. 4:16:32 PM  comment []      Wireless Broadband's Holy Grail? The VC's laughed. The NY Times wrote an article praising the technology. The VC's are now beating down the door. Makes you a little cynical about the intelligence of these capitalists doesn't it? Perhaps startups should just pay John Markoff instead of writing a business plan. 10:56:15 AM  comment []      BEA releases WebLogic 7, partners with HP Quote of the day from some chump manager: BEA's products "may not all be best of breed, but they're up there with the best of them,". Way to give your partner a compliment in their press release mate. All I can say about BEA 7 is... that's a lot of moolah! WebLogic 7.0 Platform - $90,000 per processor (yes, you read right) WebLogic Portal - $57,000 per processor WebLogic Workshop - $2,495 per developer (wow) WebLogic Server - $12,000 per processor 12:14:38 AM  comment []      Fuzzy Scott on the iBook and OSX:  The level of integration, fit and finish on an iBook continues to amaze me.  I'd also make the comment that working on a machine that is just plain visually beautiful is, well, different.  I can't really put my finger on it but the overall computing experience just feels "more right".  Amen - I love my iBook. Never ceases to amaze me how the thing just works. So I went to look at it on www.bbedit.com and I see that it's $119 and expires after 24 launches.  Hmmm...  That's a lot more expensive than what seems to be a comparable Windows programming editor like www.editplus.com (approx $30) and the eval period seems, well, wrong.  I use BBEdit Lite and it seems to work for me (I only use it very rarely for text file editing). Alternatively you might want to try jEdit which is a very good, free editor written in Java. Given the Apple JDK's integration with Aqua and OSX, it looks and feels just like a native app.  12:09:47 AM  comment []