Boswell. (SOURCE:Mac Net Journal)-Sounds like a TinderBox competitor
<quote>
Did you ever wish you had an assistant who would keep track of all your research, writings, notes, appointments, contacts, and e-mail so you wouldn't have to? That is what Boswell does -- organize, archive, manipulate, and retrieve all your text. It will be preserved for you so you will never, ever lose it, mislay it, overwrite it, or accidentally delete it. Boswell will not only organize your text for you but will do so automatically. That means you will not have to spend lots of time "filing things away." And then Boswell will easily retrieve any text you gave it any time you want it.
</quote> [Roland Tanglao's Weblog]

» It's a blasted conspiracy.  Another interesting tool that is Mac only.

Given the paucity of such tools for Windows you would have thought these people would see a big market that it would be in their interests to address.

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Peter Van Dijck pointed to something very cool.

"Tanya Pixelcharmer's weblog as viewed through Facetmap: http://facetmap.com/demo/browse.jsp?map=pixelcharmer. Tanya exported her metadata as XFML (http://xfml.org) using a template in Moveabletype, and imported it in facetmap."

I'm still wrapping my mind around this one, but it's an interesting alternative view of a blog. Kind of a cross between liveTopics and Yahoo with more format options.

[The Shifted Librarian]

» Radio users (with liveTopics) get to play too:

http://facetmap.com/demo/browse.jsp?map=curiouserandcuriouser

is a recent copy of my Radio weblog exported to XFML.  At the moment liveTopics aren't hierarchical so they all appear as a big glob, but I'm working on this.

At the moment I define two facets that you can browse in.  The first, liveTopics, is all the topics I have manually added to my posts.  The second, Date of Publication, is automatically generated by the exporter.  I'll be adding other facets as I go (suggestions welcomed).

Technology review have an interesting article about fuel efficient technologies that could deliver a 40MPG SUV by the end of the decade, based upon existing technology (i.e. not hybrid engines or advanced fuel cells).

Here's a summary of the main points:

• To get a sense of the auto industry's progress in fuel efficiency, look no further than the 2002 Chevy Blazer.
• The model with automatic transmission, six cylinders, and four-wheel drive gets 18 miles per gallon (mpg), two miles less than a comparably equipped Blazer did in 1985.
• Indeed, in those 17 years the average fuel economy of the entire fleet of U.S. cars and light trucks declined from 26 mpg to 24 mpg---in part because of the rising proportion of gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).
• Yet in March, when auto industry lobbyists claimed that building more fuel-efficient cars would be "too difficult," the U.S. Senate once again killed legislation that would raise the country's Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.
• It's not that automotive technologies haven't improved; it's that the improvements have been geared toward delivering power, not efficiency.
• "Each year Americans want a little more space inside, a little more power."
• But is it really too difficult to build a reasonably priced SUV that can get 40 mpg and still provide the performance, comfort, and reduced emissions consumers expect?
• The gains would come largely from emerging technologies such as improved control systems that minimize energy losses in the engine and transmission, as well as efficient electrical components---from water pumps to engine valves---that could replace belt-driven mechanical systems.
• Such improvements in gas mileage would have a huge impact on U.S. oil dependence and the environment.

So why won't this happen?  Look no further than:

“Each year Americans want a little more space inside, a little more power.”

MS pulls another clip-art fan rave. Hall of shame [The Register]

» So beautifully scathing.  So richly deserved.

I've decided to start surfing a few sites using the randomizer every day - just to see what else is out there.  Just three or four different random blogs each day before I sign off.  Tonights batch turned up a fantastic quote from Mischiefgurl:

Where are we going and why am I in a handbasket?