Tuesday, August 13, 2002

"Using Weblogging software for what might be called 'strategic noodling' " Network World asks: "Are Weblogs a legitimate business tool, or merely theInternet's latest vehicle for personal indulgence?" 10:06:22 PM    comment []  trackback []

Cousin Dan suggests solving the "one nation, under God" controversy by simply substituting "one nation, under Canada." 6:06:14 PM    comment []  trackback []

Some web sites work better with Internet Explorer. Some work better with Netscape 4.7x, some work better with Netscape 6.2. Some don't work at all with browsers they don't like. Some sites crash various browsers. So much for standards and interoperability. I guess I'll just keep 3 browers open all the time... 10:20:43 AM    comment []  trackback []

'Heat Island' Tokyo's response to Global Warming? Green roofs! "If a roof is rated to take people, which most are, it can easily take a roof garden," Takaharu Yoshioka, environmental director of Greenich Garden, a landscape design company, said stepping onto the emerald lawn. "Last year we did only 50 roof gardens. So far this year we have already had 200 orders." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/13/international/asia/13TOKY.html (Shades of my early days at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, growing melons in the sky down the road from the White House...) 7:16:44 AM    comment []  trackback []