Pete Kruckenberg: Came across this quote from Wired today, which gave me a good reason to start using "first-mile" instead of the apparently derogatory "last-mile".

3:45:44 PM  #  

More news on the Blosxom front.

Mailblog implementation. Now that the code has settled down, I've linked to mailblog from my /code directory. To make it work, adjust the paths and add the following to your .procmailrc file:

 :0:
 * ^TO_blog
 | /home/rubys/bin/mailblog

"Interesting" things encountered along the way:

• Email without subject lines
• Not all e-mail clients will automatically quote special characters
• Mail addresses may be in <> characters
• Everything needs to be XML Escaped, particularly quotes in attributes.
• HTML email and attachments

[Sam Ruby]

3:43:18 PM  #  

"What is a web application?" Bob Baxley works towa .... "What is a web application?" Bob Baxley works towards a definition at "Boxes and Arrows". One test he uses is whether the visitor's operations change data structures on another machine, such as by placing an order or some other distant edit. By this definition, an in-browser mortgage calculator would be closer to a search tool than to a web app. There's also discussion about the continuum from standalone networked apps, to client-side logic (Flash-in-browser, eg), to pure server-side apps where the logic & UI are delivered anew with each data change. I found a number of points I hadn't considered before, such as how a web app needs to know more about the current user than a non-networked desktop app like Photoshop. Good food for thought. [JD on MX]

3:42:15 PM  #  

Kevin Lynch blogging: Kevin was a driving force be .... Kevin Lynch blogging: Kevin was a driving force behind Dreamweaver here at Macromedia, and he's now working on some other types of new technology. He weighs in with comments on the "docs-vs-apps" discussion recently permeating the web. [JD on MX]
3:41:35 PM  #  

If you're following the investigation of the Columbia crash but can't stand TV's 24-hour tragedy porn, Garth Kidd offers some good advice: "The STS-107 Mission Report is the calmest way of keeping yourself posted."

Using Stapler, I created an unofficial RSS feed for the Mission Report that updates hourly. [Workbench]

3:36:05 PM  #