"Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
— Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by
Arthur Conan Doyle.
"I
like deadlines," cartoonist Scott Adams once said. "I especially like the
whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
"There is nothing like that feeling of spending days and days banging your head
against a wall trying to solve a programming problem then suddenly finding that
one tiny obscure and seemingly unrelated piece of the puzzle that unlocks the
solution. Oh yeah!"
- Chris Maunder, CodeProject Newsletter 28 Jan 2002
"Management at eSnipe,
which is me, is also feeling the pain of the 2002 bear market. So rather than
pout about it, I bought some stuff on eBay that I really didn’t need, but made
me feel better."
- Tom Campbell, president of
eSnipe
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
9:15:53 PM Footbridge is "a lightweight tool to mirror Radio categories to Advogato, LiveJournal, and Blogger API sites." [Scripting News]
9:07:14 AM Take A Manageable Approach To Reading Html Page Data. Analyzing a Web site for valid data and errors can be time-consuming, but HTML scraping streamlines the process. Here are some tips and downloads to help you extract data easily from HTML pages. [Builder.com - 19 Nov 02]
9:02:11 AM Outlook 2002: Save Your Custom Apps With Redemption. Have Outlook 2002's new security features rendered your custom applications useless? Find out how you can bypass these security measures and breathe new life into your custom applications. [TechRepublic - 18 Nov 02]
"Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
