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Book Reviews

Tuesday, April 22, 2003

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Whoops, CNN makes a deadly mistake: 'CNN accidentally gave the public access to a number of "mock up" obituaries prepared for famous individuals who are, in fact, still alive. Unaware readers may have been convinced, however briefly, that figures such as Ronald Reagan, Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul II, and Nelson Mandela were all dead. Also included in the mock-up is Dick Cheney, the "loyal pointman for two Bush presidencies." Apparently CNN expects him to drop at any moment. And since the Internet is a Beautiful Thing, the pages are all cached for your viewing enjoyment on a non-CNN site.' [Ars Technica]

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Book Review: A History of Modern Computing, Second Edition: "[This book] is not a nail-biting page turner, but it offers a lot of interesting, well-researched information for those curious about the historical aspects of computers." [Linux Journal]

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Next Mac OS X Puts User At The Center: '[...] sources said Panther will finally mark the debut of the much-discussed "piles" GUI design concept, which Apple patented in June 2001. According to the patent, piles comprise collections of documents represented graphically in stacks. Users can browse the "piled" documents dynamically by pointing at them with the cursor; the filing system can then divide a pile into subpiles based on each document's content. At the user's request, the filing system can automatically file away documents into existing piles with similar content.' (eWeek via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]

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Marcel Proust: "The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

Trading in virtual blog stock -- Comment()
Last week I listed my blog at BlogShares. This is an interesting little game, and I explored it a bit. However, I don't have much time to spend in virtual blog stock trading.

There is in interesting question about the system. How should you play the game? What are the relationships of the real life, blogging, and trading in virtual blog shares. Should you go for maximizing your capital, or should you try some other strategy?

I also received a donation of blog shares from Michelle Legare at Private Ink. This weblog is also listed at BlogShares. I wasn't certain what is the right protocol when receiving a gift of virtual shares (paradoxical that a gift of virtual things is not a virtual gift), I donated back the same number of shares in my blog.

Without the net -- Comment()
I survived several days of not using the net. I thought this would be easy, but it seems that the net is like a good book, hard to resist reading. But the withdrawal was not so bad after a while. And the weather was fine during the weekend, which helped.