Zooming in on cameras. More and more people are getting hooked on digital photography. But are analog dinosaurs still better sometimes? [CNET News.com]

 

2:32:09 PM    

 

Miyazaki's Castle Crumbles. Anime master Hayao Miyazaki delivers another animation in the winning style of his earlier classics, but the dreamlike narrative eventually bogs down in confusion. Nicholas Schager reviews Howl's Moving Castle. [Wired News]

 

2:31:28 PM    

 

This is just too cool...Virtual Keyboard amazes, but does it make sense?. Computerworld Gadget Guy Bill Rigby gets gasps with a glimpse of the future -- and raises a ruckus in Starbucks. [Computerworld News]

 

2:29:48 PM    

 

Firefox keeps chipping away at IE's share.

The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox managed to slightly increase its usage share in the Web browser market in May, as it continues to compete against the market's Goliath: Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE).

Firefox's market share reached 8 percent in May, up from 7.38 percent in April, while IE's slice of the pie shrunk a bit to 87.23 percent, down 0.77 percent, according to a statement released Wednesday by NetApplications.com, an Aliso Viejo, California, maker of applications for monitoring and measuring Web site usage.

Although IE's share is colossal, Firefox is consistently increasing its share by between 0.5 percent and 1 percent from month to month. Its reach is growing beyond tech-savvy early adopters and into the mass market, ... [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

2:26:11 PM    

 

:)  Wisconsin Corpse Plant To Bloom Again. V_IL_Len writes "The University of Wisconsin's original Amorphophallus titanum, or 'corpse plant' known as Big Bucky is ready to bloom and emit its intensely malodorous stench. The plant only blooms a few times in its 40 year life span and each bloom lasts only 2-3 days. Its stench attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies to pollinate it. See this link for photos and live stream of the bloom." [Slashdot]

 

2:23:31 PM    

 

So what if there was a landscape architecture contest to write a clear, readable, innocent looking CSI spec that just busts a landscape contractor, every which way.  What would that look like?  The prize is beer.  This is a LABash event, no?  This is not a comment against teamwork with craftsmen landscape contractors; but rather a challenge for LAs to learn specs inside and out!  The First Annual Underhanded C Contest. Xcott Craver writes "We have just announced a new annual contest, the Underhanded C Contest, to write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code that implements malicious behavior. The object is to hide evil functionality that survives visual inspection of the source. The prize is beer." [Slashdot]

2:21:57 PM    

 

Parents urged to check downloads. A campaign is launched aimed at making parents aware of their children's music downloading habits. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

2:16:42 PM    

 

Hard drives for 'terabyte lives'. Hard drive makers such as Seagate are squeezing more and more onto drives aimed at the "terabyte lifestyle". [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

2:15:36 PM    

 

People with erasers.

The Wikipedia history of podcasting has been carefully rewritten to eliminate any mention of my work. The open approach has the same problem that the proprietary one has, it can easily be manipulated by people with an axe to grind. It's nice that they give such prominent credit to Chris Lydon and Adam Curry, but the technical innovation in both cases was my work. And my podcasts were the inspiration for Curry's. How is WIkipedia going to prevent from this from happening again? That's a serious issue. It's not the first time it's happened. This is why I've never been a strong advocate of Wikipedia.

And the WIkipedia entry for RSS has been rewritten to be an ad for a competitive format. I don't dare even open my biographical page.

 

This is what makes innovating so damned unsafisfying. It's a total burnout to create new stuff and have other people take credit for it, over and over. Makes me want to put on the brakes and start taking out patents. This is the point I've been trying to make with the people who encourage programmers to give away all their IP. There are good reasons not to do it, there are no accolades, no incentive to be generous.

Barry Bowen sent a pointer to an Internet Archive page of an older version of the article on podcasting.

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2:14:56 PM    

 

As this matures, it will overwhelm the sell advertising bias of on the scene news reporting, no?  And I do believe there will be new efficiencies to be found in real world business from this 'podcasting'.  Later today I'm driving to Gainesville, which is a little closer to the eye of the storm. Why am I doing this? I'm a podcaster, that's why. ";->" [Scripting News]

 

2:13:44 PM    

 

I'm still trying to see a clear way for these tools to create efficiencies in the landscape architecture, planning, design, engineering, building, statutory process we all live with...any ideas?  Nokia 6680 3G phone. Review Nokia gets 3G right at last? [The Register]

 

2:09:36 PM    

 

So, what is privacy on the Net, for your office, for yourself...and what is the other side of this sharp edge...what advantage might you get in business?  CVs, privacy and GPS tracking. Letters And we wonder about your language skills [The Register]

 

2:06:01 PM    

 

:) Eco-terrorism?...Fears grow for kidnapped Dalek. Must NE-GO-TI-ATE with DOC-TOR [The Register]

 

2:02:14 PM