Archive for April, 2003

Ch-ch-changes

Wednesday, April 30th, 2003

"Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes." They're on their way, in a big way. Stay close.

Fixable?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003

Kirk's slogan is the wittiest I've seen in awhile: "Lazy can be Fixed - Stupid is Forever" Really? Forever?

Build It Yourself

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003

If you had the opportunity to create the ideal Linux publication, how would you do it? What would the mix of guru/newbie content be? What, if any, regular features would be interesting to you? How would it be delivered or published? Would it be static or fully interactive? Would you ...

Never Too Much Tech

Sunday, April 27th, 2003

The tech life is good. I'm sitting in the 75-degree sunshine in my back yard with the laptop on my lap. I'm transferring NewsMonster content to the Zaurus, chatting on the NewsMonster irc channel (trying to wake Kevin Burton out of an irc slumber) and scp'ing a file to my ...

Feed Finder

Saturday, April 26th, 2003

I was playing this morning with Mark Pilgrim's rssfinder.py script. If you're not familiar with the script, it searches for rss feeds within domains and on NewsIsFree. I thought it would be interesting to use it from a browser. Here's the result, in a very rudimentary form. I think I'll ...

Morning Espresso

Saturday, April 26th, 2003

A few links of interest to start the morning: ABCNEWS.com : Officials: 9/11 Was Main Reason for War Desktop cords could reach halfway to moon | CNET News.com collision detection: Are you for real? Remotely Installing Debian over an existing Linux Install - Debian Planet Zeldman has an RSS feed [dive into mark] Evangelingerie Freedom to Tinker: ...

Just Ask

Friday, April 25th, 2003

Just ask and we'll make it so. Nice new layout, too.

The Promise

Friday, April 25th, 2003

This is good to see. Anil Dash lays out for us all, in a richly articulate fashion, the lure of technology and communication. The undertone is the promise, in fact, that we all know lurks beneath the surface. He'll do well by SixApart

The Wetlands

Thursday, April 24th, 2003

A cool and rainy night in the wetlands behind my house, courtesy of the Zaurus.

Office and Crossover

Thursday, April 24th, 2003

Microsoft will limit support for OfficeXP if it's running on Linux via the CodeWeavers Crossover Office app. Tony Wilkinson, product manager for Office at Microsoft Australia, said the company would only assist customers running Office XP on Linux platforms using intermediary software if they can prove that the glitches ...