Saturday, 13 July, 2002
A glorious day. Hot, but not too humid, with a nice breeze and plenty of sunshine. Spent the day cleaning out the garage.
Spent the evening on Part 1 of PBS’ and Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
Archive | 2002
Post dated 2002-07-12 00:00:00
Friday, 12 July, 2002
TGIF.
from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,368868,00.asp:
“Microsoft Readying ‘Avalon’ Framework for Longhorn
By Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has promised for years how Windows will allow consumers to access “information at your fingertips.”
With Longhorn, the next version of Windows due out in 2005, the company will take its first serious stab at delivering on Gates’ vision. ”
Where do these journalists get off? IAYFT was a decade ago, a lame promise come and gone unfulfilled, up there with “user friendly.” It was followed by equally unmet though less memorable phrases. What a crock.
Harvey Reid, a local guitarist of great talent, explains what ASCAP and BMI are here.
Post dated 2002-07-11 00:00:00
Thursday, 11 July, 2002
And Courtney Love does her RIAA math here. The MIT Technology review suggests treating commercial-skipping viewers as criminal might not be the right answer, either.
Post dated 2002-07-10 00:00:00
Wednesday, 10 July, 2002
A debate betwen Lawrence Lessig and Jason Matusow of MS here
Post dated 2002-07-09 00:00:00
Tuesday, 09 July, 2002
Peter Thoeny, author of the Twiki software that produced this page, has a presentation on Twikis at his web site, here. There’s a lot to this tool, and more I need to master, particularly on Topic Classification.
Janis Ian weighs in on the music industry’s confusing attempts to eliminate themselves.
This article describes the chilling progress that biker gangs have made in getting with the Internet.
Monday, 08 July, 2002
“The entertainment industry must acknowledge that it is marketing its products to an empowered body of citizens who consider themselves users, not viewers.” says Jonathan Greenblatt in this article. Bravo!
In my spare time, I’ve been reading ISBN:0140296468, “The New New Thing,” a book about Jim Clark and his Healtheon venture, his life, his past. Good stuff. I ran across this story, mainly about web designers giving up on true browser compatibility and standardizing on IE, but holding up Clark’s latest venture, ShutterFly as the poster child. How sad.
Post dated 2002-07-07 00:00:00
Sunday, 07 July, 2002
The WS-I seems determined to kill Web Services with the threat of future royalties on patents. In this latest episode, Sun is being sidelined as a second-class citizen.
“What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” asks this New York Times Magazine article – maybe fat-free isn’t such a good idea.
Post dated 2002-07-06 00:00:00
Saturday, 06 July, 2002
Another quiet day around Camp Woebeme. Cleaned the garage.
Post dated 2002-07-05 00:00:00
Friday, 05 July, 2002
Man, am I sore. Ripped out brothers basement today, with the help of Laura and Steve, and tore up a dozen and half deck planks. Ow.
Post dated 2002-07-04 00:00:00
Thursday, 04 July, 2002
Spent the day cleaning the cellar and turning over the compost. The joys of home ownership.