Forty three degrees is glorious after weeks of hot, humid August
weather. The Hopkinton State Fair is going on next store, with wafting
smells of grease and cooking and farm animals., announcements from 8 AM
until late into the evening, mooing and baas and music at all hours of
the day and night. A wonderful ritual to end the summer. Hope your
weekend is going as well.
Archive | 2003
Blaster Writer Caught
Happy Birthday, Joe!
Happy Birthday, Joe. My little brother’s made me proud time and time again. Quite a great guy.
Linux vs. Windows: Choice vs. Usability
ThaReetLad writes “In this article at DevX, Executive Editor A. Russell Jones makes the case for a standardised GUI for Linux.
He argues that the promotion of choice of GUI as a positive feature of
using Linux is detrimental to its chances of attacking Microsoft’s home
user monopoly. Read more at Linux vs. Windows: Choice vs. Usability Linked via Slashdot
December 16th: LOTR Marathon triple feature!
Lord of the Rings Marathon. “Whoo-hoo! Wonder how far in advance I’ll have to get tickets to see all three movies on the same day…” from Garrett Fitzgerald’s Blog
Microsoft dragging its heels on G5 Virtual PC?
Another Switcher Story
Jake Savin:
“I’m writing in my browser, and loving it all over again. Writing this
post feels a lot like writing in Manila for the first time, and that
feels really good.” [Scripting News]
AOL launches blogging service
No doubt, some will think “There goes the neighborhood.” Not
surprisingly, signal-to-noise could get to be a problem if the
blogosphere has a new wave of immigrants. OTOH, though, with the
immigrants come money and opportunities and the need for new and
innovative services. Bring ’em on. News.Com: AOL launches blogging service. [Scripting News]
MetaWeblog API spec going live Tuesday
Dave Winer: “Tuesday morning I’m going to take the Do Not Deploy caveat off the MetaWeblog API spec. If there are any deal-stoppers, please let me know about them in the next couple of days.” [Scripting News]
Cory Doctorow: Net gains
I’ve enjoyed his fictional writing. Haven’t got to read this piece yet,
but wanted to link before it disappeared: “Cory Doctorow Boston Globe op-ed on Net politics.” from Scripting News