Regarding competition between Microsoft and Sun, both in programming languages and development platforms, James Strachan adds a fair bit of commentary to a post quoted from Graham Glass. I add nothing, but perhaps I point a few more people to an interesting discussion… Share and Enjoy:
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
November 27th, 2002
Musical Autobiography
I stumbled across Jorn Barger‘s musical autobiography. I’ve thought this way about my musical background, but never written it down. I ought to. Googling for “musical autobiography” turns up a few similar projects, although less than I might have expected… Dennis Reed David Warren Steel Tim Baldwin For the record, all of these people are [...]
November 27th, 2002
You’re definitely gay…
It seems a bit late to blog an article after seeing it at #2 on Blogdex, but this article about TiVo and other computerized aesthetic profilers was too good to pass up: Dino Leon, a hair-salon owner in Birmingham, Mich., says his TiVo quickly figured out that he and his partner were gay. They were [...]
November 26th, 2002
Smarter Email Clients?
On my way to work this morning I was wondering whether any email clients supported the RFC 2369 specification for sending mailing list command information in email headers. (Although on my way to work I didn’t realize that the practice of adding headers like “List-Help” and “List-Unsubscribe” to email messages had been codified into an [...]
November 26th, 2002
Welcome to the Machine
Joe in politricks
Probably the most interesting thing in Declan McCullagh’s latest CNET article is the factoid that Outback Steakhouse has a PAC, and they spent as much (almost exactly) for political action as did Microsoft. But that’s not to sell the article short. McCullagh mentions some motion in a couple of politically minded tech organizations, and discusses [...]
November 26th, 2002
Nepotism
Worth a read: Paul Krugman’s ironically humorous, yet sadly true “The Sons Also Rise”: Underlying economic, social and political trends will give the children of today’s wealthy a huge advantage over those who chose the wrong parents. … Meanwhile, one key doorway to upward mobility — a good education system, available to all — has [...]
November 25th, 2002
Hornby for the Holidays!
A new release from McSweeney’s press: Hornby for the Holidays! This holiday season, McSweeney’s is excited to release Songbook — a brand-new collection of essays by Nick Hornby on his favorite songs and songwriters. This book will be in hardcover, complete with a compilation CD filled with many songs discussed in the book. If you [...]
November 25th, 2002
A Small Eudora Tip
So far, I’m sticking with Eudora as my email client. It’s one of those things that would take a lot of energy to change, even if Eudora is starting to feel as quaint and slightly outdated as its name. Just recently, Eudora has gotten two small extensions to its lease on life. First, with the [...]
November 25th, 2002
“Switch” to Microsoft?
Not switch operating systems, but switch development platforms? I must admit that the mix of rational and emotional components that goes into my love for using a Macintosh is similar in ways to how I feel about Java –but it’s not as simple as Microsoft being some “common enemy.” After all, as Ara Abrahamian points [...]
November 24th, 2002
Chicago Photography
I stumbled across this nice site of Chicago photography in the “Day Late” section of Mena “Movable Type” Trott’s Dollar Short weblog. My office is just about two blocks from the Ohio House Motel Share and Enjoy: