links, random thoughts, various opinions
Hallelujah, the Mac is back
“The problem with the modern personal computing environment is that, in some fundamental sense, it’s a broken business. “There’s a poison in the computer industry,” Hertzfeld says, “and that is the fact that the common software base is controlled by a predatory software company with a lack of ethics.” In case […]
Derek’s been writing his weblog for four years now, over 230,000 words. I think I’ve read it consistently for most of that time. I’ve learned things, renewed friendships and hired him. Does it take up a lot of time, I think he must get the balance just right:
“Not overwhelming, but also not […]
Regret The Error
“Regret The Error reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications, and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in North American media.”
Of course my interest in the U.S. Presidential process is heating up as the final stretch begins…a quick link roundup for today:
Public Domain. “The yawning divide between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and most Catholics is not usually an election story. But this year, it may become so. John Kerry is running as the first […]
Thomas L. Friedman: Awaking to a Dream. I am so hungry for a positive surprise. I am so hungry to hear a politician, a statesman, a business leader surprise me in a good way. It has been so long. It’s been over 10 years since Yitzhak Rabin thrust out his hand to Yasir Arafat on […]
Built For The Arctic
“Scientists have long appreciated a number of the polar bear’s adaptations, which allow it to survive two decades or more on the glacial ice of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures reach minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, all the while defying standard bear omnivorousness to subsist almost exclusively on seal. The polar bear comes […]
The trailer of the next installment of Kill Bill is now online.
Of course, this looks more entertaining. Oh wait, this looks better [stepford wives].
Safely in Hong Kong. 15 hours is a long flight any way you look at it. Of course not quite as long as going to Mars, which I also have to admit is fascinating me…here’s a good post which sums it up I think (oh, and I am a space nerd, I’ll admit […]
Quicktime panorama of Times Square last night. [Scripting News]
Clinton’s Final Answer
“But don’t leave the little guys out. You know, I come from a little town in Arkansas. I was born in a town of 6,000 people, in a state that’s had an income just about half the national average. I’ve got a cousin who lives in Arkansas — he’s a small businessman, he […]
One nice thing about flying so much is I actually get time to catch up on reading, particularly the stack of magazines I get at the airport (or borrow from the lounge). Wired has great article about Phillip K. Dick, the author Blade Runner and Minority Report (amongst many others).
Favourite quote -
“We live […]
Since I got back from London the weather in Vancouver has been great. I’m off on another round of travel tomorrow (4 cities, 3 continents). I doubt the sunny weather will follow.
Speaking of sunny…there’s no pictures online of our office (have to fix that), but Derek snapped this sunny day photo of Noel’s […]
Every So Often And I Wish I Could…
“God damn and I keep remembering things. What’s the word for cake mix? We’ve got the whole cooked-bread continuity: bread, scone, pancake, cake, biscuit, cookie and so on. And on the uncooked side there’s dough and batter, (at the least!) both good words. But cake mix is an […]
Bankruptcy Is Changing Air Canada
“Canadians have a love-hate relationship with Air Canada. Though it was privatized more than a decade ago, it is still widely thought of as the national airline, and prized as one of a dwindling number of Canadian companies recognizable around the world. But as a former government entity with a dominant […]
Geeking in the Third World
“Geekcorps volunteers work in third world countries helping companies become technically competent IT businesses. Richard Koman interviews Geekcorps founder Ethan Zuckerman. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: O’Reilly Network]”
As I post this, I’m sitting on our couch at work…next to where the server for this particular blog sits (thanks Ryan) and I’m […]
“After we completed the MX products last spring, it was time to begin what I believe is the next logical step–creating a better environment for Internet applications that bridges the gap between the desktop and the web, emerging out of the constraints of the browser. This is the mission for Macromedia Central.
We began by brainstorming […]
We use blogs at work a lot. I’m really happy with the fact that we have just eliminated group emails internally, but more importantly the captured ‘knowledge’, as nebulous as that is. Anyways I’ve noticed that my own blog here is missing pieces I want to save [this blog is mainly a way […]
From Tony Blair’s speech to the House of Commons tonight -
“We then worked on a further compromise. We consulted the inspectors and drew up five tests based on the document they published on 7 March. Tests like interviews with 30 scientists outside of Iraq; production of the anthrax or documentation showing its destruction. The […]
The Arrogant Empire
“FOR MORE THAN 25 years he [Saddam Hussein] has sought to acquire chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and has, in several documented cases, succeeded. He gassed 60,000 of his own people in 1986 in Halabja. He has launched two catastrophic wars, sacrificing nearly a million Iraqis and killing or wounding more than a […]
Interesting post from one of XML’s co-creators, who actually lives in Vancouver -
XML Is Too Hard
“XML is a bouncing thriving five-year-old now, and yet I’ve been feeling unsatisfied with it, particularly in recent times. In particular in my capacity as a programmer.
During the process of setting up ongoing, for the first time in a year […]