Looking for Quick and Dirty Web Development? This article talks at a non-technical level about where Macromedia is going with Flash and Cold Fusion. As someone who has used Cold Fusion on a large chunk of projects, what’s coming down the pike really excites me.
Study: Sushi May Cut Smokers' Lung Cancer Risk. I knew I was eating sushi several times a week for some reason.
Slashdot | Open Source Is Bad. Some great stuff here.
New York Times: Microsoft Is Set to Be Top Foe of Free Code. How shocking that Microsoft is now attempting the same tactics they have against commercial opponents against Open Source software. The GPL is not all of Open Source, and Microsoft is the enemy of innovation, not Open Source software. The real problem here is that the Open Source community doesn’t have a PR department and Microsoft does. The amazing thing here is that Microsoft has been driven to improve their software by the existence of Open Source competition and they have actually used Open Source software as a part of some of their products.
O’Reilly Network: The Disaster-Free Upgrade to Mac OS X (Part One)
Looks like I will have to find another way of getting high speed access in my apartment soon. Grrr.
Here’s a picture of Steve Jobs holding the new iBook open. It’s hard to tell from just looking at product shots how small it is.
A new iBook that looks just like my Titanium’s little brother or sister.
How to build a Weblog in Zope (via dangerous meta)
Microsoft to Acquire NCompass Labs. It was only a matter of time before Microsoft recognized the strategic importance of content management and bought or developed a tool. Add this to Office and .Net and you could have a real scary picture for other CMS vendors.
AOL Time Warner has launched their iPublish site. It’s supposed to be an ebook community/publisher.
The Lakers looked like a different team than the one from just a month ago dispatching Portland. I have to say that, while there are some really strong teams in the West, I now think the Lakers can get back to the finals.
Cringely: Cargo Cult This is another in the ongoing series of media pieces on the Internet bubble brusting and what comes next. I think, pound for pound, that this is the best one I’ve read so far. It is, however, some level of common sense that the same rules now apply to Internet businesses that have always applied to new businesses. If you aren’t going to make money, what is the point of having a business? (via Camworld)
The HandEra330 signals the beginning of a new phase for Palm OS devices. They have done some great things here, innovating beyond what the much more hyped Handspring has managed to do.
For those of us in the Web development business How to fail at business without really trying is both funny and sad.
I’ve stayed away from discussing politics on this site since its conception in November of 1997. Having said that, I’m alarmed and concerned about many of the things that the new administration has done in its tenure thus far. Some interesting information, which is of course quite biased by the source it comes from, is available on the 100 Days of Bush site.
Bowl of Cheese now gone forever.
The second Planet of the Apes Trailer is quite good, but reveals some changes in the plot of the story that I’m not too sure I like.
Others have linked to Taking Stock of Gen X: It’s Fallen Sharply, but I wanted to comment on it too. I don’t feel any of the bitterness that I think tinges this article. I don’t feel disenfranchised, I don’t feel put down. I think that as many of the bad Internet business decisions were made by baby boomers as were made by generation x. Still, it’s a good article, but I think that it’s written a few years too early.
Motorola Accompli 009 Personal Interactive Communicator. This seems like the device I’ve been looking for. I wonder which providers will offer it?