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And in classic Blogosphere form, you can find a report on the report from Nicole-Ann Boyer on World Changing, where she says: > “With the FT riding high as the world’s best daily for the business intelligentsia, take heed large organization t...
Read more →Even though this is from the National Enquirer, which has no credibility, it’s a scary scary thought Technorati Tags: georgebush
I guess it’s the time of year, but I came across this site for Baseball umpires which is a fun entertainment if you are into the esoterica of Baseball. For the more obvious (seemingly) questions that still stump me, Wikipedia is a good resource. For example, do you think you know what a balk is? Or what a cutter is? Technorati Tags: baseball
If you are interested in the Intelligent Design debate, this is an fascinating and somewhat surprising article about a survey done by the Pew Research Center for the People. As usual with this kind of thing it is useful to *know the bias...
Read more →Ever notice in restaurant menus how the dish descriptions are made to sound fancier and fancier by adding adjective? “green beans” are not as good as “fresh green-beans”, which are not as good as “native fresh green-beans”, which are not as good as: “hand-picked native fresh green-beans”, which are...
Read more →This is pretty cool: a framework to easily manage the demonstration of UI elements, inspired by JUnit. Here’s what they say: > “As supplement to test driven software development, JDemo provides a new approach of demo driven development: When developing software, you write short code snippets (demo cases) that use your new API. The demo then demonstrates both: how to use the API and what happens when you execute the code. So you can for example interactively test the usability of GUI components.” (from JDemo web site) Pretty cool. Check it out! Technorati Tags: cooltool
I’ve come across a flurry of commentary on the fact that apparently TiVo has added content protection allowing a broadcaster to protect any program as it is broadcast. The result of this is: > “[A program] recorded with a red-flag next to it (an icon I’ve never seen before). When I selected the ep...
Read more →This is from a dictionary: > Banana problem: noun > A situation of uncertainty about when a task is complete and therefore when to stop working on it > The term banana problem is often used in computing when talking about badly written or incorrect conditions for the termination of a comput...
Read more →Do you follow Ben Hyde’s blog? I recommend it – he has always fascinating intellectual tours-de-force. I guess it was a slow day in the Hyde office when there were no world-changing problems to be addressed, so check out this analysis of what it costs you to use your car. Interesting, relevant in today’s $3.00+ per gallon world, and (intentionally?) funny too! (And someday I will be able to parse the sentence “Ascription is Anathema to any Enthusiasm 🙂 Technorati Tags: funny, gasoline
Yesterday, this appeared on my Mac desktop: 
Here’s a little movie showing you what it does. [http://s3.media.squarespace.com/production/1075723/1282935...
Robin Good points to: “The Myth of The Rock Star and of the Need To Sing-up For a Major Recording Label”: > “Music” does not ...
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i000768_big Originally uploaded by Edame. Wow, I am getting some amazing pictures. I’m not sure what this is nor whether it’s doctored but it’s impressive!
New Orleans Flood Level Originally uploaded by earthhopper. Check out this really interesting flood level analysis. I’m following what’s going on in New Orleans via a BlogBridge Flickr SmartFeed.
My new cellphone supposedly has GPS capabilities. It has to do, apparently with the new E-911 standard, which requires a cell phone to be able to tell emergency responders where a cell call is coming from. I’m a pretty big GPS aficionado and I though...
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I don’t have anything to add, but here are some incredible bits that I came across: - Daily Kos: “Left Behind” ...
Robert Cringely has a relatively little known quasi blog, for some reason on www.pbs.org. The stuff is generally very good, and little noted. Given Microsoft’s recent acquisition of ...
Read more →I’ve been away for several days, while following the catastrophe in the gulf unfolding, via TV and radio. I (yes oddly) didn’t have internet access but thought to myself that there would be lots of very interesting blog posts covering the events from a unique angle. And indeed, now that I came acros...
Read more →At a level of detail only a geek could love reading (or bother writing), Dan Bricklin gives us an interesting and fun illustrated story of installing Verizon fiber to his home: “…… Once that was all done, the installer cleaned up all the dropped wire insulation, empty boxes, etc., and we s...
Read more →From my new favorite Podcaster, Todd of Geek News Central, I came across Flash Earth, a fun and beautiful animated globe that will give you hours and hours of family entertainment! Technorati Tags: cool, cooltool
One of the hairier and most interesting parts of Swing (Java’s GUI layer) are the so-called pluggable look and feels (or is it looks and feel?.) Truth is that you can live a very happy Swing life without knowing how it works, but if you are curious or need to know for some reason… This document is a good summary, even though a little dated, if you are interested in really understanding it. Like many things it’s not so complex once you understand it. Technorati Tags: java, swing