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06/15 What if we all vote on the truth? — A couple of interesting related articles on facts and non-facts: > “Wikipedia is one of the Web’s most popular sites. I asked a teenager if he understood that it carries a disclaimer; Wikipedia “can’t guarantee the validity of the information found here.” “That’s just so that no one will sue them,”...
06/12 Looks like I’ve beat comment spam — for now! — You’ve heard me complain about comment spam before haven’t you? Comment Spam is when mysterious robot software attacks my blog and floods it with fake comments? I came across this [handy little document](http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/comment_spam...
06/10 Fascinating history of Wikipedia — If you are interested and fascinated with the Wikipedia, how it came to be, why it is the way it is, there’s an absolutely gripping account of the history and origins on Slashdot: > “An impassioned debate has been raging, particularl...
06/09 Identity theft scam? — What would you do if you received two letters from a collection agency saying that you owed $5,000 to a firm with whom you’ve never had an account with? I ignored it and the following letter, immediately smelling a rat. What would you do further, if you got a call from that agency, and...
06/08 Creepy article! — Get this: > “A man’s severed leg – with a white Adidas sneaker still attached – plummeted from the sky onto a garage roof and bounced into the backyard of a Long Island home yesterday morning.” Want to know more? Technorati Tags: interesting, gross
06/06 Good stuff from Paul Graham — If you work with software developers you’ll appreciate these two pieces by Paul Graham, author of Hackers and Painters, a book that I also recommend heartily. He always has interesting things to say: > “I once claimed that nerds were unpopular ...
06/04 Good article about software design — Just add this one to your reading list: > “(XP) challenges many of the common assumptions about software development. Of these one of the most controversial is its rejection of significant effort in up-front design, in favor of a more evolutio...
05/31 Counting blog impact — Interesting article about counting blogs makes a good point right off the bat: > “First, let’s step back and consider why we’re counting blogs at all. You no longer see articles that attempt to demonstrate the legitimacy of the Web by stating how many Web pages there are. But blogs are still in the process of entering mainstream consciousness, so numerical credibility is important; bloggers themselves cite the statistics a lot.” (from Wall Street Journal Online) Technorati Tags: blog
05/28 Come on over, the water’s fine! Look who is recommending Macs! — I love my Mac, as y’all know. I was amused to read about Intel CEO Paul Otellini who publicly recommended getting a Mac. He was being interviewed by Walt Mossberg at the “D” conference: > ‘… Asked whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security...
05/25 VC: Rumors of its demise are probably premature — Not that I’m an expert or anything… In the last few days there have been several articles about the problems in High Tech Venture Capital. One particularly interesting one was in the New York Times on Sunday talked about the exodus of recently minted venture capitalists from the busines...
05/25 Great musical: Falsettos at the Huntington Theatre — HtcfalsettosprodI Just came back from seeing ‘Falsettos‘, an unusual (and unusually good) musical, at the Huntington Theatre, in Boston. The themes cover the gamut from family, children, love, judaism, homosexuality, life and death. The music is unusual and complex and very nice. I recommend it highly. So much that I also just got the music from iTunes! Technorati Tags: music, recommended