Jim Roepcke's weblog have browser, will travel (est. 1999)

Goodbye Year 2001

In time I will learn to understand 2001. Right now I don't.

I hope 2002 is much happier than 2001, for my family, and those of my friends and everyone on Earth.

Happy New Year!

Scripting and Browsing Cocoa with F-Script

I wrote about F-Script here a long long time ago (message #45!). I mentioned it two other times.

But I still haven't actually USED it. sigh

Now I mention it a fourth time, this time after getting psyched reading Philippe's article on O'Reilly Net's MacDevCenter.

O'Reilly Network: Scripting Cocoa with F-Script

The article is over a month old! I hope it's new to you.

Now I'm going to read the next article about F-Script (this one is only 11 days old):

O'Reilly Network: Browsing Cocoa with F-Script

RE: Reality

I just went through this year's messages on my site, posted by me with the label "Personal".

It was interesting for me to see how the year unfolded. I talked about a lot more enjoyable times than I remember, and didn't talk about just as many unhappy times.

But this year is centered around 9/11. Before 9/11, and after, are two different lives, two realities. I was shocked when I read this posting, the last one before the world changed, poetically titled "Reality". Oh how little I knew of reality...

The line that really irked me was, "I have an unrelated deadline at the end of Tuesday, so tomorrow is going to be crazy-day."

Sigh.

Three Comedies

I watched Osmosis Jones, Evolution, and Rush Hour 2 yesterday.

All three movies exceeded my expectations, especially Osmosis Jones. I actually watched the movie twice, the second time with the commentary track... the first time I've ever done that, and it was great.

Girls return to school in Kabul

CNEWS: Kabul's biggest school for girls reopens

Yay!

LEGO Soccer

I was so thrilled when I got a LEGO Soccer kit from Cheryl and Cyan for Christmas this year.

Shane and I put it together right after everyone was finished opening their gifts. It's actually really fun, not just really cool!

Cyan got a LeapPad, which is just amazing. I still haven't figured out how the thing works (I have some ideas), so until I do I'll just concede that it has magical powers.

JBond gets it

Julian Bond wins kudos for understanding UserLand's viral mindshare / brainwashing strategy...

VoidStar: Open Source

UserLand's Reality Distortion Field (yet another RDF UserLand refuses to acknowledge) is so much bigger than Steve Jobs', it's actually funny.

How Islam Lost Its Way

I found this article on rc3.org. It's written by a Pakistani physicist named Pervez Amir Ali Hoodbhoy.

How Islam Lost Its Way

As Rafe says, it sums it all up.