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New user? Sunday, January 30, 2000
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Today's update comes from Netscape Navigator for Linux running under Mandrake Linux. This isn't your granddaddy's Linux installation... it's running inside VMWare 1.0.1 for Windows NT. Yep, Linux on top of NT. I'm pretty sure I'll be buying VMWare once my 30 day eval runs out 
VMWare keeps warning me that performance will be unacceptable because I don't have a PII, and because my processor isn't at least 266MHz. Well... In full-screen mode, this setup is completely usable. Now if Brent could show me how to get Frontier running in Linux, I could flip over for good!
Update: I don't know if Brent heard me or what, but his weblog now says "The next story I plan to write is about getting Frontier set up on WINE, so you can duplicate my set-up." Yay!
Saturday, January 29, 2000
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Evening Update:
Instant Python, by Magnus Lie Hetland. This is a great mini-tutorial that cuts to the chase immediately, and doesn't stop until after it thinks it's finished.
I think I learned the essential Python in just 15 minutes! Yes! Thanks Magnus!
Free idea: people should get together, write similar documents for all programming languages (okay, say the top 30 or so) and put them into an O'Reilly book.
Next: Zope. I think I better read through the ZopeNewbies site...
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This Afternoon:
Yesterday I played tennis for the first time since August of 1998. I got a knee brace a few weeks ago, so now I can safely play sports again.
Here's an excellent picture (and description) of my knee brace, the GII Extreme. It's pretty huge... Mine is robo-cop silver though, not blue/purple.
I used to play all the time, until I blew out my knee in May of 1995. After that I wasn't able to play until August of 1997, when my knee was finally strong enough to play again. A series of minor but confidence-crushing re-injuries in August 1998 made me stop playing.
Before I left my last job I found out my medical coverage there would pay for 100% of the cost of a knee brace.
Playing tennis rocks. And last night, I got to watch a great tennis match between Agassi (he's been my favourite player since he started playing professionally) and Kafelnikov. Agassi is a true champion, and is truly the greatest tennis player in the world.
Here's a picture of my tennis racquet. I would have linked to the page on Head's site with the info picture on it but their site doesn't work with bookmarks. Not too smart.
Friday, January 28, 2000
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A new site that should become an excellent resource for WebObjects developers: WODeveloper.com
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Another wacky meeting on the net:
Yesterday, my parents visited us, and Mom told me she recognized a name on a "crafter's" mailing list she's on. She asked the person if she had worked at (name of municipal gov't branch in Edmonton which I've forgotten) in the winter of 1975, and she replied Yes and she remembered my Mom as well! Turns out this lady comes to Victoria every year with her husband, so they'll get together with my parents for coffee this summer!
It's a small world afterall!
Now I'm getting farklempt. Discuss amonst yourselves, I'll give you a topic: Have you found any long-lost friends or relatives, or bumped into neighbours on the Internet? Discuss...
