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New user? Sunday, October 8, 2000
so-so article on OS X for Intel
eWeek: Thinking outside the Cube: Mac OS X for X86
This article started out great, saying the author didn't get the deluge of flames he expected for mentioning OS X for Intel, but then this...
Learning from BeOS
Okay you lost me. I love the BeOS, I've bought EVERY publicly available version ever released for the x86 platform including 5.0 Professional, but you can't compare it to OS X. Sorry. I didn't finish reading the article.
Jaron and his Manifesto
Salon: Artificial stupidity -- about Jaron Lanier's "ONE HALF OF A MANIFESTO".
I was lucky enough to see Jaron Lanier in person in 1993(94?) at the University of Victoria. I don't remember the exact reason for the visit, there must have been some sort of VR or Internet or Cybersomething going on. I missed his electronic virtual-reality music demo the night before (argh!!).
Hmm, maybe this was just after new backbone for Vancouver Island was installed which UVic was the hub for, maybe it was something to do with that and all the Internet-related cyberspace goodness it would bring to the school. I dunno.
Jaron was on stage with William Gibson, who read 45 minutes of a draft of what would become "Virtual Light", a novel I rushed out to buy in hardcover but still haven't read (sigh).
Oh, Gibson's narration was so awesome. His American accent, I still remember it clearly. I had just finished reading Neuromancer, had only been on the Internet for about 2 years, all VT100 of course via the Victoria FreeNet Association, on my Macintosh LC II 4MB/40MB with a 14.4 SupraFAXModem v.32bis external modem (that was very fast back then! My friends with 9600bps modems thought they were fast!)
If I remember correctly, and I might not, Jaron spoke about all sorts of things that evening -- VR, Cybertech, Internet, music, etc. He and Gibson talked about various things together, and the audience participated. Did I ask a question? I think so, but I can't remember what. Damn, why can't I remember these things?! It really upsets me I can't remember these things. Sigh. For some reason I think whatever I said/asked was really stupid and was hacked to bits by Jaron.
I had a picture of Jaron (I still have it somewhere), a side-profile of him with his big hair. I think the picture was from Monday magazine or the UVic student newspaper. He hung on my wall, a hero, I wanted to do what he did.
Saturday, October 7, 2000
Radio UserLand: RFC: Labels in OPML
Radio UserLand: RFC: Labels in OPML
How cool is this, my name was used 20 words away from Doug Engelbart in the context of the same idea!! That makes me smile. :-)
Macworld: Dawn of a New OS
Macworld: Dawn of a New OS -- "Mac OS X's Arrival Is Apple's Opportunity to Prove It Is Listening To Its Customers"
Seattle Times uses WO, and so do I
Found at Mr. Barrett:
Seattle Times: Lifestyles: SpeedDating puts Jewish singles together; the rest is up to them
Check out the URL -- SeattleTimes uses WebObjects! :-) I am a WebObjects developer. If you need WebObjects development done, or need some new WebObjects developers mentored, give me a call.
Doc Searls Weblog
Doc Searls Weblog: An Open Letter to Meg Whitman (CEO of eBay) -- "What would happen if MUTE buttons on TV remote controls delivered "we don't want to hear this" messages directly to the advertisers who pay for commercial television? Advertising as we know it would be dead in a day."
I've very disappointed to hear about eBay's move to the dark side.
Friday, October 6, 2000
McSorley found guilty of assault with a weapon
McSorley found guilty of assault with a weapon -- "Provincial court Judge William Kitchen said he disagreed with McSorley's testimony that the hit that sent Vancouver Canuck Donald Brashear sprawling to the ice with a concussion was an accident."
Oh... SHIT. Not good... not good AT ALL.
Apple problems buried in online sales, study concludes
Apple problems buried in online sales, study concludes
The big thing appears to be that noone wanted to buy a Mac in July, in anticipation of the Macworld NY announcements. Of course! And after the announcment there was nothing shipping immediately.
I bet this will bite Apple's ass in the X-Mas season too, people will be waiting for Macworld SF. Apple should schedule their next hardware rollout for November or very early December instead of MWSF so they don't get hit again.
The timing of those two events isn't very good.
I'm returning my StarChoice satellite
<VOICE OF="Eric Cartman">
I... am... so.... pissed.... off... right.... now!
</VOICE>
I switched my TV to CTV SportsNet West to see the Oilers game tonight (you might remember that's the whole fucking reason I bought the satellite system) and this is what showed up on the screen.
"This NHL game is only available in a regional viewing area established by the NHL. If you can see this message you are outside of that local area. CTV SportsNet programming will resume following the game."
Oh, SHIT! Now I have to return my StarChoice, get a Bell ExpressVu satellite and pay $150 for the "NHL Centre Ice" package which lets me see 1000 NHL games a season. I don't want 1000 NHL games, I just want the 82 that the Oilers play!
Hey, help me complain. Call 1-877-288-7767 (CTV SportsNet) and tell them to let Jim watch Oilers games!
Update: I'm listening to the game on 630 CHED via Broadcast.com. Yay, 14.4kbps monoaural sound.... thrilling. Yay. I'm so happy. Uh-huh. Really. I am.
ANN: Oilogger.com: Edmonton Oilers Weblog
Announcing:
Oilogger.com: Edmonton Oilers Weblog
The puck drops in 20 minutes for the first Oilers game this year, and Oilogger.com is finally up and ready to go.
Check out the Game Calendar/Schedule. Totally awesome stuff, all built into Conversant.
Conversant doesn't get enough attention -- NOTHING makes it so easy to make such a cool advanced web site.
Update: Oilers win game 1! Go to Oilogger.com for details.
Turning the Frontier to Carbon : It's ready!
Turning the Frontier to Carbon : It's ready! -- "Barring some unforeseen problems, Frontier carbon is ready for beta testing."
Alright! I wonder if this will be a public beta or only for subscribers...
