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New user? Sunday, December 3, 2000
Extreme Programming and Open Source Software
Advogato: Extreme Programming and Open Source Software
I like both, but do they work together? This advogato thread dives into this debate.
Radio UserLand: What is Radio UserLand?
Radio UserLand: What is Radio UserLand? -- "Eventually we will put a moderate price on Radio -- to get our new community started, please give it a try and use it for free, with our appreciation."
Oh. For some reason I thought it was going to be free. So did Duncan.
(Update: Here's why I thought it would be free... Dave Winer said it would be free. [screenshot])
Damn. I had been looking forward to making software for RU*, thinking the runtime was going to be freely-available. So much for that idea. Now I have to look at it with different economics... it was a no-brainer, before.
* a real e-mail client. I need one and I can't find anything that meets my needs.
Saturday, December 2, 2000
OmniDiskSweeper for Mac OS X
OmniDiskSweeper. (free download)
I just used this drop-dead-easy-to-use utility and was able to easily find and remove over 450 MB of cruft from my 3.1 GB Mac OS 9 partition. Now I have 529.1 MB available!
If you're using Mac OS X, try out this utility, you'll probably find all sorts of crazy files that were hidden in Mac OS 9 that took up insane amounts of disk. (IE's cache file was 130 MB! There were 100's of MB of useless stuff in the "Temporary Items" folder!)
What's Abstinence Got To Do With It?
What's Abstinence Got To Do With It?
I don't usually link to stories about sexuality, instead I leave it up to Dan over at Flutterby, who you'll notice I got the above link from. I'm not embarassed to link to these kinds of articles, but seeing as I don't go looking for them myself, the only place I find them is Dan's site, so there's no point duplicating his effort. :-)
This is a good article (even if it has some dirty words in it, not that I give a fuck about dirty words!) and it reflects some of my beliefs, that I hope I'll remind myself of sometime in the future when I read through the archives of this site. The most important value this article shares with me is:
Teaching ignorance is not an acceptable solution to social problems.
The Ultimate (expensive!) Video Game Library!
eBay item 507007174 (Ends Nov-28-00 10:00:57 PST) - The Ultimate Video Game Library!
$70,000 was the last bid, and the reserve was not met!
Maybe he needed the money to buy a PS2??
Buddy shot twice during vest test
Buddy shot twice during vest test -- "They're Manitoba's version of Dumb and Dumber."
This is one for the Darwin Files. :-)
Update: Sorry, the link for that article expired. I tried and tried to find the article's new link, but it appears to be gone. The only way you'll get to read it now is to buy a copy of it from Sun Media. Sheesh!
Dried-up sea beds found on Mars
Dried-up sea beds found on Mars -- "NASA scientists have discovered ancient sea or lake beds on the surface of Mars that could once have harboured life"
Friday, December 1, 2000
Announcing: Becoming Conversant
Mark Morgan announces "Becoming Conversant"... a site for new Conversant users.
"The goal is threefold: help newcomers by explaining Conversant from the user's viewpoint; organize, point to, mirror, and provide examples of documentation for Conversant; and share some of the really neat stuff users and others have done with Conversant."
Joe Average has his say
Regarding pro athlete salaries...
"Mr. Taylor:
I'm presently working my 14-hour night shift while my family is at home.
Twelve years as a firefighter and I have many incidents that would turn the heads of a crowd of 16,000 and make them want to go home.
[snip]
I will budget and work it out over time, knowing I have a secure job and 10 days from now I will get another cheque.
I would like more, but I can't tell my employer that I am holding out this season for more.
I wish he would offer me $6.4 million, even for the next 20 years. I wouldn't even go home.
At my present salary, I would only have to work my day and night shifts for the next 106 years to make that amount."
