Nullsoft has just released WASTE (mirror). See /. discussion. Still processing, but it seems like the Nullsoft guys have very much been thinking in a similar direction as I have been, although basically going for a OSS Groove thing – unfortunately, it looks like the protocol isn’t built for scaling (they mention 10-50 nodes).
Category: Legacy
- VW Transparent Factory (awesome)
- Chandler in Higher Education – “Westwood”
- Apple Updates, Cripples iTunes – interesting discussion, see also: Cory’s post
- GlennF responds to Qualcomm’s memo
- QT slideshow of exhibition [870KB] friends’ senior show I missed
- starbucks picture policy
- SARS virus animation
- Clinton commencement @ Syracuse
I may not be blogging for a while, certainly not until I get my home connection back up (and hopefully getting something setup on the ol’ server)
In the meantime, if you like this blog, you might like some of these:
For some reason my cable at home has been on the fritz, so for the first time in recent memory, I’ve been without Internet access (been taking advantage of the hiptop, am currently on-campus enjoying a very nice day – in the shade of course, so I can see the screen).
Gabe posted pics of his nyc apt. It looks cozy, but at the same time, crazy small. Basically, three 10′ x 10′ rooms lined up. That’s about the same square footage as the main room of my studio.
Chris Hedges, author of War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning gave a commencement speech at Rockford College (in Rockford, IL) that was booed and interrupted multiple times. Reading the speech, I found it both interesting and insightful The predictable response was both sad, but also (more?) sadly not unexpected.
We will pay for this, but what saddens me most is that those who will by and large pay the highest price are poor kids from Mississippi or Alabama or Texas who could not get a decent job or health insurance and joined the army because it was all we offered them. For war in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics. Read Antigone, when the king imposes his will without listening to those he rules or Thucydides’ history. Read how Athens’ expanding empire saw it become a tyrant abroad and then a tyrant at home. How the tyranny the Athenian leadership imposed on others it finally imposed on itself.
This, Thucydides wrote, is what doomed Athenian democracy; Athens destroyed itself. For the instrument of empire is war and war is a poison, a poison which at times we must ingest just as a cancer patient must ingest a poison to survive. But if we do not understand the poison of war — if we do not understand how deadly that poison is — it can kill us just as surely as the disease.
If you’re reinstalling Mozilla (or possibly Mozilla Firebird), here’s a list of add-ons/tweaks that I use to get me back into a working state:
- Jesse’s Bookmarklets – interesting thought Jesse, you should offer all your bookmarks in one big HTML file so one could import it straight into their bookmarks… See also: Tantek’s favelets, Kevin’s favelets
- Linky – add-on that enables opening all links in a selection in new tabs and other such usefulness.
- Checky – convenient validation and checking links
- LiveHTTPHeaders – very useful, saves having to fire up Proxomitron or Ethereal most of the time.
- Download Statusbar – cool d/l addon I just found
- DevEdge Netscape Sidebar Tabs – pretty useful references
- Links Panel – Dr Brain’s amazing useful links sidebar panel
- Mozilla Evangelism Sidebars – very useful, including the Mozilla User Agent Override and Source Generator sidebars
- user.js customizations (soon)
Had my first day of class today. I’m taking CTCS 505 (Survey of Interactive Media) this summer. It’s a 2 unit class, but is from 9-3PM TTh. Yeah, seems weird to me too. It’s being taught by Dan Harries, who seems like a nice enough guy. Also, introduced myself and had lunch with a few of my fellow grad students, all of whom seem like neat people. The reader is The New Media Book, which, well, despite the title might not be all bad. I’ll probably set up a blog for my class notes. Maybe get around to installing SnipSnap or TikiWiki.
Sometime last week I decided I was going to actually enroll in the Interactive Media grad program. Some thoughts on my upcoming schedule:
| 0.75x | Work |
| 0.75x | Grad school |
| My girl | |
| Personal projects | |
| Freelance | |
| Misc social commitments |
Note, that sleep is not accounted for in this schedule.
Wow, this had me laughing pretty hard. Looks like Kevin was able to fix that.
(My name isn’t as googlejuiced as others, but hey, I have the top few spots (and no, I’m not the teen bodybuilder). Also, you can read various old posts/mailing list stuff and have a giggle)
The Nokia 6800 (phonescoop) looks like a neat device, but it doesn’t seem to have any Bluetooth? I just can’t understand how that thought process works. Also, seem to only to be available from Cingular presently.