• XUL vs FLEX vs XAML
• Flex in Relation to DHTML, XUL, SVG, JavaServer Faces, and Flash MX
• Flex Samples Explorer – pretty sweet (docs)
• Overview – Macromedia Flex
• Macromedia Flex 1.0 Released – oh wait, $12K/server license? hmm… and no free developer license? Laszlo at least gets that

• Re: What are the goals of Mozilla.org? [LONG; spin off new threads by topic] – Brendan Eich contributes (can FOSS/Open Standards compete against Flex? — well, until XAML crushes it) — complete thread
• GUIdebook – Graphical User Interface gallery, history of GUIs
• High Accessibility, High Design
• Card sorting: a definitive guide
• Dithered.com Javascript Library – still useful xDOM extensions
• ATM Contingency Design – good discussion
• SpaceTree – a novel node-link tree browser
• Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies
• Piccolo – a Java 2 toolkit that supports the development of 2D structured graphics programs in general, and Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs) in particular (see How does Piccolo differ from Jazz
• LifeLines for Visualizing Patient Records
• Hierarchical Clustering Explorer – for Multidimensional Clustering and Outlier Detection (wow the UMD HCIL kicks ass)
• Re:Pfffft! AOL had 40GB e-mail storage…in 1994!
• Super-Condensed Political Summary of Taiwan.
• Gmail Update – Aaron makes a great point. Now is there a way (or a need) for a DHTML WebApp to support web conventions? (see also Mark’s Gmail accessibility analysis)
• God Bless America
• Hatena::Antenna – I wish I could read Japanese; what does this site do?
• Double-checked locking: Clever, but broken – getting back into the hardcore programming groove
• WebCamXtra / Myron – computer vision and motion tracking for Processing, Java, and Director

I’ve been looking for a new laptop bag (or bag and sleeve combo) today. I’m trying to find something that is as compact as possible, that my 12″ PB and related junk. Ideally I’d like something that could fit my 10D (w/ a short prime) as well, but I haven’t seen anything out there that fits .

• Timbuk2 Detour (eBags reviews) – $100, shoulder + backpack straps, probably would fit 10D
• Booq Mamba.XS – $70, works as shoulder+sling+back pack, compact, but not as good looking as their sleeves, might fit 10D disassembled, made especially for 12″ PB + iBooks
• Chrome Sputnik3 (eBags reviews) – $75, non-padded shoulder + backpack straps, one big pocket w/ laptop sleeve, probably not a good fit (but it looks cool)

Other options include keeping my old Trager (or getting a new larger bag) and just using some raps on them. Any thoughts? (trying out this comment system I wrote a while back)

• SMTP Auth/SMTP over SSL – Debian Woody 3.0
• postfix vmail admin – for setting up Postfix + Courier-IMAP and virtual hosts
• Mutt and IMAP
• VALIANT DAYS, VALIANT NIGHTS – A LOOK BACK AT THE RISE AND FALL OF VALIANT

Put some SXSW 2004 photos online finally.

• Labels seek end to 99c music per song download – Andrew Orlowski makes some good points
• Claim vs. Fact: Condoleezza Rice’s Opening Statement
• X1 – PC software that uses an advanced indexing process that lets you find any word in any email message or file on your computer (compare to ZOË
• How Microsoft Is Clipping Longhorn
• Free Play – The politics of the video game
• Contextual Menu Workshop – a free framework for creating Contextual Menu plugins for Mac OS X
• WebDesktop – hmm, not quick Active Desktop for OS X…

I bought a package of sliced mushrooms on a lark a couple months ago while doing some grocery shopping with a friend, and since then I’ve taken to snacking on them. A six ounce package is less than 50 calories and has a decent amount of B complexes and other such not-bad-for-you things. Mmmm, umami.

• floAt’s Mobile Agent – very nice looking Windows/Sony Ericsson phone syncing tool

• Graphics from the command line, More graphics from the command line, and Examples of ImageMagick Usage for ImageMagick refererence
• juggle – open source tool to create photomosaics; see also png2html (self-portrait)