CritSuite is an open source annotation/critical discussion tool developed for the Foresight Institute. It seems more complex than it could be, but seems like it has lots of potential if a slightly more usable interface can be grafted on (I imagine some remote scripting and some dynamic content and overlays would do wonders).
According to his biography, Moby lived in Stratford, CT for 2 years, from 1974 to 1976.
Quite a few of Mozillians have been putting up blogs recently. Among the newer ones:
- Confessions of a Mozillian – David Hyatt
- Cogworks – Andrew Wooldridge
- Joke of the Day – Ben Goodger
- Shake & Blake – Blake Ross
Researcher who claimed sharks won’t bite him loses part of leg in attack – honestly, I think the title sums it up.
Slightly old news, but pretty interestting nonethless:
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are not included in the revised version of the New Jersey Department of Education history standards
Next time you think you’ve got problems, check this out.
I’m in total agreement with the suckiness of Network Solutions. They’re slimy and incompetent. I’ve been using Joker.com for years without problems.
Let’s put NetSol to death. We’re the Alpha Geeks of our social circles. When people ask us about registering domains, let’s be sure to tell them to register anywhere except NetSol, because they will sell your domain to someone else and do nothing about it.
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Peterned has written Beehive, a DHTML API which he used to write some classic games in DHTML, like Pacman and Scorched Earth. Cool!
On the other hand, all these DHTML sites using JavaScript to load pages (and making them impossible to bookmark)? Not cool. I mean really, if you’re going to go and do that, why not just go and use Flash? It’ll be easier for you and just as frustrating for your audience. Same with the DHTML scrollbars. I’m not sure what the point is for general use when all they do is break expected functionality. I can understand using this stuff for applications or when they address specific needs, but most of the time the kludginess outweigh any gains you might have for general sites and web pages.
Infinera Inside? I suppose only time will tell, however photonic circuitry seems pretty damn cool. Discussion on /.
Paul hunted down some slightly less sanitized sources for news in the Middle East. Even better is the recent K5 discussion on first person accounts (from both sides) on some of what’s going on. Of course, it’s doubtful reading all this stuff will actually make you a better person or make the world a better place. New tagline: random($foo), your daily source of bleakness.