took about 9 hours, but the oracle and the acs are up and atom. 😉
took off afterwards and saw groove. mostly amusing, and the last scene really made it worth the price of admission.
k10k, new issue, interesting as always.
xplane’s flash vs. gif comparison is worth going through because of the cute animated characters. i would however argue that unless you need an animated piece to work for as many people as possible, if you’re doing any animated work (especially for spot / inline animation), it should be done in flash w/ an alternative static image version. that’s just me though.
on the one hand, the talent oozing out of one9ine is obvious, on the other hand i can’t stand mystery meat navigation, and browsing a site that sits in a 5 inch square on my monitor is painful.
ho hum, downloading oracle (450mb) for the fifth time. argh. why will it not complete? on the bright side, the connection is faaaaast.
wow, 405 the movie is an incredible piece of independent film work. well worth the d/l.
blech, network problems lost a post i made earlier today. about micropayments privacy / motivational issues regarding some comments seth at aigeek made. but i’m too lazy to type it all back up. some cool links on google: anonymous micropayments, untraceable electronic cash, digital cash). paypal is a digital cash system that people have been adapting recently as an adhoc micropayment system. millicent is a real micropayment system, and has been running in japan but hasn’t debuted in the us (tech specs). ecash bought the digicash patents and has launched in germany. ecash allows blind transactions, and basically functions as digital money (the financial institution deploys ecash, which can be used w/ enabled merchants or for p2p (person to person) transactions). ideally, ecash would integrate a full micropayment system, retaining blind transaction functionality, but incorporating micropayment system functionality (content handling (pricing/delivery), etc.).
installed aolserver. was relatively painless. much less so than wrapping my head around ridiculous tcl syntax. oh wait, i already bitched about that. python otoh makes a lot more sense.
despite the lack of personal servant bots, lunar vacations, or flying cars, there is definitely proof thatwe’re in the future: electronic signatures have been legalized in the us.
also, while i’m reading bbcnews, the report on swedish micro-robots is pretty neat. zyvex has some mems around that size.
sexy. boots with dynamos