I hear Chimera is an excellent pain management tool for would-be Mozilla users on Mac OS X.
Entries from May 2002
May 24th, 2002 · Comments Off
May 24th, 2002 · Comments Off
Business 2.0 finally comes around to what I’ve been saying here for years, which is that Amazon is successful because of their great software. The article points out how well Amazon has done providing an e-commerce platform for other companies like Target, Toys R Us, and Borders. Those companies didn’t sign up with Amazon [...]
May 24th, 2002 · Comments Off
There are reports today that India might grant Pakistan a two month grace period to dismantle the Kashmiri terrorist groups it normally supports, which things may once again be moving away from the brink. The tough talk on both sides continues, but it appears some negotiation is going on behind the scenes.
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
Donald Rumsfeld issued more dire redundancies earlier today.
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
alphaWorks has released Robocode, an implementation of the old programmer’s game Core Wars designed to help people learn Java.
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
New York Times: Digital Video Recorders Give Advertisers Pause
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
One question that has bugged me for awhile is why the strawberries at the grocery store (even at upscale grocers like Whole Foods) always suck, and why the strawberries that garnish desserts at decent restaurants are great. Recently, I figured it out. There’s a very very fine line between a strawberry that’s optimally ripe [...]
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
Today there was an NPR segment that explained how chimps (RealAudio stream) are as technologically advanced as the contestants on the most recent season of Survivor. For those of you wise enough to avoid all of RealAudio’s products, National Geographic has an article on the tool-using chimps as well.
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
The Washington Post reports that Microsoft has been lobbying the military to stop using open source software. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be working.
May 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off
The current line from the pro-Bush camp seems to be that columnists and commentators who are criticizing the President’s entourage for the deluge of warnings about terrorism over the past week are just trying to set him up so that they can slam him when the next terrorist attack occurs. Maybe that is the [...]