Month: July 2002

Word 11 XML. Jon Udell (via Brad) is talking about XML support in the upcoming version of Office.  It is cool that Raikes is making some of this public, since it's hard not to talk about it.  I've been using Office 11 on my machine for about 6 months now (dog food is the best… Continue reading Word 11 XML

'Betrayal': Covering the Church Crisis. A collection of reporting from the Boston Globe tells a story of bad priests, inattentive bishops and an astonishing scandal for the Roman Catholic Church in America. By R. Scott Appleby. [New York Times: Books]

'Why I Am a Catholic': The Loyal Opposition. If you are already a Roman Catholic, Garry Wills's new book may, conceptually at least, tame the papacy into something you can live with. By Jack Miles. [New York Times: Books]

Spent the weekend in Blanchester, Ohio visiting family. I miss everyone already!

Toshiba Is Making A Big Splash This Year. Toshiba's Mobile Answer to Workstation “The company's Satellite 1955-S801 weighs 9.6 pounds, sports a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 desktop processor from Intel, a huge 16-inch display and a removable wireless keyboard. The new Satellite is meant to replace a high-end desktop PC with a more portable alternative. The… Continue reading Toshiba Is Making A Big Splash This Year

Home Networking Not Just For Geeks Anymore. Cool devices like network-compatible stereos will just spur growth in a market that is just now surpassing the early adopter phase of growth, analysts predict. [Internet Product News]

NY Times: “By the end of July, all of the Fairmont's 38 properties, including the Plaza, the Fairmont San Francisco and the Fairmont Dubai, will offer wireless Internet access in public spaces, enabling guests to check their e-mail messages while having cocktails in the bar, for instance.” [Scripting News]

The Economist.  Dirt cheap organic solar cells about to take off.  This is one more step towards a hydrogen economy.  Excess energy from solar cells on the roof of a home could be stored as hydrogen through simple electrolysis (as an adjunct to hydrogen extraction from natural gas).  This eliminates the need for expensive and bulky batteries. … Continue reading The Economist

Business Week.  Good news on the job front.   The number of jobs in the US is expected to grow by 15% by 2010. >>>As might be expected, jobs for geeks will grow the most, the BLS projects. Software engineering jobs should leap 95% by 2010 — to some 1.36 million from 697,000 in 2000, says… Continue reading Business Week

In a strange twist of fate, I had the opportunity to watch The Bourne Identity, Attack of the Clones, and Minority Report over my vacation (if you have four kids you know what I mean).  Ranking:  1)The Bourne Identity (I loved it — I kept thinking that this was an intelligence augmentation experiment in the black-ops… Continue reading John Robb's Radio Weblog