Save the Date. We're planning a TINDERBOX weekend in Boston, May 22-23. We've got lots of ideas: getting started with Tinderbox advanced Tinderbox tricks and techniques news ways of sharing: weblogs, RSS, Atom, and beyond planning and presentation with Tinderbox outside the box: Tinderbox XML tools You'll hear lots more on the Tinderbox weekend shortly….… Continue reading Save the Date
Month: March 2004
Rollins to Succeed Dell as Chief Executive
Rollins to Succeed Dell as Chief Executive. Michael Dell said he will step down as chief executive of Dell Inc. but remain chairman. Kevin B. Rollins, Dell's president, will assume the chief executive title. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology]
WSJ Exposes Wi-Fi Range Woes
WSJ Exposes Wi-Fi Range Woes. Wall Street Journal talks to home Wi-Fi users who can’t seem to get the range they need even on small homes: It’s a growing problem, and well explored in this article, that home users are finding that Wi-Fi’s limited range can’t cover an entire ranch-style home, much less a big… Continue reading WSJ Exposes Wi-Fi Range Woes
interviewed by ZDNet
interviewed by ZDNet. Linux is Not About Free John Patrick, former IBM VP, pioneer of the Internet, and now a member of the Opera (a browser that supports Linux) board was interviewed by ZDNet UK and talks, among other things, about where browsers are going and why he sees Linux not as free software, but… Continue reading interviewed by ZDNet
Issue 173, pure gold
Issue 173, pure gold. Issue #173 of A List Apart is out, and it's instantly going into the file-this-forever bookmark list. The Zebra Tables article (about automatically striping your table rows) is fantastic, and the CSS Sprites article throws some interesting image-manipulation concepts into the mix. Both make me happy to have a bit of… Continue reading Issue 173, pure gold
Clear view of Blackmun
Clear view of Blackmun. Over the past few days, there's been a lot in the news about the release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's personal papers, and out of it all, NPR's in-depth pieces have each risen to the top. I spent an extra precious few minutes in the shower yesterday morning so that… Continue reading Clear view of Blackmun
President's panel skewed facts, 2 scientists say
President's panel skewed facts, 2 scientists say. Two scientists from President Bush's top advisory board on cutting-edge medical research yesterday published a detailed criticism of the board's own reports, and said the board skewed scientific facts in service of a political and ideological cause. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Archdiocese rebuffs pleas on closings
Archdiocese rebuffs pleas on closings. Despite personal pleas from the mayor and US Representative Stephen P. Lynch of South Boston, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has refused to slow its church-closing process. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
Job growth falls short as hiring stalls
Job growth falls short as hiring stalls. The economy generated an anemic 21,000 jobs in February, well below expectations, ensuring that the nation's “jobless recovery” will remain a dominant theme in the presidential campaign. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
The road to riches?
The road to riches?. Richard Florida has built a thriving career on the theory that the “creative class” drives urban economic growth. But critics increasingly say his ideas just don't add up. [Boston Globe — Ideas Section]