Taguba Report. One of the real puzzles about the behavior of US forces in Iraq is that it's historically unusual. The kind of wanton, perverse cruelty detailed by Gen. Taguba, the trigger-happy checkpoint shootings, the rumors about beating old people and kids — where does this come from? Not long ago the 800th MP Brigade… Continue reading Taguba Report
Month: May 2004
Delphi 7 .1 update now available
Delphi 7 .1 update now available. Registered Delphi 7 users can now download the Delphi 7.1 update [BDN Delphi entries]
Why Small Web Design Firms Should Think Big
Why Small Web Design Firms Should Think Big. [Sitepoint] [via Moreover]
NYPL's new site
NYPL's new site. I am so, so jealous. NYPL's new website is not only pretty to look at, the navigation is intuitive! It gives all of us something to aspire to …… [LibrarianInBlack]
Disney Forbidding Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush
Disney Forbidding Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush. The new documentary by Michael Moore highlights connections between President Bush and prominent Saudis. By Jim Rutenberg. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
AMD beats Intel in desktop processor sales
AMD beats Intel in desktop processor sales. The only thing constant is change. I'm surprised too. On another note, the recommended hardware for Longhorn is amazing: Microsoft is expected to recommend that the “average” Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a… Continue reading AMD beats Intel in desktop processor sales
Attack of the killer accountants
Attack of the killer accountants. The XBRL [eXtensible Business Reporting Language] spec describes how the parts of an XBRL instance interrelate, using state-of-the-art XML technologies such as XLink and XPointer. And it talks at length about the syntax and semantics of “taxonomies” that abstractly define chunks of financial reports. No sign of any actual financial… Continue reading Attack of the killer accountants
Q&A: Red Hat's Szulik sees desktop Linux take off.
Q&A: Red Hat's Szulik sees desktop Linux take off.. ComputerWorld: Q&A: Red Hat's Szulik sees desktop Linux take off. “And when you look at the computing you and I will be using over the next 10 years, we won't have software resident on our hard drive. You'll go to somebody — it may well be… Continue reading Q&A: Red Hat's Szulik sees desktop Linux take off.
This op-ed piece
This op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor sums up my concerns about US foreign policy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Scripting News]
VigoBox
VigoBox. This looks really coolio. The VigoBox: a digital set top box that records up to 5 shows at once. Somehow we're guessing that there aren't going to be enough cable operators to carry all the different obscure digital set top boxes that are cropping by the dozens these days, but Vigoto's Vigobox stands out… Continue reading VigoBox