No Boom Today. Disk Warrior just saved my laptop. Yesterday, I was finishing a marathon refactoring in Tinderbox. Deep down inside Tinderbox, there was a simple class called NodeBundle that held a bunch of notes, and that Tinderbox used whenever it needed to represent a bunch of notes. It was built on some Mac-specific technology,… Continue reading No Boom Today
Month: July 2004
WiMax in rural America
WiMax in rural America. This article in USA Today looks at WiMax which “has allowed several thousand mostly small Internet providers across the USA to cheaply deliver broadband to remote areas via antennas on hilltops, barns and homes.They typically feed off a fixed broadband line to a central antenna site or base station.WiMax is expected… Continue reading WiMax in rural America
Network access for guests
Network access for guests. Here's a scenario that I've come to call “the coffee-shop problem” because it pertains to a local coffee shop, though it also applies to a home office that might receive visitors. You have a single DSL or cable connection. The challenge: offer Wi-Fi to visitors without exposing your connected computer (or… Continue reading Network access for guests
Joe Trippi's Blog and Book
Joe Trippi's Blog and Book. Joe Trippi has a blog and a new book: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. I'm going to read it. Winner-takes-all politics tend to obscure important inflection points. Howard Dean did not win the nomination. But his campaign and Joe Trippi's use of the Internet was the start of something… Continue reading Joe Trippi's Blog and Book
I-93 loses 3d lane to convention
I-93 loses 3d lane to convention. Transportation planners, worried about gridlock during the Democratic National Convention, plan new restrictions on Interstate 93 as part of an effort to persuade drivers to use Route 128 instead. [Boston Globe — Front Page]
WSJ
WSJ. Surging demand (particularly from China) has hit the world's oil production capacity limits. This makes oil prices more volatile and responsive to GG attacks. “It's a tight window of vulnerability” in the third quarter, says Ann-Louise Hittle, an analyst in Boston for Wood Mackenzie. Oil producers outside OPEC typically produce at maximum capacity, leaving… Continue reading WSJ
Macworld Boston Opens Loudly
Macworld Boston Opens Loudly. There were concerns that this summer's expo for everything Mac would be a dud, what with Apple not attending and all, but flocks of fans say otherwise. Leander Kahney reports from Boston. [Wired News]
Cable a la Carte Still Half-Baked
Cable a la Carte Still Half-Baked. Why can't you buy only the channels you really want to watch? The answer is different depending on who's asked. Congress tries to sort it out Wednesday. By Michael Grebb. [Wired News]
Apple Ships AirPort Express Base Station
Apple Ships AirPort Express Base Station. Apple ships its streaming audio, printer sharing, portable base station: Apple announced today that it is shipping its $129 AirPort Express, a 7-ounce base station that has no external power cord in its default configuration, and which combines a single Ethernet port, an audio output jack for streaming music… Continue reading Apple Ships AirPort Express Base Station
A Must-read Tim O'Reilly Article on Three Key Tech Trends
A Must-read Tim O'Reilly Article on Three Key Tech Trends. Every now and then, someone will ask me where I really think technology is taking us. Unfortunately, they tend to want a twenty-second answer. Lately, I tend to focus on the excitement I have about the potential of RSS feeds and how I fascinated by… Continue reading A Must-read Tim O'Reilly Article on Three Key Tech Trends