Do Terror Alerts Work?. As I read the litany of terror threat warnings that the government has issued in the past three years, the thing that jumps out at me is how vague they are. The careful wording implies everything without actually saying anything. We hear “terrorists might try to bomb buses and rail lines… Continue reading Do Terror Alerts Work?
Month: October 2004
Does Big Brother Want to Watch?
Does Big Brother Want to Watch?. Since the terrorist attacks of 2001, the Bush administration–specifically, the Department of Homeland Security–has wanted the world to agree on a standard for machine-readable passports. Countries whose citizens currently do not have visa requirements to enter the United States will have to issue passports that conform to the standard… Continue reading Does Big Brother Want to Watch?
Form Processing
Form Processing. Living on del.icio.us this morning. Some more finds: Phorm: PHP form processing Can include form data in an acknowledgement page, email it to one or more addresses, validate it, includ it in an autoresponder message, lot it to a text file or mySQL database. Also available is a “jr.” version: Phorm Jr is… Continue reading Form Processing
Anti-terror plans 'a shambles'
Anti-terror plans 'a shambles'. THE emergency services in Scotland are ill-prepared to cope with the aftermath of a major terrorist attack north of the border, The Scotsman has learned. [The Scotsman]
Investigating Flex
Investigating Flex. I don't want to count my chickens, but it's looking promising that I may be able to get into Macromedia Flex development pretty soon. I'm really excited about the opportunities Flex offers for buildling not only extremely slick UIs, but also for building true enterprise applications that just happen to have a nice… Continue reading Investigating Flex
Installing CFMX on Mac OS X
Installing CFMX on Mac OS X. This has come up often lately in the macromedia.com forums, so I went through this process step-by-step tonight, and here's what worked for me. Hope it helps some of the rest of you! In addition to these instructions, please refer to the following URLs: http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/j2ee/cfmxj2ee_mac_onjrunandtom.html http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/j2ee/cfmxj2ee_jrun4_deploy.html [Matt Woodward's Blog]
Back-room dealing a Capitol trend
Back-room dealing a Capitol trend. First of three parts WASHINGTON — Dismayed that the technology company Accenture had located its headquarters in Bermuda, thereby avoiding paying hundreds of millions of dollars in US taxes, the House Appropriations Committee voted 35-17 this summer to strip the firm of a $10 billion Homeland Security contract. It was… Continue reading Back-room dealing a Capitol trend
NYT
NYT. Friedman is taking strategy cues straight out of Boyd…. We're in trouble in Iraq. We have to immediately get the Democratic and Republican politics out of this policy and start honestly reassessing what is the maximum we can still achieve there and what every American is going to have to do to make it… Continue reading NYT
Tinker With Your Computer, and Reap the Rewards
Tinker With Your Computer, and Reap the Rewards. While Microsoft and Google dominate Internet browsing and search, smaller companies offer worthy alternatives. By JAMES FALLOWS. [The New York Times > Technology]
The McDonalds of open source software
The McDonalds of open source software. SourceLabs is a brand new company headed up by Byron Sebastian with Brad Silverberg on the board. They want to bring the advantages of commercial support, mostly dependable integration and accountability, to open source software. I've been reading their website to find out how they intend to make money… Continue reading The McDonalds of open source software