A peek at the additional Ajaxing coming in 0.11.2. The pursuit of Ajax nirvana with Rails is marching ahead with breath-taking haste. Thomas Fuchs has compiled a demonstration page of all the effects that we’ve added to the package. Web applications are soon going to be hot on the heels of the GUI goodness we’ve… Continue reading A peek at the additional Ajaxing coming in 0.11.2
Month: April 2005
Security as a Trade-Off
Security as a Trade-Off. The Economist has an excellent editorial on security trade-offs. You need to subscribe to read the whole thing, but here's my favorite paragraph: The second point is that all technologies have both good and bad uses. There is currently a debate about whether it is safe to install mobile antennas in… Continue reading Security as a Trade-Off
Medical Usability: How to Kill Patients Through Bad Design
Useit.Com: Medical Usability: How to Kill Patients Through Bad Design. In a recent Journal of the American Medical Association paper, Ross Koppel and colleagues reported on a field study of a hospital's order-entry system, which physicians use to specify patient medications. The study identified twenty-two ways in which the system caused patients to get the… Continue reading Medical Usability: How to Kill Patients Through Bad Design
BW
Another good BW article. Chinese energy inefficiency. China spends three times the world average on energy — and seven times what Japan spends — to produce $1 of gross domestic product. At $100 oil, what happens to China? Additionally, it's clear that bilateral Chinese oil deals will prevent shortages (when they occur). Will the US… Continue reading BW
What the Attack on Abu Ghraib Means
What the Attack on Abu Ghraib Means. As I mentioned earlier, the attack on Abu Ghraib is proof that al Qaeda is now officially in Iraq. The execution followed a classic al Qaeda pattern. Here are some things that the press missed in the little coverage they provided: The level of sophistication. Swarming and feints.… Continue reading What the Attack on Abu Ghraib Means
Skype tipping point?
Skype tipping point?. James Enck: “[M]ore than 1% of the world's broadband population is running Skype at any given time.” Sounds like a killer app to me. [Werblog]
World bids farewell
World bids farewell. VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II, his face veiled with white silk and his body resting in a simple cypress casket, was mourned by millions yesterday in one of the biggest funerals the world has ever known and was buried beneath the grand Renaissance basilica where he oversaw the Roman Catholic… Continue reading World bids farewell
Will the Next Version of Windows Be Worth the Wait?
Will the Next Version of Windows Be Worth the Wait?. When Windows 95 was introduced ten years ago, customers readily upgraded their operating systems, but will they acquiesce so easily this time? By RANDALL STROSS. [NYT > Technology]
Goodbye to Privacy
Goodbye to Privacy. In the past five years, what most of us only recently thought of as “nobody's business” has become the big business of everybody's business. By WILLIAM SAFIRE. [NYT > Technology]
04/07 tinysofa 2.0-classic
04/07 tinysofa 2.0-classic [DistroWatch.com: Distributions]