Month: June 2005

You Need 3 E-mail Accounts. I've had several friends and family members recently ask me what to do about the flood of spam they receive in their e-mail. Here is my advice: don't let the spammers get your e-mail address. To that end, everyone needs (at least) three e-mail accounts … [alexking.org: Blog]

Apple Wants Your Widgets. By tim Macworld points to Apple's call for submissions of automator actions, spotlight plugins, and dashboard widgets for redistribution from apple.com. (I didn't expect to love dashboard as much as I do. It's my favorite feature of Tiger — so many cool and useful add-ins!) Plug-in architectures are one of the… Continue reading Apple Wants Your Widgets

James Duncan Davidson embraces Rails. James Duncan Davidson and Mike Clark have been working together on a commercial Rails project for a few weeks now. And while Mike has long been singing the praises of Rails (much appreciated!), I’ve been quite curious to hear James’ thoughts. I’m very flattered on behalf of the Rails team… Continue reading James Duncan Davidson embraces Rails

Jamis and Jeremy bestowed with commit rights. While we’ve had restricted parts of the Rails repository available for committing by others than yours truly (Leon on AWS, Sam on prototype), the trunk has been closely guarded until this point. But it’s time to share the load, if only a little. So I hereby announce that… Continue reading Jamis and Jeremy bestowed with commit rights

Bush S.E.C. Pick Is Seen as Friend to Corporations. Representative Christopher Cox, a conservative Republican with clear loyalties, was nominated as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. By STEPHEN LABATON. [NYT > Home Page]