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4th book coming: Rails Developer Notebook. O’Reilly is getting on board the Rails too. Their first book is going to be the Rails Developer Notebook, which as the name suggests is part of their Developer’s Notebooks series: The Developer’s Notebook series is for early adopters of leading-edge technologies who want to get up to speed… Continue reading 4th book coming: Rails Developer Notebook

Founding Curmudgeon Who Spared the Nation a War. James Grant approaches Adams with deep sympathy and admiration, while acknowledging his character flaws. By WILLIAM GRIMES. [NYT > Books]

Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2 Billion. IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the nation's fourth-largest search engine company. By GERALDINE FABRIKANT. [NYT > Technology]

Novell announces small-business Linux bundle. Package includes Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Linux Desktop, GroupWise server software and eDirectory. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Overcommitted? Why and how?. Have you ever felt like there are too many meetings to attend and not enough time on your calendar to handle it all? I was impressed with this article a blog reader sent me (thanks Julianne!). After I read it, I did review the next 30 days of my calendar and… Continue reading Overcommitted? Why and how?

Wordsmith Hipsters. Over three years ago, I wrote about seeing Erin McKean, lexicographess extraordinaire, speak at a local bookstore. Well, reading the NY Times today, I see that she's now editor-in-chief of the Oxford American Dictionary. At 33! And still very crush-worthy…. [peterme.com]

AJAX. I am playing with AJAX myself but I see many problems with AJAX as the next generation DHTML application platform. AJAX applications are more expensive to build, test, and update than traditional DHTML applications. Frankly, I am not even sure whether current crop of popular web browsers can support AJAX because they weren't built… Continue reading AJAX

One Reason to Avoid Brink's Home Security. Citizen-journalist Ed Foster explains. [Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.]

Open Source Saturday. Dave Winer today tells a story about seeing someone floating by his beach house window who waved at Dave. I had a, um, geekier experience. I walked into Peet's coffee in Petaluma. There a really tall guy kept staring at me like he was trying to figure out who I was. I… Continue reading Open Source Saturday

New model: Moleskine Reporter Notebooks. Spanking new Moleskine Reporter notebooks look really nice. Can’t wait to pick one up. [43 Folders]