PATRIOT Watch: Library cartoon. [librarian.net]
Software Development Times Examines Apple's Xcode
Software Development Times Examines Apple's Xcode. Mac Observer Spin: “This is a marvelous message for Apple to have delivered to non-Mac developers. One thing that Microsoft has always done far better than Apple is to make life as easy as possible for developers. On the one hand, this means that there's lots of very poor… Continue reading Software Development Times Examines Apple's Xcode
Passwords multiply as users' rage rises
sunspot.net – Passwords multiply as users' rage rises. Technology: As logins get more complex, people may be the ones in need of a memory upgrade. [ … ] In the digital age, people are on the verge of “password rage,” frustrated with the abundance of codes they are required to memorize to secure their various… Continue reading Passwords multiply as users' rage rises
Password Overload
Password Overload. SJ Mercury: Password Overload. But what else are we to do? Keeping track of an e-mail user name and password was simple enough. But then came online news subscriptions, online auctions, online banking and bill-pay — and each of them brought a new user name and password. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
Linux Distro For Linksys WRT54G
Linux Distro For Linksys WRT54G. scubacuda writes “Here is a tiny Linux distro for the Linksys wrt54g (d/l the distro here). In just a few seconds, you can give your access point's ramdisk syslog, telnetd, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod, top, grep, etc.” Interesting — “The script installs strictly to the… Continue reading Linux Distro For Linksys WRT54G
In Computer Security, a Bigger Reason to Squirm
In Computer Security, a Bigger Reason to Squirm. Many computer networks, and the power grids and nuclear plants they control, are still ill equipped to ward off infections. By Brendan I. Koerner. [New York Times: Technology]
Shelf life and the book industry: Part 2
Shelf life and the book industry: Part 2 Part 1 Here's some insight into the way the book industry works from expert Vicki Hinze; it's an excerpt, from a downloadable book called All About Writing to Sell. Her analysis gives a sober view of the mechanics of the book publishing world, a brutal business quite… Continue reading
Shelf life and the book industry: Part 2
This
This answers the question of whether Zoe can consume RSS (it can already output RSS). It can also post to your favorite weblog tool. I still think the search based associations and simplicity of a Zoe-like tool would blow away conventional e-mail UI (in one of those insidious ways where the functionality was provided to… Continue reading This
X1
Bill Gross has finally launched X1, his fast search tool on the desktop (Web, e-mail, files, and attachments). There is a full-featured, no time limit, free version available. This is a good replacement for the hideous search feature in Outlook. [John Robb's Weblog]
American interventionism
American interventionism. Here's a good NYTimes Magazine article on American interventionism, its history and its current state. Unilateral interventionism, which is our current stance, is not a good idea. [Ceejbot]