ThreadsML: Ben groks it and raps it out…… Ben Hammersley gave a session at ETCON on Mail List bots – but it was actually on ThreadsML. He started off by introducing everyone to Geoff Cohen's email header, which had in it – all sorts of meta-data. Ben then showed the equivalent meta-data inside of an… Continue reading ThreadsML: Ben groks it and raps it out…..
$1.00 a song, instead of $.10 a song
$1.00 a song, instead of $.10 a song. New 15GB and 30GB iPods and Music Store. News.Com: “The software will be able to read music files encoded with ACC, a format that Apple says 'compresses much more efficiently than older formats like MP3…while delivering quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio.'” Apple: Tunes Music Store:… Continue reading $1.00 a song, instead of $.10 a song
We Do Plenty
We Do Plenty. This post from the blog Just What Does a Librarian Do? illustrates why I think libraries should give blogs a try. They really do help you add content, rather than forcing you to focus on the process of adding content (which is usually such a barrier). “I quickly added two links to… Continue reading We Do Plenty
The importance of human-readable markup
The importance of human-readable markup. Via Slashdot, a new HTML rendering bug that can crash Internet Explorer, Outlook, and other products that use Microsoft HTML rendering libraries. That’s not terribly funny. But here’s the funny part. Here’s the markup that makes it crash: <html><form><input type crash></form></html> Presumably there are other variations, but that just made… Continue reading The importance of human-readable markup
Two Gothic Cathedrals
Two Gothic Cathedrals. St. Chapelle is a Gothic chapel built by Louis IX in 1248 to hold the trinkets he picked up on his first foreign trip (i.e. “Crusade”). Apparently, the Venetian merchants had a few baubles that he was interested in and which he brought back as mementos of his travels: Notre Dame Cathedral… Continue reading Two Gothic Cathedrals
Computerized voting killing democracy in the US
Computerized voting killing democracy in the US. Glitch Wins by a Landslide, in CounterPunch: Computerized voting machines in the 2002 election did all kinds of weird things: if you pressed the Democrat's name in some counties in Texas, for example, the Republican's name was chosen. And in Cormal County, Texas, three Republican candidates won by… Continue reading Computerized voting killing democracy in the US
NEASIST Fun!
NEASIST Fun!. I forgot to mention that the NEASIST program went quite well. There were oohs and aahs during Steven's presentation on RSS, Jessamyn is exceptionally hard on herself because she gave a fascinating talk (and congratulations, Ms. Councilor!), and I learned search engine goodness from Greg and Ran. Riba blogged the day's events, and you can… Continue reading NEASIST Fun!
Proxim's a/b/g Card
Proxim's a/b/g Card. Proxim introduces Orinoco 11a/b/g ComboCard: The card comes in silver ($90) and gold ($110) flavors, perpetuating a distinction that's more confusing than necessary. The 802.11b silver and gold were 40 and 128-bit WEP, respectively. The ComboCard offers profiles and some kind of unexplained power management in gold (enterprise), and neither in silver… Continue reading Proxim's a/b/g Card
Sleuthing Out Data
CIO: Sleuthing Out Data. During the past few years, however, several developments have made it much easier to automate or at least semiautomate categorization, sparking a small revolution in the sophistication of enterprise-level search engines and the number and kinds of users a system can help. [Tomalak's Realm]
Some fear loss of privacy as science pries into brain
Boston Globe Online / Nation | World / Some fear loss of privacy as science pries into brain. A marketing research company is already starting to use the machines to gauge consumers' unconscious preferences by looking at the pattern of brain activity as they respond to products or messages. Though brain scientists are nowhere near… Continue reading Some fear loss of privacy as science pries into brain