Archive for February, 2003
Thursday, February 13th, 2003
It’s starting! The ball is rolling! What’s next?
Bible Is Getting Even Friendlier to Programmers. Kudos to all you who have joined me in our effort to get a Bible API from a major Bible publisher. Here is my most recent post on blogs4God.com that describes just how significant and influential your comments and suggestions… [Heal Your Church Web Site]
No Comments » - Posted in XAG / The Redemption Project by jmiller
Thursday, February 13th, 2003
Wired News: A Chilly Response to ‘Patriot II’ [Daypop Top 40]
No Comments » - Posted in Brave New World by jmiller
Wednesday, February 12th, 2003
A Bold Declaration
GvR: Strong vs. Weak Typing.
Guido van Rossum: Strong versus Weak Typing:
Strong typing is one reason that languages like C++ and Java require more finger typing. You have to declare all your variables and you have to do a lot of work just to make the compiler happy.
[Keith's Weblog]
I’m sorry, but I can’t sympathise with someone [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Craft, Open Source, Tech Tips by jmiller
Wednesday, February 12th, 2003
Useful software it seems
HTTrack website copier.
The HTTrack website copier looks like a useful piece of software.
[Keith's Weblog]
I need to read this later.
No Comments » - Posted in Tech Tips by jmiller
Thursday, February 6th, 2003
Extra Ordinary
A recording I really enjoy is johnny Q. public’s “Extra Ordinary.” I recently retrieved it from my collection. I might be lucky to average 10 recordings a year. Unless a music club offer comes in the mail–then I get a bunch at one shot.
What I like about johnny Q. public’s music is its seering creativity. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Outpost516 Journal, The Muse, XAG / The Redemption Project by jmiller
Thursday, February 6th, 2003
What’s the deal?
So why is Microsoft so opposed to nesting like-named elements? For instance a folder element containing more folder elements? Their operating system has been based on that concept for over 20 years. Sure, internally, the FAT doesn’t necessarily break it down hierarchically other than to point to other folders by using some kind of reference [...]
No Comments » - Posted in .NET, Web Services, Tech Tips by jmiller
Thursday, February 6th, 2003
See You in a Year
I went without a cell phone about six months ago for budget reasons. I couldn’t see paying $80-120 per month for two phones. Especially not for the plan we had. Talk about withdrawal symptoms. Even now, I find myself worrying about Karla and wanting to call to check on her or see if she needs [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Mobile Computing, Outpost516 Journal, The Muse by jmiller
Thursday, February 6th, 2003
Fair Use Rules!
I’m finding more and more of the discussion about a consumer’s fair use of intellectual property echoes my long-held opinions on the subject. That is why I believe that saving and archiving web pages for personal use is not something I need to worry about. As far as I’m concerned, if you published it on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Brave New World, E-Publishing Explosion, Knowledge Management by jmiller
Thursday, February 6th, 2003
Windows Longhorn FAQ
Paul Thurott details many aspects of the upcoming Windows release, including a database-based file system??? That sounds a little far out for my taste. Just because you can…
It just seems like too much of a paradigm shift without enough justification. If what we’ve been doing all this time was so wrong, then why did they wait until [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Tech Tips by jmiller
Sunday, February 2nd, 2003
Serendipity at Work?
<RANT>
OK, I’ve written several times about Sam Ruby’s description of Manufactured Serendipity. The depressing part about all of this is that most of my traffic on this site is truly serendipity (the unmanufactured kind). It comes from people using Google to look for a “PlanPlus crack.” The only reason this happened is because I arbitrarily chose [...]
