The Blog
07 Oct 2001 So it begins.
[ 07-Oct-01 6:56pm ] True Names - the novel by Vernor Vinge Here's a better more accurate simulation of the original book. It's well worth reading and remarkably visionary for 1979.
[ 07-Oct-01 4:03pm ] 06 Oct 2001 n/a
[ 06-Oct-01 7:30pm ] The digest version of "Learning to Fly" by "Victoria Beckham" : Literally my very own book. How cool is that? Well that's Posh Spice for you!
[ 06-Oct-01 4:41pm ] I write this stuff for myself as much as anyone. But I do wonder sometimes if anyone else is reading it. I get very occasional comments, and there are 18 registered users, so maybe they are. Why not waste a couple of moments and drop me a line to provide some encouragement?
[ 06-Oct-01 4:20pm ] AE Innovations - Midnight Engineering Home built head up displays and wearable computers. I love this stuff but even home built, it's a little out of my league. Maybe next year. The MkIII model he's built is almost invisible as part of a pair of sunglasses. Very cool. Combine this with an 802.11b connected belt PC, a mini vidcam and a one hand chording keyboard and mouse and you it would be perfect for blogging and webcam while walking round an exhibition or commuting (train) to work. Or how about a heads up revcounter and speedo for a motorbike?
[ 06-Oct-01 4:16pm ] True Names by Vernor Vinge After years of searching for this seminal Sci-Fi short story, I finally did a Google search and of course it's on line. It's been out of print for years so looking for it in sci-fi bookshops was obviously a waste of time. Most Excellent!
[ 06-Oct-01 4:12pm ] Vernor Vinge on the Singularity : What is The Singularity?
[ 06-Oct-01 1:24pm ] Behind Enemy Lines - A Spammer's Luck Runs Out When She Forges The Wrong Domain Who cares if it's true or not? But wouldn't you just love it to be real?
N. Negroponte in Converge Magazine
Question: If MegaCorp of the Galaxy granted you an unlimited budget to have the Media Lab focus on improving education today, what things would you choose to pursue? Easy: primary education in the developing world. Hundreds of millions of children do not get elementary education today. The only way to eliminate poverty is through education. This is a given. The most precious natural resource of any country is its children. 05 Oct 2001 Religious Satire from The Brains Trust: The World Atheist Society (WAS) also cautioned members not to lump all theists into the same category as the religious extremists thought to be responsible for the attack.
[ 05-Oct-01 7:55pm ] I just got my rant on web services published on WebServices.org. this was a response to a Clay Shirky piece on xml.com. The gist of it is that common business semantics are indeed a major problem, but that doesn't mean that XML-RPC, Xmethods, WSDL, UDDI and so on do not solve other real world problems. Equally, the comparatively trivial implementations at xmethods (and xml-rpc) don't mean that real world solutions can't be built. And finally, yes, the hype produced by UDDI.org and slavishly re-printed by the analysts and commentators is unfortunate. On the fly integration probably is a pipe dream unless there's a large installed base of a de facto standard. But reducing app to app integration effort from months to hours *is* a huge advance.
[ 05-Oct-01 8:20am ] sp!ked-IT | Article | Don't blow IT A more concise review of the Spiked conference than mine.
[ 05-Oct-01 8:16am ] 04 Oct 2001 Geek-Ware's Microsoft-style product name generator : Active Product Name Generator Server 2000
[ 04-Oct-01 9:38pm ]  The Times : Geri and the peacemakers or is that "It's Raining Men" in Oman. Yes the luvly Geri Halliwell (for it is her) is going to be entertaining our brave boys in an all star spectacular (shades of Playboy in the jungle from Apocalypse Now?). Of course the timing had to be put back because they'd much rather watch England FC play Greece in the world cup qualifier. "Operation Ginger" (good grief!) also includes Steps and, gasp, Bobby Davro. Don't they know there's a war on? I can't help thinking it would have been better to lay on the usual early saturday evening TV rubbish and they could all go "Sod this" and go down the pub for 10 pints of Lager followed by a Chicken Tikka Masala. Wasn't Geri the UN Goodwill Ambassador before Lara Croft?[ 04-Oct-01 8:16pm ] The Times : Crackdown is for sake of freedom More minluv double think from our glorious Home Secretary, Blunkett. Yes, Control is Freedom! All Hail Big Brother. (and I don't mean the reality TV series).
[ 04-Oct-01 8:03pm ] Gotta Problem? Troubleshoot It!
[ 04-Oct-01 7:56pm ] n/a
[ 04-Oct-01 2:06pm ] : Yes, there is still a way to make $$$ with ads Sell ads via credit cards on an impulse? Via a hosted service? Okaaaayy...
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