Articles
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Interesting Point Of View From Tim Bray
July 13, 2003
An interesting point of view from Tim Bray: “…if you want to develop software, you can build for the Web and/or Unix and/or OSS platforms; or alternatively, you can be a sharecropper.” Given that we’re now using web-hosted apps at work for numerous things, the popularity of Blogger, Tax Act and the like, plus the increasing presence of high-speed internet, I think he may have a point.
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American Helicopter Society Finally
July 13, 2003
The American Helicopter Society finally updated their website… it almost looks good now! I may be forced to do something more with the local site.
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Better Way To Post
July 13, 2003
A Better Way to post…
Aha – I found BlogApp and BlogScript, which make publishing stuff from either of my OS-X machines much quicker.
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Here Are Couple Of Web Finds Creatures
July 13, 2003
Here are a couple of web-finds:
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The Creatures in my Head – doodles from the head of Andrew Bell.
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Some pretty good random commentary at Defective Yeti… I particularly like this one urging the adoption of the Lego brick as the standard unit of US currency.
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The Propaganda Remix project co-opted a bunch of the WW2 posters and re-purposed them for the current war… be sure to read the drooling vitriol of the far right in response to this guy’s work!
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Today Was First Serious Mountain Stage
July 13, 2003
Today was the first serious mountain stage in the Tour de France, and I was worried that I’d miss it entirely – I only get broadcast TV, and after being spoiled by Mom’s satellite TV coverage last weekend, I searched all week for a friend with cable and an Outdoor Life Network (OLN) channel subscription! CBS isn’t even providing weekend coverage this year, as far as I can tell.
But eureka – Lance Armstrong’s website has links to both real-time text updates at Eurosport.com and a live webcast from Danish TV! So I was able to see the finish on Mont Ventoux, even if it was in low-res…