Prediction
Jan.31, 2005 in
OS X
$10 says that we get 10.3.8 via Software Update by day’sweek’s end.
Entries for January, 2005
Back at Work
Jan.31, 2005 in
Personal
First day back at work post sickness. Still feeling very weak and slow thinking.
New Faster PowerBooks; still G4s
Jan.31, 2005 in
Powerbook
Check this page for all the details on the brand new G4 Powerbooks (which means G5s probably won’t roll out for another 6 months to a year). Besides the faster processors in all three models, two interesting tidbits caught my eye on the page:
. . . every PowerBook G4 features a new trackpad with [...]
Grokster and the financial future of America
This is smart and offers a good history of the situation we find ourselves in:
In October of 1998 the Digital Millenium Copyright Act was passed. The DMCA was basically a law that set a very un-nerving precedent. That the government would do what it could to protect the interests of content owners at the [...]
Death to WoNoWriYea
After a month of me being the only member, I cut the cord on WoNoWriYea. All links to that site should now point here. If you came here looking for the site, sorry. Search WoNoWriYea on this site for other posts where I mention similar existing projects.
Feeling human again…
The antibiotics are finally taking effect. Today, rather than feeling totally out of it, I feel like a normal human being with just a bit of stuffiness. Much better from the dizzy out of it feeling of the past four days.
Update: This lasted until about three. I was feeling better, so I actually [...]
Is broadcast television secure to begin with?
You should read this entire article, but this section from Steal This Show caught my eye:
The build-your-own-TV advocates say they’re not looking to steal content; they’re just looking for a reasonable amount of flexibility to watch the same recorded program in different rooms, or on the train to work; to lend friends a TV recording [...]
Sample the Web: Status Blog
Jan.30, 2005 in
Blogging
This morning, this site was down for several hours. It just recently came back up. While it was down, and I was panicking (after reading that Russell was hacked my paranoia kicked in full force), I started an offsite Sample the Web: Status Blog for this site:
I decided to start this blogspot hosted space [...]
How computers change writing
Jan.29, 2005 in
Blogging, Dissertation, Reading, Teaching, Writing
This post over at Boing Boing by Cory might prove useful for a class discussion, focused around how we write in a technological age. Here’s Cory’s bits:
Steven Johnson (author of the fantastic Mind Wide Open and other books) has written a fascinating essay about his new creative process, which involves a suite of tools that [...]
The Read/Write Web in the Classroom links to my class site
My class’s weblog was mentioned in a post over at Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in the Classroom today. Pretty cool.
Update: The class blog also appears in the list on this page.
Free your tunes…
Read this article: JHymn Goes Behind Atoms and Apple To Bring DRM-Free Music :: Open Source, Linux News & Software - OSDir.com :: Linux & Open Source News from Across the Community. Good stuff. I particularly like the ending:
Obviously, I rather like my iPods. And my G5 PowerMac. And my G4 PowerBook. And [...]
Buffyology
Jan.28, 2005 in
TV
They need something like this for every TV show: buffyology : searchable Buffy cast, crew and episode database.
Every Buffy character, episode, cast member, writer and director and every word of every show, in a searchable database.
Spotted this on Boing Boing. Might come in handy the next time there’s a Buffy conference.
Google Ads and Doctor
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve added a few Google ads to the site. It would be nice if this site paid for itself. (Update: I decided to move the ads over to the right, so they don’t interfere with any of the site functionality. Added benefit, you don’t have to look at them [...]
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