I have nothing to add about the grokster decision
Aren’t you glad, since every other blogger is blah-blah-blah’ing about it? But here is a linkwith some really insightful posts about it.
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June 2005
What’s the best Blogging client on Windows?
You can do your blogging by typing into a web browser form provided by the Movable Type service. But boy is that clumsy and awful. So for a while now I’ve used so-called “blogging clients” which provide a nice rich interface to write and edit the posts, and then use the server’s APIs to actual...
Read more →[JAVAONE] Worldwide gathering of the Java faithful
What a difference this conference is from the ones I usually go to. Ten thousand or so fairly hard-core Java programmers, more or less around th...
Amusing junk mail story
About 3 months ago I subscribed to Atlantic Magazine, which I really like, by the way. On a lark, I gave my name as “Pito Atlantic Salas” because, well, it amused me. It’s taken about 3 months and I’ve received my first bit of Atlantic generated junk mail today: [ Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine has an [interesting view](http://www.buzzmachine.co...
Read more →Distributed philanthropy network
I came across a good story about ModestNeeds.org from Deborah Finn’s blog, where she says: > “In other words, although philanthropy no longer looks like it did in the time when most people ...
Read more →What if we all vote on the truth, part 2
I wrote a few days ago about the coming LA Times initiative to create something they are calling “Wikitorials.” Well they’ve done it, and the results are quite interesting: Someone going by the name Han...
Read more →Making money with aggregators
Francois, reacting to something written by Jason Calcanis, makes a very good point in this discussion about feed and blog aggregators nee...
Read more →Distributed network of service providers
Not computer service providers, but folks like carpenters and plumbers…. I came across ServiceMagic, which is a pretty cool site for locating and hiring people to work on projects around the house. I needed three doors repaired and on a lark I posted the project on t...
Read more →I love beer
Ok, but, unlike Simplebits, this picture doesn’t horrify me 🙂 Technorati Tags: funny
What if we all vote on the truth?
A couple of interesting related articles on facts and non-facts: > “Wikipedia is one of the Web’s most popular sites. I asked a teenager if he understood that it carries a disclaimer; Wikipedia “can’t guarantee the validity of the information found here.” “That’s just so that no one will sue them,”...
Read more →Stay hungry, stay foolish: Steve Jobs on dropping out
I came across what is supposed to be the transcript of a commencement speech given by Steve Jobs (my hero 🙂 on June 14th. It’s certainly resonates with me: > “You’ve got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your ...
Read more →No Comment
States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest. No Comment. Technorati Tags: interesting
Looks like I’ve beat comment spam — for now!
You’ve heard me complain about comment spam before haven’t you? Comment Spam is when mysterious robot software attacks my blog and floods it with fake comments? I came across this [handy little document](http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/comment_spam...
Read more →Fascinating history of Wikipedia
If you are interested and fascinated with the Wikipedia, how it came to be, why it is the way it is, there’s an absolutely gripping account of the history and origins on Slashdot: > “An impassioned debate has been raging, particularl...
Read more →Identity theft scam?
What would you do if you received two letters from a collection agency saying that you owed $5,000 to a firm with whom you’ve never had an account with? I ignored it and the following letter, immediately smelling a rat. What would you do further, if you got a call from that agency, and...
Read more →Creepy article!
Get this: > “A man’s severed leg – with a white Adidas sneaker still attached – plummeted from the sky onto a garage roof and bounced into the backyard of a Long Island home yesterday morning.” Want to know more? Technorati Tags: interesting, gross
Good stuff from Paul Graham
If you work with software developers you’ll appreciate these two pieces by Paul Graham, author of Hackers and Painters, a book that I also recommend heartily. He always has interesting things to say: > “I once claimed that nerds were unpopular ...
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