Essays and everything else
Every post since January 2000, newest first. The early ones are short.
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April 6, 2004
InfoPath Runtime Plea
At work, when I evangelize the benefits of using InfoPath as a tool for structured data collection and distribution, I talk about how, IMHO, InfoPath will someday unlock all the …
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April 2, 2004
Yo! G! Cease the Desist and Extend Your API!
For a little over a year I have been using a modified version of Julian Bond’s Google News to RSS script to pull news searches into my aggregator. I even had it pulling news feeds …
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April 1, 2004
A better Slashdot Feed
BTW, If you’ve been annoyed as I have with ./‘s half-hearted RSS feed, which only includes a brief summary of each post and none of the threads, then you’ll be keen on AlterSlash‘s …
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March 31, 2004
Visualizing Google News
Marcos Weskamp announced on his blog yesterday a new application called newsmap, which displays the constantly changing panorama of Google’s News Aggregator (across countries too). …
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March 29, 2004
Commercial MythTV Box
An Australian company is selling pre-built MythTV-based PVRs for 1,799 AUD (~$1,345.50 USD) (via Boing Boing)
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March 26, 2004
Missing: Silver 2000 Volkswagen Passat
So this morning I’m out walking my dog before I head off to work, chatting with my neighbor about the NCAA games at the Meadowlands the night before when I noticed that my car was …
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March 24, 2004
Open Source Movies
I just read via Boing Boing that the copyright on the original Night of the Living Dead movie has expired and the entire film is available online for download via Archive.org! …
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March 23, 2004
ERP All Over Again
After taking week off to spend with the family I’m getting back into the swing of things and stealing some time to blog.
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March 11, 2004
Gunning for Google Below the Radar
Stefanie Olsen of CNET News.com pulls together a good overview of the start-ups targeting Google’s dominance.
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March 10, 2004
WinMyth: MythTV Front End for Windows
I’ve got to try WinMyth on my Laptop. It’s simply a .Net-based Windows front end for MythTV.