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A few links I must check out at some point:

http://llt.msu.edu/vol8num1/emerging/default.html
…talks about Dom and DAV (sounds like a crusty 80s radio DJ pair)

http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/v.mv?d=1_34
…quite a bit on Wikis

– Sven

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/floats.htm

What a great game. You draw shapes to capture bubbles of the same colour,
which combines any bubbles within that shape. The aim is to combine all
bubbles of the same colour. Lovely and addictive, and very nice
entertainment on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

From http://www.1do3.com/weblog/

– Sven

http://humane.sourceforge.net/the/

Jef Raskin, creator of the Apple Macintosh project, is working on a
project called The Humane Environment (THE).

I’m curious to know whether his approach really is any good. I’m
disappointed there isn’t more of an example of what Jef is trying to
achieve, but he gives a download link – for OS 9/X only.

I found this link through another reference to Raskin, where he apparantly
suggests in his book ‘The Humane Interface’ that having three standard
English words for passwords is as secure as having one cryptic 10-digit
PIN – interesting in itself.

– Sven

http://www.oqo.com/hardware/video/

Video is a bit tedious & long, but gives a good impression of this little
laptop.

Quite a quirky little thing. I like the idea of the device + docking
stations, but the on-board keyboard and mouse look a bit disappointing.

Will be interesting to see how the batteries will perform, and how much
this is priced at.

– Sven

Accepted papers were put online today – my name wasn’t on the list. Still keen to go though – and I now have the paper submitting bug.

Turns out my post in January about Google sporting a new look was based on reality after all. My spotter Nick wasn’t just tripping 🙂

If you check out Google.com today, it looks slightly different!

Also, have a look at Google labs. They have two brand new features there that look like they have huge potential. I’m particularly interested in the personalised search tool.

Simon has a damning review of OnMatrix. Unfortunately it looks like he isn’t able to get $204 refunded, under their 30-day money back guarantee. The lack of customer support, particularly with hosting companies, is sometimes quite dire. This is usually the consequence of cheap hosting prices though, but surely they can’t be doing their company image any good?

See http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/03/17/syncato.html and
http://www.syncato.org/WK/blog/Syncato.page

Getting posts (and even fragments) by XPath – that’s a very clever idea!

Thank you for submitting your proposal. It will be reviewed by our jury 
and you will be informed about acceptance in time.

[...]

Am 16.03.2004 um 04:30 schrieb Sven Latham:
> Please find attached my submission for the Blogtalk 2.0 Call For 
> Proposals, entitled "Encouraging Metadata in Weblogs: The Benefits, 
> Consequences and Challenges".

Fingers crossed…

I have a very old Apple ][e computer, complete with retina-burning monochrome monitor and three large boxes which accept 5-1/4 inch disks.

I am throwing it away.

My Dad: "Are you sure you want to throw this computer away?"
Me: "Yep. It was made in 1979 so isn’t really much use to me any more"
My Dad: "Oh…. but can’t I use it to go on the Internet?"

D’you the Apple ][e has an ‘Integer card’ (optional extra) that lets it deal with integers far more efficiently than was generally possible. I don’t quite understand the technical detail. All I did know was that I couldn’t play some games on it as a kid because I didn’t own said card.