medesignprettyoneday... 26 September 2002

Grok Headline matches for medesignprettyoneday... 26 September 2002

shinyhappy... 25 September 2002

shinyhappy... 25 September 2002 10/02/2002 04:39 PM
[3 pm | 11 am] Congratulations to Lee Green, winner of the iStockphoto.com T-shirt design contest, and to KnifeChase and ChrisDesign, whose fine entries took second

blue2... 24 September 2002

blue2... 24 September 2002 10/02/2002 04:39 PM
[noon] OS X Blues II, a software version of Saving Private Ryan.

September 2002 Google Update

September 2002 Google Update 09/26/2002 10:43 AM
This months Google update is under way.

September 2002 myITforum Daily
Newsletter Archive

September 2002 myITforum Daily
Newsletter Archive 08/07/2004 07:22 PM

"Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: September 05, 2004 - September
11, 2004 Archives"

"Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: September 05, 2004 - September
11, 2004 Archives" 09/07/2004 03:14 AM

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: September 05, 2004 - September
11, 2004 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
Marshall: September 05, 2004 - September
11, 2004 Archives 09/08/2004 07:11 AM
Jimmy Carter to Zell Miller .. righteous outrage

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JunkYardBlog: September 19, 2004 -
September 25, 2004 Archives

JunkYardBlog: September 19, 2004 -
September 25, 2004 Archives 09/24/2004 05:37 PM
Junkyard Blog has one idea .. Tubby Reifensthal returns .. must-read post

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September?!

September?! 09/01/2004 10:10 AM
Holy moly but I can't believe it's September already! I'm not sure where the entire summer went, but it seems to be nearly gone. The nice thing about that? So are the tourists! Different plants are blooming, traffic is returning to what it was back in June, and we're into an R month so I can go shellfishing for oysters!

September 11

September 11 09/11/2004 08:54 AM
It's in images that I find myself remembering those who died in the attack. Horrifying, heart-tearing images. But it's with an intake of breath that I remember those who walked into flaming towers to save others....

september 5th is coming soon!

september 5th is coming soon! 08/30/2004 09:14 PM
it's not too late for you to get me something for my birthday

New iMac In September

New iMac In September 07/01/2004 05:21 PM
As shown on the Apple Store:Apple has stopped taking orders for the current iMac as we begin the transition from the current iMac line to an all-new i...

September 11, 2004

September 11, 2004 09/12/2004 08:39 AM
In Memoriam

qotd september 7

qotd september 7 01/07/2004 06:54 PM
G roucho Marx: "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music."

qotd september 4

qotd september 4 01/07/2004 06:54 PM
Patricia Neal: "A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

"September 2003"

"September 2003" 02/19/2004 06:44 AM

qotd september 1

qotd september 1 01/07/2004 06:55 PM
Lawana Blackwell: "The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them."

The September Project

The September Project 05/10/2004 05:49 AM
The September Project
http://www.theseptemberproje ct.org

On September 11, 2004, citizens across the U.S. will come together at their local libraries to discuss ideas that matter to all of us. Through talks, debates, roundtables, and performances, citizens will share ideas about democracy, citizenship, and patriotism. What better way to spend September 11th, recently designated "Patriot Day," than by participating collectively, thinking creatively, and becoming a part of the well-informed voice of the American citizenry? Public libraries provide all citizens open and free access to information. Almost all communities in the U.S. have at least one library. There are over 16,000 public libraries in the U.S., and that's not including university libraries, K-12 libraries, research libraries, and church libraries. In other words, libraries constitute an impressive national infrastructure. Moreover, 96% of public libraries have computer technology that can serve to connect events across the nation, thereby constituting a national and distributed media infrastructure. In this way, the September Project will foster a national conversation with, for, and by the people.

September 26, 2004

September 26, 2004 09/26/2004 01:05 PM

Doug Kaye interviewed me for IT Conversations; you can listen to the audio interview. Dave Walker also interviewed me for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age; an extended verison of that article is on his site Shorewalker.com< /a>. Finally, Mary Jo Foley came by the Fog Creek office to interview me for Microsoft Watch, which is a subscription-only newsletter.

September 03, 2004

September 03, 2004 09/03/2004 09:55 AM

I'm happy to announce that my friend, teacher, and competitor Eric Sink has agreed to host the new Business of Software forum.

Eric has been in the software industry from time immemorial. He built one of the first web browsers, Spyglass and founded the AbiWord project to make an open source word processor. His latest company is SourceGear, a highly successful Inc 500 software company in Champaign, Illinois which makes great source control management software. He writes a column on the business of software for MSDN and has his own weblog where he has been extremely generous with his knowledge of software business. I couldn't have a better host.

September 14, 2004

September 14, 2004 09/14/2004 12:47 PM

We've been quietly making some improvements to the beta discussion group software.

Today we rolled out Brett's new full-text search feature. It relies on the database engine to provide full-text search, and we're running Microsoft SQL Server, which has rather poor full-text search capabilities: for example, it requires a manual process to rebuild the index, which we schedule for every 15 minutes, so it won't find anything posted in the last few minutes.

I also added an RSS feed. Originally I wanted to provide full text of all topics and replies in the last three days so that you could use an RSS reader to read the discussion group. Unfortunately that would have resulted in a huge download, and since RSS readers bang on the site every hour or three, our bandwidth usage would have been absurd. So I had to settle for full text of the original topic but not of replies.

And finally we got Summer Intern Ben's excellent Bayesian filtering code working... due to a couple of configuration problems it wasn't running right. The idea is to delete comme nt spam before anyone sees it. It's hard to tell if the filter works yet because it needs more training, but so far it's doing pretty well. If you think comment spam is not a big problem, you haven't moderated a discussion group lately... this is the number one priority for spammers these days, since email filters are starting to work pretty well and spamming a lot of discussion groups is perceived as a good way to trick Google into giving a site prominent placement.

We admit to three strategies to prevent comment spam:

1. Bayesian filtering which can be trained to remove comment spam instantly
2. Not allowing new comments on old posts, so that comment spam can't be hidden in posts which nobody but Google visits any more
3. Using a META tag to ask search engines not to follow URLs from discussion topics. Although this technique prevents comment spam from working it doesn't prevent it from happening because spammers don't seem to particularly care if a given spam works or not.

By "we admit to" I imply that there are other things we do which we don't talk about too much because revealing them would make it that much easier for spammers to work around them, thus reducing the cost of spamming, thus making it more economically feasible.

One side affect of the Bayesian filter is that if it finds a suspicious topic, rather than letting it through, it will flag it for a human moderator. The moderator can then allow it to be posted (which trains the filter) or leave it unshown. The effect of this is that rarely, new posts won't appear until a human approves them. This should happen less and less as the filter learns more.

Fear September?

Fear September? 09/01/2004 01:57 PM
September historically offers the worst stock market performance by far. Whatever.

Beware September!

Beware September! 09/01/2004 05:22 PM
Plus, Bill Gates to upgrade fun, and Winn-Dixie's fortitude.

Firefox 1.0 Set For September

Firefox 1.0 Set For September 07/13/2004 06:48 PM
The Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday set September as the release date for its free open-source Firefox browser. By TechWeb (via MyAppleMenu)

September 02, 2004

September 02, 2004 09/02/2004 01:42 PM

Try out the new discussion group, now in beta!

A few brief comments:

• Yes, there are bugs! Many bugs! Please report them using the link provided.
• It looks kind of plain right now, I know. And I haven't implemented a search feature yet, which is planned.
• It works a lot like the old discussion group.
• There's a new archive section ("Older Topics").
• You can provide a URL with your name when you post. I'm hoping that people who have their own web sites will do so, and that this will make posters a little less anonymous. (Note that these URLs will not be followed by search engines like Google, so they cannot be abused to "steal" PageRank.)

Most of the changes are really on the back end, in the adminitrator's interface and in the abuse- and spam-prevention features. I'm hoping that if all works well, you'll see a lot less spam. And it's now much easier for me to make a new discussion group, something which used to take an hour of work, so I may set up several new groups in the future (if you have a good idea for a topic please post it.)

"September 11 and Its Aftermath"

"September 11 and Its Aftermath" 09/12/2004 02:12 PM

September 06, 2004

September 06, 2004 09/06/2004 10:08 PM

My Latest Article

Software in the 1980s, when usability was "invented," was all about computer-human interaction. A lot of software still is. But the Internet brings us a new kind of software: software that's about human-human interaction. When you're writing software that mediates between people, after you get the usability right, you have to get the social interface right. And the social interface is more important. The best UI in the world won't save software with an awkward social interface. It 's Not Just Usability

Workspace Quality

Someone posted a nice summary of links to information about the quality of workspace provided to software developers.  “Perhaps it can be useful to other software developers in a position to influence managers or may someday be in a position to make decisions about workspace design themselves.”

Hotmail to offer 2GB in September

Hotmail to offer 2GB in September 08/18/2004 10:48 PM

In September 1996 the world's most

In September 1996 the world's most 09/08/2004 01:14 AM
TechTree Sep 8 2004 5:57AM GMT

Midwest Getting Its Summer in September
(AP)

Midwest Getting Its Summer in September
(AP) 09/23/2004 06:36 AM
AP - At a time when restaurants typically put away their patio furniture, sweaters replace T-shirts and sailboats are plucked from the water, Midwesterners are out enjoying activities usually reserved for July and August — not weeks past Labor Day. Summer is here. Finally.

W3C Team Talks in September

W3C Team Talks in September 09/03/2002 11:37 AM
2 September 2002: Ivan Herman speaks at HKUST and the Web Services Conference 2002 in Hong Kong on 2 and 3 September. On 10 September, Steven Pemberton speaks at BayCHI in Palo Alto, CA, USA. On 24 September, Péter Inzelt, László Kovács, Daniel Dardailler, Marie-Claire Forgue, Éva Megyaszai, Ivan Herman, Vincent Quint, and Max Froumentin speak at the W3C Hungarian Office Opening Event. On 25 September, Chris Lilley speaks at the Applied Visualization Laboratory in Knoxville, TN, USA. Philipp Hoschka gives a keynote at Informatik 2002 in Dortmund, Germany. Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events. (News archive)

MCI Suffers September Slowdown

MCI Suffers September Slowdown 11/17/2003 07:51 PM
TheStreet.com Nov 17 2003 5:36PM ET

Tim Berners-Lee Speaks at MIT/LCS on 19
September

Tim Berners-Lee Speaks at MIT/LCS on 19
September 09/06/2002 04:39 PM
6 September 2002: W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee gives a talk on the Semantic Web: A Certain Progress, Many Challenges at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science in Cambridge, MA, USA on 19 September. Admission is open to the public. Please refer to the seminar page for the abstract and details. (News archive)

Will September Be Good for Stocks? (AP)

Will September Be Good for Stocks? (AP) 09/05/2004 09:40 AM
AP - Wall Street professionals know to keep their expectations in check in September, historically the worst month of the year for stocks. As summertime draws to a close, money managers are getting back to business, cleaning house, and often sending the market lower in the process.

E-Gov Bulletin - September 2004

E-Gov Bulletin - September 2004 09/20/2004 08:58 AM
Mondaq Sep 20 2004 1:26PM GMT

HP iPod to ship 15 September

HP iPod to ship 15 September 08/27/2004 01:31 PM
The Register Aug 27 2004 1:28PM GMT

HP iPod To Appear September 5? [Updated
x3]

HP iPod To Appear September 5? [Updated
x3] 08/27/2004 01:52 PM
Thanks to an anonymous source, MacRumors has obtained the date of September 5th for availability of the HP branded iPod. Sources state that the HP iPo...

HP iPod to be released in September

HP iPod to be released in September 07/19/2004 10:03 AM
In addition to officially announcing the fourth generation iPod today, Apple also said that the HP branded iPod will be available in September...

Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19

Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19 09/18/2004 02:06 AM
IntARRRnational Talk Like a Pirate Day .. original U.S. site is crushed .. that

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PHP Usage - September 2003

PHP Usage - September 2003 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
How is PHP doing as an Apache module this month? How has it done compared to previous months? Thanks to the efforts of Security Space, we can easily tell. Check out this article to see how "the little language that could" is coming into its own!
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Slim Devices upgrades Squeezebox

Slim Devices upgrades Squeezebox 08/09/2004 12:58 PM
Slim Devices has updated Squeezebox, the award-winning networked music player that streams digital music from a user's computer to any stereo or home theater...

Slim Devices debuts Squeezebox,
SlimServer 5.0

Slim Devices debuts Squeezebox,
SlimServer 5.0 11/18/2003 10:28 AM
Slim Devices today announced the Squeezebox, a wireless MP3 player with built-in display that streams music from a user's computer to any stereo or home theater...

Slim Devices ships Squeezebox networked
MP3 player

Slim Devices ships Squeezebox networked
MP3 player 11/19/2003 09:24 AM
Reg Kit Watch Listen to your tunes via Wi-Fi

java.util.concurrent for Java 1.4

java.util.concurrent for Java 1.4 12/19/2004 03:06 PM

One of the shiniest new feature of Java 5.0 (aka Java 1.5) is a rich set of concurrent programming classes in java.util.concurrent (aka JSR 166), much of which is a direct port of Doug Lea's Concurrent Programming in Java library.  Since I don't have the luxury of using Java 5.0 yet, I've resorted to using Doug's original library which is, for the most part, functionally equivalent to java.util.concurrent but not close enough for comfort, particularly since concurrency code tend to be very sensitive to minor changes.

The good news is that Dawid Kurzyniec backported java.util.concurrent package to run under Java 1.4 and made it available as open source.  Apparently Sun is letting this happen because it's own code is based on Doug's open source library.

There are some shortcomings but nothing much to cry over.  My only complaint is that it doesn't use the java.util.concurrent package name which means I'll have to update the package names later (simple but still change nonetheless).  But that I can see the technical and legal issues preventing that from happening.  I am just glad someone did this.

Diagram Studio v3.0

Diagram Studio v3.0 11/18/2003 11:35 AM
Diagram Studio allows you to draw flow charts, organizational charts, technical drawings, forms, business presentations and annotations. [Shareware $50.00 8.24 MB]

What SMS Web Reports Exist with the
Ultimate Package?

What SMS Web Reports Exist with the
Ultimate Package? 09/27/2004 03:20 AM

Ori Amiga - Tour of mobile devices with
Visual Studio for Devices team

Ori Amiga - Tour of mobile devices with
Visual Studio for Devices team 09/25/2004 09:16 AM
Ori Amiga shows off all the devices that he has hanging out in his office (someone has to test Visual Studio and make sure it works great with all the devices).

Wise Package Studio: How to Create
Package Upgrades

Wise Package Studio: How to Create
Package Upgrades 08/19/2004 10:46 PM

Slim Devices slims Squeezbox prices

Slim Devices slims Squeezbox prices 04/15/2004 11:35 AM
Review Update True scope shown by Reg readers

Wise Package Studio 3.1

Wise Package Studio 3.1 01/22/2004 02:28 AM

DAZ Productions offers free DAZ/Studio
3D package

DAZ Productions offers free DAZ/Studio
3D package 09/24/2004 02:05 PM
Draper, Utah-based DAZ Productions -- new owners of the venerable 3D landscape generation utility Bryce -- announced Friday the release of a free version of its DAZ/Studio 3D design software for both Mac OS X and Windows. The software is available to users who visit DAZ's Web site and register for an account. DAZ/Studio includes pre-configured 3D scenes with poseable characters, accessories and environments. Users can manipulate textures, lighting and other effects, and the software supports add-ons available for purchase directly from DAZ's Web site.

REAL reason Sony pulled Kung Fu Hustle
from Toronto Festival

REAL reason Sony pulled Kung Fu Hustle
from Toronto Festival 09/17/2004 02:50 AM
Cory Doctorow: A friend working at the Toronto Film Festival has this scoop: "At the Toronto International Film Festival each film gets two screenings. The highly anticipated action film Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow from China screened last night Sept 15th, and was supposed to get its re-screening today. However, the distributers: Sony/Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia/Beijing Film Studio of China Film Group Coorporation/Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd./The Star Overseas Ltd., did not feel that security was adequate and did not like the number of digital cameras etc in the audience. Audience members are allowed to bring cameras/recorders into the screenings to record the talk backs with the stars and directors that go on before and after the film. Feeling this was too risky Sony pulled the film's second screening, this is unheard of at the festival. The official reason from The Festival Staff is that the print was damaged in the first screening, could not be repaired and was un-showable . All tickets for the cancelled screening had to be refunded. The public does not know about the cover up. This kind of corporate paranoia is very bad, if distributors get all freaked out about possible bootlegs what will happen to the festival?" Link (Thanks, Anonymous Tipster!)

Wise Package Studio Announces IBM Tivoli
Integration

Wise Package Studio Announces IBM Tivoli
Integration 04/19/2004 03:01 PM

Adding another tool to the Workbench in
Wise Package Studio 3.2

Adding another tool to the Workbench in
Wise Package Studio 3.2 03/14/2005 05:35 PM

Bug devices track officials at summit -
The Washington Times: Nation/Politics

Bug devices track officials at summit -
The Washington Times: Nation/Politics 12/16/2003 05:22 PM
Bug devices track officials at summit .. Read article .. bugged

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The New York Times > Washington
> Pakistani Tells of North Korean
Nuclear Devices

The New York Times > Washington
> Pakistani Tells of North Korean
Nuclear Devices 04/13/2004 04:55 AM
Abdul Qadeer Khan, The Pakistani Scientist Who Sold Nuclear Technology Around The World, Has Told His Interrogators That During A Trip To North Korea Five Years Ago He Was Taken To A Secret Underground Nuclear Plant And Shown What He Described As Three N

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Java Matrix Package

Java Matrix Package 05/10/2004 03:02 PM
JMatrices 0.6 released

Java package functionality

Java package functionality 09/03/2002 11:37 AM
CNET Sep 1 2002 10:09PM ET

Sony Studio in-a-box

Sony Studio in-a-box 04/23/2004 02:41 AM
Sony's mobile TV studio-in-a-box.

This is definitely not your mother's tablet or notebook. With great products and ideas like this coming from Sony it is starting to look like companies like Sony will bring the revolution in widgets for personal publishing, not the old guard. 

From Sony, a $20,000 mobile television production studio-in-a-box that brings network quality broadcasting just that much closer to the masses: the Anycast basically shrinks down to a briefcase what used to require an entire van’s worth of equipment, and comes with a switcher, an audio mixer, camera controller, a character generator, and an encoder for sending out a live Real video stream. Comes out in August.

[Via BuzzMachine]

[Engadget]

[Audio/Mobile Blogging News]

Oh man, oh man - how many years have I waited for that?  How come this doesn't have a PS2 chipset in it - as well?

Too bad it only spits out Real.  Hey maybe Sony should just buy Real?  They can make Rob Glaser the CEO.  Sick him on Gates and Ballmer.

Java Indexed Serialization Package 3.0.0
(Default branch)

Java Indexed Serialization Package 3.0.0
(Default branch) 04/13/2005 02:11 PM
Jisp uses B-tree indexes to provide keyed access to variable-length serialized objects stored in files. The framework allows new index algorithms to be added; data can be indexed on almost any data type. Written in pure Java and tested for portability, Jisp provides a simple, direct solution when an enterprise-class database system is too big or expensive for the task at hand.

Mac OS X support coming for Java Studio

Mac OS X support coming for Java Studio 06/28/2004 06:36 PM
Sun Microsystems has released Sun Java Studio, a visual development environment and the company's first product to be released under a new subscription model as part of the Sun Developer Network program...

UML Goes Native in Sun's Java Studio

UML Goes Native in Sun's Java Studio 05/21/2004 06:54 AM
New partnership aims for unified analysis and design offering for Sun's enterprise IDE.

Sun to ship Java Studio Creator

Sun to ship Java Studio Creator 06/24/2004 05:53 PM
San Francisco ? Sun Microsystems at the 2004 JavaOne conference beginning on Monday will ship its much-heralded, so-called easy-to-use visual Java development environment, Sun Java Studio Creator.

Preview: Sun Java Studio Creator

Preview: Sun Java Studio Creator 06/29/2004 12:13 PM
Sun released a Mac OS X "early access" preview of its Java development system.

Java to get generics before Visual
Studio

Java to get generics before Visual
Studio 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Generics -- defined here as classes and methods that work uniformly on values of different types -- and described here as "parameterized types" -- ignite programmer passions. At last fall's Microsoft Professional Developer Conference, when I asked one .Net corporate...

Sun intros Java Studio Creator

Sun intros Java Studio Creator 06/28/2004 04:28 PM
Sun Microsystems Inc. is currently holding its JavaOne Conference concurrently with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco's Moscone Center, and the company announced on Monday the release of an Early Access version of the visual development environment Sun Java Studio Creator for Mac OS X. Java Studio Creator includes Sun Java System Application Server 8 Platform Edition and the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Software Development Kit. It features a data-aware user interface components that automatically connect to data sources dragged onto them, an event-driven coding model, easy access to Service-Oriented Architectures and more. It's free with a Sun Developer Network Standard subscription, which is US$99 per developer per year, and Sun has announced that the subscription is included with the purchase of a 15- or 17-inch PowerBook.

Sun to Highlight Java Studio Creator

Sun to Highlight Java Studio Creator 06/25/2004 12:46 AM
Sun is expected to use the spotlight of this summer's JavaOne Conference to formally announce Java Studio Creator, formerly known as "Rave". Rave is Sun's answer to requests from developers who are seeking an alternative to Microsoft's .NET Framework. The suite provides developers who create Java and J2EE-based web applications with a user friendly drag-and-drop programming interface similar to Microsoft's Visual Studio. Application editors are synchronized to ensure consistency.

Sun delivers Java Studio Creator

Sun delivers Java Studio Creator 07/22/2004 09:25 AM
Computer Weekly Jul 22 2004 1:30PM GMT

Java Studio Creator to Debut

Java Studio Creator to Debut 06/25/2004 07:18 AM
Sun set to offer the developer's toolbox as a subscription model.

Sony betting on minidisc; Jobs: Devices
won't catch on

Sony betting on minidisc; Jobs: Devices
won't catch on 04/19/2004 12:21 PM
Sony is expecting its upcoming Connect music service to boost sales of its minidisc and compact disc players...

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