Putting the Soft Back in Software

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Putting the Genie Back in the Box

Putting the Genie Back in the Box 06/05/2005 10:59 PM

IBM is working with Fox on technology to limit digital television broadcasts to particular local markets. It's a variation on the "broadcast flag" the FCC is imposing on makers of TVs and other digital media devices, but with a twist.

The argument for the flag is that it protects intellectual property, by limiting unauthorized redistribution of digital content. The IBM/Fox technology, on the other hand, protects business arrangements. It's designed, I assume, to preserve local advertising dollars, by forcing users to see content intended for their local markets. Nothing wrong with companies trying to fight change in their markets. What's worrisome is when that battle has government on one side. The danger of the broadcast flag is that it will be the entry point for all sorts of restrictions that have little to do with protecting copyright.

Putting the pieces back together, slowly

Putting the pieces back together, slowly 01/02/2005 04:41 AM
It's been a long strange trip since the election, and I haven't felt much like writing, and recent developments in my life haven't left me much time to write, hence the two month silence. I worked in campaign mode for the month leading up to the election, as part of a fabulous team that Dan Robinson and Henri Poole of CivicActions put together to do online support of Get Out The Vote efforts using AdvoKit! While we had our ups and downs, the biggest down of course being the election results, it was a great experience. I helped build sites like Rock the Vote, Vote All Your Values, Voter Call, and I supported some great kids on Zephyr Teachout's Baobabs Teams in their use of AdvoKit! I was putting in 16 to 20 hour days doing everything from project management to Apache configuration to writing documentation for AdvoKit, and I loved it. It was at least moderately effective as well, 15,000 people registered to use our sites and they recorded more than 110,000 phone calls to newly registered voters in battleground states, which research shows should add up to at least 11,000 additional voters going to the polls and voting against Bush. Of course, it wasn't enough. In spite of massive efforts by groups on the left, we were out-organized by the Republican GOTV operation, as detailed in a recent Washington Post article, and the American people elected as president of the United States a man who condones torture, is borrowing money in our children's name to fund tax breaks for his friends and war on his father's enemies, and who is raping the environment. As you may be able to tell, I took the election hard, which was another reason not to write. Many of my thoughts I am just as happy not to have preserved for posterity. I found consolation in the support of my wonderful family, including a beautifully written note from my conservative father (and Bush 41 government appointee) thanking me and my sister for our efforts to defeat George W. Bush, in the great friends I made working with CivicActions, and the fact that I can at least say, I did my best to elect John Kerry as president of the United States. But great as they are, the consolations make a thin bowl of gruel to subsist on during 4 more years of...

Putting collaboration back into business

Putting collaboration back into business 12/03/2003 09:50 AM
vnunet.com Dec 3 2003 9:21AM ET

Putting the sparkle back into Gateway

Putting the sparkle back into Gateway 07/27/2004 02:29 PM
Freshly minted CEO Wayne Inouye spells out his plans for reviving the company's flagging fortunes.

Putting the feeling back into internet
clothes shopping

Putting the feeling back into internet
clothes shopping 09/10/2004 05:28 AM
BBC Sep 10 2004 9:58AM GMT

Putting back the power into gaming with
Logitech Z-5300 speakers

Putting back the power into gaming with
Logitech Z-5300 speakers 01/28/2004 03:28 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jan 28 2004 7:15AM GMT

Software Going Soft

Software Going Soft 04/06/2005 12:08 PM
Software companies are pinning their woes on Sarbanes-Oxley, even if it's not the main culprit.

Soft back-to-school computer sales may
hurt Intel third-quarter results

Soft back-to-school computer sales may
hurt Intel third-quarter results 08/29/2004 03:36 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 29 2004 8:07AM GMT

Pelosi won't back off Bush condemnation
/ 'Her words are putting American lives
at risk,' says her House counterpart

Pelosi won't back off Bush condemnation
/ 'Her words are putting American lives
at risk,' says her House counterpart 05/21/2004 09:40 PM
for further illustrating the point that the Republican leadership still to this day can't quite work out the subtle distinction between Mr. Bush and all the people who actually reported for duty .. more partisan smoke rises

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U.S.-Based Rescott Group is an OffShore
Software Development Representative for
LG Soft India.

U.S.-Based Rescott Group is an OffShore
Software Development Representative for
LG Soft India. 07/07/2004 02:59 AM
Toby Reeves, President of Rescott Group Services, a U.S.-based technology services, has signed a representation agreement to market LG Soft India offshore software development services to the US market. LG Soft is an ISO-9001 certified, and SEI-CMM level 5 assessed offshore development firm based in Bangalore India. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004]

Using Technology to Re-Experience the
Good Old-Fashioned Way of Customer
Support, Putting Businesses and
Customers Back in Time - Live
Face-to-Face

Using Technology to Re-Experience the
Good Old-Fashioned Way of Customer
Support, Putting Businesses and
Customers Back in Time - Live
Face-to-Face 08/27/2004 01:50 PM
iSupport.tv has announced its live face-to-face and interactive online customer support services, helping business to reach more customers, increase sales, and reduce support cost in a timely and cost-effective manner. It is live face-to-face services because with one click, customers will see a live face. It is interactive because customers can ask any questions via webcam, microphone, or text chat and get answers in real-time. [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]

"If there is one mistake we've made
in fighting this war, it's the way we've
soft-pedaled the ideological dimensions,
and that soft-pedaling has blurred our
goals."

"If there is one mistake we've made
in fighting this war, it's the way we've
soft-pedaled the ideological dimensions,
and that soft-pedaling has blurred our
goals." 12/27/2004 07:20 PM
The Weekly Standard has published a memoir of Iraq travel .. online

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Do We Want Spam Software That Fights
Back?

Do We Want Spam Software That Fights
Back? 11/04/2003 01:20 PM
It's no secret that spammers are increasingly using dirty tricks to continue the spread of spam - while also doing their best to annoy anti-spam activists. They've been launching denial of service attacks on just about all anti-spam sites, and recently tricked a registrar into taking away SpamCop's domain name. Some in the anti-spam world are sinking lower themselves and looking at ways to fight back by issuing automatic denial of service attacks against links in spam messages. There are a number of obvious problems with such a plan. First of all, it's illegal. More importantly, though, many anti-spam offerings have been shown to be a little too quick on the trigger, leading to many legitimate messages getting tagged as spam - and folks being hosted on the same servers often found their own email blocked. What happens when a denial of service attack hits one of those servers? Even worse, the spammers will begin to look on this as a tool to do denial of service attacks on their own. They no longer need to infect machines with trojans. Just spam the website they want attacked and the anti-spam tools will do the work for them.

Itanium software upgrade pushed back

Itanium software upgrade pushed back 11/03/2003 02:35 PM
ZDNet Nov 3 2003 1:46PM ET

Software patents in Europe go back to
square one

Software patents in Europe go back to
square one 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Europe will have to wait awhile for software patents. The European Union is sending the process back to the starting point, in a victory for anti-patent forces.

Shwirz of Gazm.org back on social
software

Shwirz of Gazm.org back on social
software 07/05/2004 11:26 AM
Jacob Shwirz, formerly of gazm.org (an interesting experiment in social commenting sorta), is back blogging about things social: Well, after spending 6 months getting settled into a new life in Israel I'd like to get back into talking about the fascinating topic of the Internet as a social medium and its potential to bring people (friends and strangers) together. My interest in this area has never waned but now I'd like to be more proactive and not have this blog be just about my immigration to Israel....

WIPO's back-off from open software meet
- RMS responds

WIPO's back-off from open software meet
- RMS responds 11/12/2003 01:22 PM
Letters What posse was that? asks FSF president Richard Stallman

Internet Archive's back-end released as
free software

Internet Archive's back-end released as
free software 01/07/2004 06:09 PM
The Internet Archive has released the code for its "extensible, web-scale, archival-quality web crawler" under the GPL LGPL. Link (via /.)

Supply chain software firms back RFID

Supply chain software firms back RFID 01/27/2004 06:39 AM
vnunet.com Jan 27 2004 10:46AM GMT

Security Focus- great trace back of how
spamming software can work

Security Focus- great trace back of how
spamming software can work 12/11/2003 12:30 AM
The Rise of the Spammers .. an excellent column

securityfocus.com/guest/24043
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Putting The i Into The Pod

Putting The i Into The Pod 02/01/2005 09:36 PM

By Les Minor, Texarkana Gazette

ETF Tip No. 5: Putting It All Together

ETF Tip No. 5: Putting It All Together 04/01/2005 03:09 PM
Here's the right way to use exchange-traded funds.

You'd say I'm putting you on

You'd say I'm putting you on 05/04/2004 07:52 PM
Now GQ magazine isn't one I'd normally turn to—for anything, really, let alone a serious story such as this. But a writer has interviewed Colin Powell, Condi Rice, various Pentagon insiders and some unnamed friends of Powell, and they all (save Condi, whom one of the GQ writer's sources calls "a jerk") agree: Colin's tired.

And we're putting it on wax

And we're putting it on wax 04/14/2004 10:25 AM
Have you ever wanted your very own wax museum? Who hasn't? Well, here's your chance:
The Country Music Wax Museum of the Stars is being auctioned on eBay.

Soft wear

Soft wear 09/20/2004 03:00 AM
USA Today Sep 20 2004 6:22AM GMT

"Click here to go to asc-soft.com"

"Click here to go to asc-soft.com" 01/26/2004 03:28 AM

Still in a "soft patch"

Still in a "soft patch" 08/06/2004 03:04 PM

EA to buy 20 percent of Ubi Soft

EA to buy 20 percent of Ubi Soft 12/22/2004 01:26 AM
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday announced it would buy nearly 20 percent of Ubi Soft Entertainment, feeding speculation that it might bid for a complete takeover. "It was very clear they were coming into the market one way or another, and we felt it was important that we own the shares," EA CEO Warren Jenson, told Reuters. According to analysts, EA has a market capitalization of $18 billion, sales of $2.9 billion and cash of $2.5 billion, and should easily be able to afford Ubi Soft, which has a market value of about $500 million.

The Soft Sell

The Soft Sell 02/01/2005 10:06 PM
Everybody talks about relationship selling. But the folks who peddle computers at CDW really do it. Here's how.

Has Microsoft gone soft?

Has Microsoft gone soft? 04/30/2004 06:19 AM
What's up with the company's about-face in recent months? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper calls it a case of pragmatism winning out.

Putting a Stop to Fly and Tell

Putting a Stop to Fly and Tell 01/28/2004 09:14 AM
Business Week Jan 28 2004 12:38PM GMT

Feds Consider Putting A

Feds Consider Putting A 09/16/2004 10:42 PM
Techzonez Sep 17 2004 2:54AM GMT

Putting a Value on Google

Putting a Value on Google 06/11/2004 02:02 AM
Business Week Jun 11 2004 6:04AM GMT

Putting the public into PBS

Putting the public into PBS 06/17/2005 03:29 PM

Hey folks at PBS, I hear you're ha ving funding problems. Might I suggest taking a spin around the Web to find content released under a Creative Commons license that you can broadcast for free? The Creative Commons site has a content search engine, as does Yahoo!

It doesn't look like there's a whole lot of video just yet, but Jason Scott has just released his 5 1/2 hour-long documentary series on BBS technology and culture under a Creative Commons license. The series is not going to cost any money to acquire beyond the $50 the 3-DVD set costs and from what I hear, it's an interesting and professionally produced view of a topic that many in your potential audience might be interested in watching.

And perhaps it's time to make the Public Broadcasting Service into just that...media by the people, for the people. A nationwide public access channel that draws the best citizen content from around the country and (this is the important bit) is edited into PBS programming. Or at least take a few hours out of the week for this...I don't want to see Frontline, Sesame Street, Nova, or Newshour with Jim Lehrer taken off the air, but giving the Make magazine gadgeteers a half-hour a week to geek out about hacking stuff seems reasonable. The overall result may feel less professional but a lot more participatory.

Putting Ads On Others' Ads

Putting Ads On Others' Ads 03/30/2005 05:20 PM
A few different sites today are talking about a new service, called Oodle, that lets people do a meta-search for classifieds in specific locations. In other words, you choose the city you live in (they don't offer many yet), and you do a search for "bicycle" and you'll get ads from Craigslist, eBay, the local newspaper and others. It's an interesting idea, but some are wondering about the legality of it. The business model of the company is to put contextual ads along side the results. Deep linking to stories has been shown to be legal (in most places...), but does it get more complicated when you're deeplinking into ads? The obvious answer is that it shouldn't matter at all. Services like this one drive more traffic to the ads, which should make everyone happy. Either way, what's most interesting about this development is that it's, yet another example of how people want advertising that's relevant to them and which they have control over. Classified ads are ads after all. So, is there really a business model in placing contextual, machine generated ads next to ads that people are specifically searching for? It seems like a stretch.

Offshoring off-putting

Offshoring off-putting 04/28/2004 05:26 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 28 2004 9:34PM GMT

Putting ourselves in their shoes

Putting ourselves in their shoes 09/22/2004 10:33 AM
Juan Cole helps us imagine what life would be like in the United States under Iraq-like conditions. In terms of civilians killed -- it would be as if 9/11 happened every week.

Putting the "fun" in fungi

Putting the "fun" in fungi 12/17/2003 02:46 AM

Just got back from what was easily the best meal I've had in Oregon at the Joel Palmer House. Jack, the founder, is a renowned mushroom expert going way back and searches the local forests for truffles, porcinis, and chanterelles, then serves them up in his meals.

He captured the essence of mushrooms in every dish. The dishes tended towards hearty and earthy flavors but were also a bit heavy and creamy, which is just fine for winter. He toured the dining area at one point and I got to ask him what he serves in the summer and he said "lots and lots of local berries, but the dishes are best eaten when it is cold outside." Their wine list had an impressive chunk of the entire willamette valley region to offer as well.

I really wanted to ask him how risky it was to harvest wild mushrooms specifically to serve customers, but figured it was best to skip that kind of morbid topic at a fine meal ("have you ever served fugu encrusted with death caps?" or "So what are our chances of dying tonight?" probably would have been my questions).

If you go, by all means opt for the "mushroom madness" prix fixe menu which is what I imagine is the closest you could get to judging an Iron Chef battle. There are five courses all based around different mushrooms, then a dessert that includes them as well. The portions started small and light, as they should be, but eventually grew into full sized plates. I had to practically be rolled out of the place by the end.

But it was a great place and an amazing experience that I'll be dragging all my out-of-town visitors to enjoy.

Putting RDF to Work

Putting RDF to Work 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

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T-Mobile Sidekck II

T-Mobile Sidekck II 09/22/2004 06:47 AM

I would hate to see me cell bill for a month of use with one of these things but everyone is breathing heavy over these things. Check out the most detailed review on the net. [Engadget]

Paint Shop Pro 9 & Paint Shop Pro Studio
Beta

Paint Shop Pro 9 & Paint Shop Pro Studio
Beta 08/04/2004 04:28 AM

Le paint

Le paint 04/15/2004 01:05 PM
Welcome to Le Paint

Tux Paint 0.9.12

Tux Paint 0.9.12 08/12/2004 10:15 PM
A drawing program designed for young children (kids ages 3 and up).

Tux Paint 0.9.13

Tux Paint 0.9.13 12/24/2003 01:50 AM
A simplified, entertaining drawing program for young children.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET 07/01/2004 08:43 AM
Rick Brewster shows off Paint.NET:

Paint.NET Beta 3

Paint.NET Beta 3 04/14/2005 06:14 AM

Phoenix Paint

Phoenix Paint 09/27/2004 05:02 AM
Phoenix Paint progress build 26-09-04 released

Paint.NET v2.1 Beta 1

Paint.NET v2.1 Beta 1 03/30/2005 11:31 AM

Paint.NET 2.1 Beta 2

Paint.NET 2.1 Beta 2 04/07/2005 01:28 PM

Fresh paint

Fresh paint 07/09/2004 03:38 AM

If you’re reading this in a browser you’ve no doubt noticed that the site looks different. If you’re reading this in a news reader, then you probably don’t care what the site looks like. The previous design has been hanging around for nearly four years, although the details have changed over time.

Many times over the last few years I’ve wanted to redesign this site and several times I’ve actually started on a new design. Each time something has kept me from completing the design and putting it online. Instead, I’ve nursed the old design along, changing elements here and there, refactoring the site and evolving the design.

This time, I didn’t set out to redesign the site. I simply wanted to continue the progression of small improvements. Something I’ve always felt about the design of this site is that the logo wasn’t strongly tied into the rest of the site. The orange hexagons weren’t reflected anywhere but the logo. My plan was to simply add some orange and some angles into the design. Before I knew it, I had completely changed the design of the site.

Although there were some technical problems with the layout and some things about the new design I didn’t like, but overall things seemed to be working pretty well. So I dumped the old stylesheet, tweaked my templates and uploaded the new files. Now I have a new point from which to start my refactoring.

Some of the technical problems have now been solved, but others remain. A portion of the banner at the top overlaps the menu in Opera. That particular problem was introduced after a workaround of an IE/Win CSS bug. Given the numbers of people using Opera on this site, I’m not going to spend much effort fixing the Opera problem.

One problem I’d like to fix is in Safari. The search field and the graphic at the right of the banner both are positioned about 100 pixels too low—but only on pages within my blog...

The CSS is the same as the rest of the site, so there must be something in the HTML that’s fouling things up. I’ll hunt it down when I get a chance. Safari also won’t let me style the form buttons. I don’t really want to use an image for the submit button for a variety of reasons, so I’ll have to live with the unstyled button.

Poke around the site and let me know if you find anything terribly wrong. If you come across a page with the logo sitting on a white background, it’s using the old template with the new CSS and will be updated eventually. Constructive criticism and suggestions on the design are more than welcome.

Paint it Indigo

Paint it Indigo 11/06/2003 01:29 PM
Microsoft's strategy for moving away from its legacy object-oriented COM architecture revolves around a project ...

Paint Shop Pro 9.0 Demo

Paint Shop Pro 9.0 Demo 09/08/2004 10:44 AM

Faraday Cage in a Paint Can

Faraday Cage in a Paint Can 12/24/2004 01:03 PM
Force Field Wireless offers paint additives to prevent waves from escaping: I love this idea, but I don't want to test it. Any takers? A 32-oz. container treats 1 gallon of paint--it's $34.00. They also sell 2.4 GHz/5GHz blocking window film: $39 for a 30-inch by 25-foot roll. [via The Wireless Weblog]...

Cannot install Paint Shop Pro 8

Cannot install Paint Shop Pro 8 08/08/2004 03:50 PM

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Now You Can Insulate Your Home With
Paint!

Now You Can Insulate Your Home With
Paint! 05/28/2004 11:06 AM
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Watching digital paint dry

Watching digital paint dry 02/05/2005 09:30 PM
I have watched half an hour of "tail -f" output, in an effort to see just how bad the referer spam attempts were, and discovered interesting stuff about other people than the usual suspects.

anti-graffiti paint

anti-graffiti paint 11/01/2003 05:17 AM

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Behr paint redux

Behr paint redux 01/07/2004 05:04 PM

Last night my Radio blog stopped working - so I didn't get a chance to post this image from the Behr paint Laszlo app.

It's so cool I decided to make it into it's own post.

Check it out folks - it's truley revolutionary. We all know it can be done.  But they've done it! Laszlo has gone beyond HTML - bringing a whole new world of possibilities to the web.  You'd be wrong in not checking out Laszlo. It was important for Macromedia to rip off and copy.

:-)

Laszlo combined with FOAF combined with blogging, with a little eCommerce and IM thrown in for fun - is gonna rock teh house in 2004!

Behr Paint gets press

Behr Paint gets press 01/07/2004 05:04 PM
More Interaction Equals More Value.

More Interaction Equals More Value

"A new generation of development tools is emerging for building dynamic, highly interactive Web applications with rich-client interfaces incorporating data, graphics, audio, and video. ... Analysts at research firm IDC predict this segment will make up a big part of the $3.1 billion portal market by 2006, as the future of Web applications will likely be rich-client interfaces using Web services to connect to powerful Java and .Net applications running on back-end servers." -- Information Week

Today's article by Rick Whiting highlights the Behr Paint web experience developed and deployed using the Laszlo Presentation Server. Rich internet applications are gaining momentum with analysts and press, as more great user experiences are enabled by this next generation technology. The article also mentions the wonderful Ben & Jerry's cones to cows created with Macromedia tools and another Laszlo app, the Howard Dean events calendar. [Sarah Allen's Weblog]

 

Clone And Paint-collection 1.0

Clone And Paint-collection 1.0 01/08/2004 08:48 PM
Rip and shear clips apart, change the gradient and levels, draw trails and way more.

Digital Paint Paintball 2

Digital Paint Paintball 2 01/19/2004 09:34 AM
Build 7 Released!

Paint the whole 'lith with a rainbow...

Paint the whole 'lith with a rainbow... 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

Right. That's it. Enough already! I'm just going to go and launch the damn thing and let everyone else find all the bugs and the crappy bits of code and the hacked together bits of shit and I'll fix em all later when I've had a bit of a break. Otherwise it's going to suck up every last bit of my life forever as I fiddle and fuss around some of the obscurer areas when I should be throwing enough people at it and see how many land on something spiky.

So with that in mind, I'm here to announce the 87% complete new version of Barbelith - the online community that actually doesn't just talk shit all day (although it does that too). As ever with a redesign it's got a good few rough edges that will get worn into shape over time. Unlike most redesigns that I've been involved with it's also full of really bad code and there are places where the new lick of paint could do with a couple of more coats. But then again, unlike most commercial redesigns of any scale, this one took four weekends from start to finish. I am sooo looking forward to going outside again. Anyway - have a poke around - be nice to the locals and feel free to leave your thoughts:

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Paint-your-floors HOWTO

Paint-your-floors HOWTO 04/19/2004 04:23 PM
Great Apartment Therapy blog post on how to paint your floors "without screwing it up" -- the results speak for themselves. Link< /a> (via Megnut)

Paint the Town Fluorescent Red

Paint the Town Fluorescent Red 02/05/2005 09:44 PM
Filthadelphia documents the "prolific, rare, and unique art form of Philadelphia's graffiti" and the ongoing effort to cover every surfac e in town.

Is Wi-Fi security paint a myth or fact?

Is Wi-Fi security paint a myth or fact? 03/25/2005 06:26 AM
ZDNet Mar 25 2005 11:07AM GMT

Art software mimics real paint

Art software mimics real paint 09/21/2004 03:04 PM
Personal Computer World Sep 21 2004 6:48PM GMT

Paint a movie-screen on any wall

Paint a movie-screen on any wall 08/31/2004 10:09 AM
Cory Doctorow: ScreenGoo is a paint-on movie screen compound that can turn any wall into a screen:

Screen Goo is a specially formatted, highly reflective acrylic paint, designed specifically for the video projection industry. Screen Goo acrylic paint allows one to transform any smooth paintable surface into a high performance projection screen.

Link (via Red Ferret Journal)

Jasc Paint Shop Pro Studio

Jasc Paint Shop Pro Studio 04/19/2005 09:29 AM
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Revolutionary New Chrome Paint Finish

Revolutionary New Chrome Paint Finish 06/05/2005 11:15 PM
APPLICHROME is a process for spraying a finish that looks and feels just like electroplated chrome. The finish can be applied onto virtually any plastic or metal substrate. ACT is currently developing the process further to coat wood, ceramic and glass substrates. [PRWEB May 19, 2005]

Putting the Soft Back in Software

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