Winamp returns to simpler roots

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Gateway returns to PC roots

Gateway returns to PC roots 07/16/2004 03:23 PM
Company discontinues many consumer electronics lines to focus on PCs--and profitability.

Yahoo returns to its roots with Flickr
acquisition, CC search engine

Yahoo returns to its roots with Flickr
acquisition, CC search engine 03/24/2005 02:04 PM
Yahoo harks back to the early days of the WWW, with its Flickr acquisition and its new Creative Commons search engine.

When times were simpler

When times were simpler 06/02/2004 01:51 PM

Back in early 1999, Peterme half-jokingly came up with "blog" as a shorter form of "weblog" and despite everyone pretty much universally disliking the word "blog" or "blogger" or "blogging" ever since, the name has stuck. I've never really liked it and lately I've taken to using the word weblog as often as possible, but I'm reminded of the very first time I used the short form of the word every single day since.

If you take a look at the top right corner image of the MetaFilter design, you'll see "Community 'blog" which is oh so quaint because when I designed the layout in May of 1999, I was pressed for space and couldn't fit "weblog" there. I even added an apostrophe to blog, because the contraction seemed so odd at the time. And yet, five years later it still remains.

Simpler content managment

Simpler content managment 12/04/2003 09:33 PM

Pe rls of wisdom in a sea of site mismanagement, via the ever-excellent Column Two:

The great surprise of the past five years of content management is that, despite all the hundreds of systems, no clear winners have emerged. Instead, there's a growing dissatisfaction with the ongoing technical burden that such systems impose.

Some influential voices are starting to argue that many sites should, in effect, wait out this immature phase of website management. For the moment, they should content themselves with limited automation.

The article concludes with the idea that many sites can do perfectly well with a few simple Perl scripts and maybe a relational database on the back end, rather than investing in an expensive super-package that claims to be able to do anything you could possibly want. This is very sound advice. The simple fact of the matter is that many sites really don't need a complex content management platform with support for templating, user logins, workflow, versioning and a dozen other high end features. Most sites just need someone to be able to easily update them, when necessary. This is why Macromedia Contribute has been such a success - people want the ability to hit "Edit This Page", make a few changes and publish straight to their site.

I've worked on my fair share of content management systems (in fact I'm helping develop one at the moment) and out of all of the ones I've been involved in, the one I got the biggest kick out of took the shortest time to develop. It was based on Tavi Wiki, and consisted of a password protected Tavi install for the back end and a slightly modified separate install for the front end. Both installs pointed to the same database, but the front end was altered to disable all editing features and make the site look less like a Wiki. You can see the end result here.

All in all, the CMS took less than an hour to put together from start to finish. It made it easy enough for contributors with no previous knowledge of HTML to update the site (using Wiki markup) and provided us with full versioning on all content contained within the project. The final site gives very few clues that the underlying engine is a Wiki, and thanks to Tavi's ease of customisation the site design can be easily changed to look even less wiki-like. It's close to the simplest thing that could possibly work and it works just fine.

Of course, if you don't have a competent server-side programmer to hand your only option is to buy a pre-made solution, but with a half-decent programmer and a good set of tools a simple home built CMS customised to fit your needs could be a much better investment than some $100,000 one-size-fits all monstrosity.

Opera 8 aims for simpler browsing

Opera 8 aims for simpler browsing 04/19/2005 11:12 AM
New version of browser aims to attract more first-time users, but can it match Firefox's pizazz?

Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler

Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler 06/17/2004 08:39 AM
If you have a site you really want to keep up with on a regular basis, but it doesn't have an RSS feed or some other way to send out...

Researchers Aim to Make Debugging
Simpler (AP)

Researchers Aim to Make Debugging
Simpler (AP) 07/26/2004 02:18 PM
AP - Computer bugs, or errors in software, can mess up just about anything: They've been blamed for missing homework, blackouts, prison breaks and even the loss of multimillion-dollar space probes.

Information Architecture Made As Simple
As Possible - And No Simpler

Information Architecture Made As Simple
As Possible - And No Simpler 11/04/2003 03:40 PM

Researchers seek simpler software
debugging

Researchers seek simpler software
debugging 07/27/2004 01:04 PM

Macromedia offers simpler Web site
editing

Macromedia offers simpler Web site
editing 11/11/2002 01:59 AM
SiliconValley.com Nov 11 2002 0:43AM ET

Mobile connectivity simpler after 2010,
Motorola says - 9/9/2004

Mobile connectivity simpler after 2010,
Motorola says - 9/9/2004 02/07/2005 02:03 AM
Metronews Feb 6 2005 4:30PM GMT

Budget 2005: simpler VAT rules,
technology boost

Budget 2005: simpler VAT rules,
technology boost 03/17/2005 03:38 AM
Update Brown's budget for business

Article: Simpler pump boosts failing
hearts| New Scientist

Article: Simpler pump boosts failing
hearts| New Scientist 08/01/2004 03:10 PM

Article: Simpler pump boosts failing
hearts| New Scientist

Article: Simpler pump boosts failing
hearts| New Scientist 07/31/2004 03:34 AM
Living without a pulse .. New Scientist reports .. have no pulse .. rid of it

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Novell tool promises to make hardware
upgrades simpler

Novell tool promises to make hardware
upgrades simpler 07/03/2004 03:39 AM
As I said in the last issue, some of the best topics for this newsletter are suggested by readers. One of my avid readers, someone whose name and exploits have graced this periodical in the past, dropped me a note last week with a thought about the issue of backing up NDS/eDirectory.

Do they have tap roots?

Do they have tap roots? 09/25/2004 12:03 PM
FraudFrond: There are over 32,000 cell phone towers in the U.S. disguised as fake trees, how many can you find? [via]

Sidebar: Roots

Sidebar: Roots 04/01/2005 12:18 PM
Computerworld Apr 1 2005 3:14PM GMT

Roots of Abu Ghraib

Roots of Abu Ghraib 09/13/2004 10:45 AM
Bush and his closest advisors knew about the prisoner abuse at Guantanamo but chose to do nothing, Seymour Hersh says in his new book, "Chain of Command."

Spam's U.S. Roots

Spam's U.S. Roots 08/13/2004 10:45 AM

The roots of genius

The roots of genius 04/19/2004 04:28 AM
Ennobling the Seeds. Can genius be donated?

Software for the Grass Roots

Software for the Grass Roots 08/15/2004 04:26 AM

"From The Roots :: Pulling the Bush Out"

"From The Roots :: Pulling the Bush Out" 01/23/2004 05:24 PM

Linux Reaches Beyond Its Roots

Linux Reaches Beyond Its Roots 01/22/2004 02:38 AM
As developers gather in New York City for the annual LinuxWorld trade show, the upstart operating system finally has hit the mainstream. So what's next? Michelle Delio reports from New York.

MSNBC - The Roots of Torture

MSNBC - The Roots of Torture 05/16/2004 09:11 PM
MSNBC - The Roots of Torture .. documented

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Against All Roots 1.1 (Default branch)

Against All Roots 1.1 (Default branch) 06/17/2005 04:57 PM
Against All Roots is a lovely FreeBSD style.

From The Roots :: Pulling the Bush Out

From The Roots :: Pulling the Bush Out 01/23/2004 12:20 AM
From The Roots :: Pulling the Bush Out

fromtheroots.org
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Iraq abuse roots 'in Guantanamo'

Iraq abuse roots 'in Guantanamo' 06/15/2004 12:15 AM
An ex-US commander tells the BBC the Iraqi prisoner abuse began when new interrogation techniques were introduced.

Blue Gene gets to its roots at Japan lab

Blue Gene gets to its roots at Japan lab 09/06/2004 11:21 PM
IBM sells its fourth supercomputer--to tackle the protein-folding challenge that inspired the computer in the first place.

Kerry Explores Roots at His Birthplace

Kerry Explores Roots at His Birthplace 07/23/2004 11:18 PM
Returning to the hospital in Denver where he was born, Senator John Kerry began his journey toward his nomination in Boston.

Quasars' Humble Roots Revealed

Quasars' Humble Roots Revealed 05/27/2004 02:59 AM

Nyachae roots for computer studies

Nyachae roots for computer studies 05/23/2004 07:43 PM
East African Standard May 23 2004 10:26PM GMT

the Roots form Okayplayer records

the Roots form Okayplayer records 01/24/2004 07:21 AM
i'm sure the music will be great, but i wonder if they've got experience running a label

Participatory journalism has long roots

Participatory journalism has long roots 06/03/2004 06:35 PM
Newspapers and Technology,CO-1 hour ago ... On the Web, you can get your local news in numerous ways: MyYahoo, Google, or if you are in South Korea, OhmyNews.com, which, according to We Media, attracts 2 ...

Roots bluegrass Disney covers

Roots bluegrass Disney covers 01/19/2004 06:08 AM
Proof that in some dank basement in Burbank, there is a clade of Disney merchandisers plotting ways to sell, me, speicfically, on new Disney product: "O Mickey Where Art Thou" is a collection of roots-oriented bluegrass covers of Disney music. Dang.

1. Circle Of Life - Collin Raye
2. Zip A Dee Doo Dah - Elizabeth Cook
3. You'll Be In My Heart - Kevin Montgomery
4. Baby Mine - Caroline Brown
5. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Instrumental) - O Mickey, Where Art Thou?
6. Bare Necessities - Stonewall Jackson
7. When Somebody Loved Me - Sonya Isaacs
8. You've Got A Friend In Me - Amanda Martin
9. Mickey Mouse Medley (Instrumental) - O Mickey, Where Art Thou?
10. When I See An Elephant Fly - Robbie Fulks
11. I Will Go Sailing No More - Charlie Louvin
12. When You Wish Upon A Star - Ronnie Milsap

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Clean Air Tech Has Ancient Roots

Clean Air Tech Has Ancient Roots 09/09/2004 05:18 AM
A Georgia entrepreneur is working with a team of government scientists who believe that the solution to fossil-fuel pollution may be found in a nutrient-rich charcoal fertilizer discovered by South American natives centuries before Columbus set sail. By John Gartner.

Some See Roots of Compassion in a
Toothless Fossil Skull

Some See Roots of Compassion in a
Toothless Fossil Skull 04/06/2005 03:34 PM
A skull of an early human ancestor may attest to the oldest known example of some kind of compassion for the elderly and handicapped, scientists are reporting.

Sun Headed For Roots With Wall Street
Show

Sun Headed For Roots With Wall Street
Show 09/17/2004 03:51 PM
Internet News Sep 17 2004 7:57PM GMT

Designer Grew Firm From Apple's Roots

Designer Grew Firm From Apple's Roots 04/12/2004 06:09 PM
It's appropriate that the inspiration for Ken Haven's career as a product designer was a see-through calculator. By Dan Gallagher, East Bay Business Times (via MyAppleMenu)

framing" that reminds us of our
primitive (mythic) roots

framing" that reminds us of our
primitive (mythic) roots 11/02/2003 06:30 AM
Body and Soul: Our president, the mammoth snack .. essay

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