Karate Chimp

Wed 2 May 200112:39 PM

ProgramSwitcher

Mon 23 Apr 200101:40 PM

The latest addition to my Mac’s system folder is ProgramSwitcher, which adds a Windows-style process-switching palette to the Mac OS. Once you start using the key strokes command-tab to switch between running applications, you’re hooked.

Many Mouths

Fri 20 Apr 200107:52 PM

My friend at Eshibui.com turned me on to TheFutureofSoftware.net, a site with an awful name but a smattering of decent “Expert Insights” on where software is headed. There are some big names there, including Alan Cooper and Bruce Tognazzini — though hardcore geeks may be disappointed by the lack of depth in these pieces. Worth a peek nevertheless.

A Mean Town

Thu 19 Apr 200104:46 AM

I was sitting in my apartment working on my computer at two in the morning when I smelled smoke. When I went to trace its source, I discovered that some asshole had lit the trash can out in front of my building on fire. Here’s a picture that I snapped quickly. I swear, sometimes I have to really wonder why I live in New York City.

The Lucky Number

Thu 19 Apr 200104:35 AM

Wireless infrastructure player Seven got a great mention in The New York Times Magazine two weeks ago, in a fluff article about “inventing a brand name”. What’s more, their Web site is beautifully designed, making clever, pleasing usage of the eBoy style of pixel-happy illustration. And their logo is probably the best IT startup logo I’ve seen in recent memory. Tip of the hat to their communications team.

Uh-Huh, I Light It Like That

Wed 18 Apr 200110:43 PM

Everything in the Future Has an X in It

Mon 16 Apr 200112:28 PM

“The end result of adding XML throughout the Internet will be a change in Web infrastructure. We’ll put much more effort into maintaining and updating data and much less effort into presenting it…Tomorrow your computer, whether it is on your desk or your wrist, will directly query XML data sources to generate dynamically not the Web page as its authors want you to see it, but exactly the Web page you want to see. ”.
— Robert X. Cringley offers a primer on XML in his latest column, “Data, Know Thyself.”

Easter Eggs

Mon 16 Apr 200101:43 AM

In honor of the Easter Bunny’s special day, I thought it appropriate to point out the Easter Eggs site.

Quotability

Sat 14 Apr 200102:31 AM

I’m working on becoming more quotable. Dropping pithy, semi-humorous observations seems to be one way to survive the selective amnesia of modern society.

Design is a method employed by artists to impose a tyranny on the world

Who’s Zoomin’ Who

Fri 13 Apr 200105:33 PM

The cable modem is here. Two Time Warner Road Runner service people visited me today. The first installed the physical cable modem and activated it. When he left, I managed to almost instantly get my PowerBook online. The second service person set me up with my user name, password and mail servers — a job so simple, I probably knew more about how to do it than he did. As soon as he left, I broke out my Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router, and now I’ve got both my PowerBook and Sony VAIO up and running, sharing the one connection. Wheee!

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