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Saturday, August 07, 2004

A completely different take on what's coming in software:

Part of the future I believe I'm seeing is a change in the software ecosystem which, for the moment, I'm calling situated software. This is software designed in and for a particular social situation or context. This way of making software is in contrast with what I'll call the Web School (the paradigm I learned to program in), where scalability, generality, and completeness were the key virtues.

There are still cases where smaller is better.

posted by jeev | 11:50 AM |

Friday, August 06, 2004

Dubya tells the truth!

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we," Bush said on Thursday.

posted by jeev | 2:17 PM |

Tim O'Reilly is a smart guy with some really smart things to say about what Open Source is going to mean for everyone in the future:

I find it useful to see open source as an expression of three deep, long-term trends:

* The commoditization of software
* Network-enabled collaboration
* Software customizability (software as a service)

Long term trends like these "three Cs", rather than the Free Software Manifesto or The Open Source Definition, should be the lens through which we understand the changes that are being unleashed.

The whole essay is a must read.

posted by jeev | 12:44 PM |

"One tough-as-nails lesbian was overheard boasting to other Danbury inmates: "I'm going to make Martha my new girlfriend!""

Because enquiring minds want to know.

posted by jeev | 10:12 AM |

The terror alerts are *political*? Oh, my. Check out the chart below: downtick in Dubya's ratings apparently = uptick in terror warning levels.

It's all explained here.

posted by jeev | 10:00 AM |

Thursday, August 05, 2004

It's the local angles that count.

Officials in Indiana and Washington, D.C., said they are dumbfounded by a statement U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris made about a terrorist plot to blow up a power grid in Indiana.

In making the statement during a speech to 600 people Monday night in Venice, Harris either shared a closely held secret or passed along second-hand information as fact.

A staff member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees the nation's intelligence operations, said he had heard of no such plot.
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She said in the speech that a man of Middle Eastern heritage had been arrested in the plot and that explosives were found in his home in Carmel, a suburb north of Indianapolis.

Harris, a Republican from Longboat Key who is running for re-election, said the case was an example of the nation's success in fighting terrorism.

Carmel Mayor James Brainard and a spokesman for Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan said they had no knowledge of such a plot. Brainard said he had never spoken to Harris.

Imagine my pride. My hometown of Carmel serves as yet another pretext for Bush loyalist Harris' idiocy.

posted by jeev | 2:46 PM |

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Planning a road trip? Don't forget these.

posted by jeev | 2:18 PM |

See Dubya as you've never seen him before!

See the Devil Horse!

See the farm implements of mass destruction!

posted by jeev | 11:18 AM |

Sunday, August 01, 2004

Here's a new one: want to go to a political speech? Be prepared to pledge your fealty just to get in:

Some Democrats who signed up to hear Vice President Dick Cheney speak here Saturday were refused tickets unless they signed a pledge to endorse President Bush.

The measure was a security step designed to avoid a disruption, which Bush campaign spokesman Dan Foley alleged Democrats were planning. Democratic Party officials denied it.

Several Democrats, at least, encountered the screening measures Thursday after calling from a line that self-identified as ACT, America Coming Together, an activist group that supports Kerry, Foley said. Others attempted to give false names and were denied tickets, he said.

Two men who had sought tickets reported they were required to give name, address, phone number, e-mail address and driver's license number, then were presented the pledge of endorsement when they arrived to pick up the tickets Thursday.

Yes, it's the American way.

posted by jeev | 7:56 PM |