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The weblog of Steve Ivy, going since 1999 in one form or another. Still something of a CMS junkie.

XVI Edition.

Daily Digest for Tuesday, Feb 20, 2001

☀️ Earliest posts come first.

Breaking Through the Hype (Not)

Published on Feb 20, 2001 at 12:00 UTC by Steve Ivy #permalink

WebTechniques: Breaking Through The Hype.

Computing Great Circle Distances

Published on Feb 20, 2001 at 12:00 UTC by Steve Ivy #permalink

Chatting with Andrew Duncan last night we got onto the topic of great circle distances - the shortest distance between two points on the Earth’s surface. (A practical application for the shortest distance between two points on the surface of any sphere)

Still the standard

Published on Feb 20, 2001 at 12:00 UTC by Steve Ivy #permalink

This screenshot of the Ximian Gnome desktop just confirms to me that the Mac interace is STILL the standard. Sure, it’s got a ‘doze style dock, but can anyone say “mile-high-menubar”? From this article on O’Reilly Net.

Truly, nothing is sacred.

Published on Feb 20, 2001 at 12:00 UTC by Steve Ivy #permalink

Sigh. Network Solutions is now selling all the information in the whois database to direct marketers. If you’ve ever registered a domain name, direct marketers will now be able to target you based on any information you’ve entered in the registration database, as well as how long your site has been up, if you’re doing ecommerce, if your domain is active or not… damn.