This should prove fun.
Archive for February 2001
See Figure 1
"This is our system. We designed it, we built it, and we use it more than you do. If there are some features you think might be missing, if the system isn't as effective as you think it could be, TOUGH! Give it back, we don't need you. See Figure 1."
WebObjects and Dreamweaver
Macromedia has an extension for Dreamweaver that lets you create WebObjects templates.
Webobjects-Newbies RSS added
I've switched the news box on the right of this page to suck in the RSS feed of the WebObjects-Newbies mailing list on Yahoo! Groups.
Still the standard
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.
Computing Great Circle Distances
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)
Truly, nothing is sacred.
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.
Cofax.CMS
Cofax.CMS is a content management system written in Java. It's open source, for those who care (of which I'm one), and was developed by (or in cooperation with?) Knight-Ridder publishing. Looks fairly full-featured and extensible.
Welcome André
André Radke of "I-developed-a-lot-of-Frontier's-guts" fame, has joined the "webobjects-newbies" list. Welcome André!!