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Great post on some mailing list: In Defense Of Flame Wars. The author makes some really good points about the nature of public debate and communication in a textual, non-real-time medium. There are some web boards I've frequented that could benefit from some of this.

Excite@Home is facing a serious crisis, and may be @History. Watch those broadband use numbers tumble...

Ugh. Last night I was eating an Oreo and lost a crown. So I sit her gap-toothed this morning waiting to go to the dentist. This is a really good way to ruin a perfectly good Friday. Ugh.

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Excite: "Helios&#39'brain' is an Apple Computer Macintosh computer that would guide it back to Earth when necessary."

Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Deity and WOGod, via the Mac OS X Dev list, on why OS X/WebObjects classes are expensive:

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Excite: "Helios' 'brain' is an Apple Computer Macintosh computer that would guide it back to Earth when necessary."

Excite: "Helios' 'brain' is an Apple Computer Macintosh computer that would guide it back to Earth when necessary."

Our local stations carry MTV2 on a high UHF channel. So I was, luckily enough, able to catch a re-broadcast of MTV's recent Unplugged with R.E.M. It was, as usual, a treat - although Michael Stipe seemed bored for the first few songs. Highlights:

Cuyahoga: Awesome, beutiful song from Life's Rich Pageant, 1986. It's haunting live, and Michael finally began spending emotional energy while singing it.

Country Feedback: Slow, powerful. From Out Of Time, (1990 I think). Michael has thrown himself into this song everytime I've heard him perform it - "I... need this..."

When MTV put up the Losing My Religion video on the screen behind the band, and Michael saw himself: "Who is this guy? Get him off there.... God, he's so sincere!"

In the spirit of Douglas Coupland's classic Microserfs, I now offer my 7 Dream Jeopardy Categories:

I've bookmarked stating the obvious. I like it. It's simple, it's clever, it has really good linkage.

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Jim and I and another guy started Tales Of Wo a while back, but I've let it languish. Well, I've begun working my way back into WebObjects, and with this new found energy comes new desire to share it with whomever may care to read it. So, if you're learning WebObjects, want to, or just want to witness me floundering from time to time, hop on over to Tales Of WO.

Not like there's that many of you out there hanging on every word, but the lack of posts here lately is due largely to lack of time and interest. Personal stuff is taking up my emotional energy - so I've got less to invest here. This should change sooner or later. See you then!

Hey webreaderz! I'm back from a much-needed vacation, road-tripping across the eastern US up to Niagara Falls, Toronto, and points north. Canada rules, the people are great, and the Canadian side of the Falls just kicks pants off the American side.

Cool link via xBlog: Web Design Patterns. Design Patterns are patterns in programming that tend to show up a lot (they're >i?patterns get it?) and have been codified over time. Web Design Patterns begins to point out the various patterns emerging in the web space.

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Joel: "Make a ten year plan. Make sure you can survive for 10 years, because the software products that bring in a billion dollars a year all took that long. Don't get too hung up on your version 1 and don't think, for a minute, that you have any hope of reaching large markets with your first version. Good software, like wine, takes time." Excellent read if you are in the business of creating software, or want to be.

Joel: "Make a ten year plan. Make sure you can survive for 10 years, because the software products that bring in a billion dollars a year all took that long. Don't get too hung up on your version 1 and don't think, for a minute, that you have any hope of reaching large markets with your first version. Good software, like wine, takes time." Excellent read if you are in the business of creating software, or want to be.

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Joel: "Make a ten year plan. Make sure you can survive for 10 years, because the software products that bring in a billion dollars a year all took that long. Don't get too hung up on your version 1 and don't think, for a minute, that you have any hope of reaching large markets with your first version. Good software, like wine, takes time." Excellent read if you are in the business of creating software, or want to be.

Diskless Linux Kiosks. Cool article by ex-Netscaper Jamie Zawinski about how he created diskless kiosks for the DNA Lounge. Very clever.

Brent points to TrekToday's Star Trek: Enterprise news roundup. Some really cool, and funny, stuff in here.