Monkinetic Weblog

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.

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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

Wednesday, Sept 26! As Jim would say, "Drool factor 5!!!"

Halcyon Software is bringing .NET to Mac OS X. They are actually converting Microsoft's Intermediate Language (like Java's bytecodes) to Java .class files or source code, and will be providing the complete ASP.NET (including ADO.NET and WebForms) later this year.

" Halcyon is currently working with selected customers on deploying ASP.NET projects to the OS X environment. It expects to move into a formal Beta in October 2001." Cooool.

Memora is bringing last-yard type personal servers to Mac OS X. Interesting.

Mac OS X 10.1 debuts at Macworld Expo today. From MacNN:

* Jobs launched Internet Explorer in OS X 10.1, and it took only one bounce to appear on the screen. He also showed the resizing and minimizing were enhanced dramatically in terms of performance.

This is the layout for you, Mr. Client.

Jodi and I have decided to take a week-long roadtrip next week (actually starting this friday evening) to Niagara Falls, NY, and Toronto, Ontario. We're getting tips on seeing Canada from my only Canadian friend, Jim. (Thanks Jim!)

But whose is it? Doc Searls with more of his usual piercing analysis.

Jabber is rocking our office world right now. We downloaded the server, and got one up and running (in short order really) on a local Linux box.

Brent Simmons posts his thoughts on Star Trek series V - Enterprise. He's coming from the same angle I am. I'm so excited about this, I'm working on reviving an old tradition among my friends of getting together weekly to watch Star Trek.

One Man's jargonfile: Leonardonics, a glossary of micro-cultural references.

Then you must know the Jargon File.

Reading an anthropological exposition of someone's micro-culture always puts me in a strange mood.