Monthly Archives: October 2002

Well, this is pretty freaking cool: updating your Radio weblog with .Mac. Of course, I don’t use Radio since I wrote a program to do everything I need it to do, and I don’t use .Mac because I can’t justify $100 a year for an email account and some web space (I mean, I administer a CommuniGate Pro box at work, I know how cheap email can be). But, just the same, this is very cool.

Wow, I haven’t been posting a for a while. I’ve been cranking away at HelpDesk 2, which is going to rock unbelievably. I’m doing all the work at home to avoid any conflict of interest. I’m learning more and more about REALbasic, object oriented programming (sometimes I learn a little bit too late, though), SQL, and PostgreSQL.

And now, James Milne of Essence Software has resurfaced after a long hibernation, only to give away SuperSocket for free, along with the code. And under a BSD-style license no less! And he’s continuing work on MozPlug, which makes me want to dance when I think about it.

Plus rumors that REALbasic 5 will support UDP Sockets. It’s all coming together.

I didn’t know that sodium was so explosive, but then I never paid much attention in Science class. Apparently, some others are aware.

Sunday’s Dilbert.

There’s a good article about Lawrence Lessig here.

Maybe Apple’s market share is bigger than everyone says.

Vanity: My submission gets posted on MacSlash.

Here’s an unsettling tale. I guess we’re all supposed to rally around the guy looking at kiddie porn and feel sorry for him, but I don’t. You hurt kids, you pay. Even some of the most hardened criminals believe that.

Ten Rules of Common Sense Computing and Virus Defense.

Well, I’ll be. I didn’t expect this. At least, not yet.

Apple stands alone against DRM.

Crazy Apple Rumors Site: iPod means something dirty in French.

Today I installed a Red Hat Linux 8 system. Wow! Linux has come a long way in the last couple years. The last time I tried to use Linux on the desktop was about two years ago, and despite my best efforts, it just sucked too much to use. I installed RH8 on a test server today and my first thought was, “This is nice enough to use as a desktop now.” Nice graphics, bundled OpenOffice.org, and Ximian Evolution is awesome.

But I’ll stick with OS X.