Sobriquet, courtesy of eWeek.
Monthly Archives: April 2003
iBlog
April 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
I have finally chosen a blog management tool.
Choosing a dynamic server is too fraught with complications these days, and frankly, I’m just not motivated to deal with it. The ASP models, though, leave me fearful that my data can be held hostage, none provide an export that pleases me. So, I’ve chosen to […]
Self
April 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
The latest chapter of Consciousness
Explained helped clear things up for me. Not, as one might expect, by weaving together various threads or building new concepts on earlier foundations. Rather, I feel like I’ve reached a punchline.
Dennett has spent the bulk of this book being defensive: explaining his theories from multiple angles, urging readers […]
Names
April 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
Dave Harris: “Names are tools for thinking with as well as for communicationg with.”
He would love Daniel Dennett.
Failing spectactularly
April 18, 2003 – 12:00 am
I just happened upon an excellent mini-rant from Elliotte Rusty Harold about not
letting your UI be the ultimate leaky abstraction.
Authoring-time Cocoon
April 18, 2003 – 12:00 am
XM is a simple tool for generating websites from XML content.
Personal LAN
April 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
I want the Bluetooth dream, now.
I want my (future) iPod to wirelessly send audio to my home stereo, car stereo, and phone headset. I want these devices, in turn, to control the iPod. Then the iPod becomes my “music manager,” aware of my listening habits through all of life, and able to adapt […]
Jiffy-Med
April 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
I haven’t seen a medical professional for routine soma maintenance in ages. Part of the cause of this is the complexity involved. I need to see a dentist, an optometrist, an internist, an allergist, and probably a few other specialists after they enumerate for me ails I haven’t noticed.
It would be far easier to […]
Deutschland uber alles
April 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
This morning I foolishly responded to Chris, the local SUV-driving, suburban-dwelling “patriot,” when he asked if I supported the war now that chemical weapons had been found (according to rumor.) I asserted that, no, even if we found dozens of nuclear ICBMs aimed at American soil, I would never grant the unilateral nature of […]
Against everyone
April 2, 2003 – 12:00 am
Posted by moi at insteadofwar.org:
Both sides of this issue have plenty of people who are an embarrassment to their peers.
…but in Steven’s defense, being anti-war does not require being a pacifist any more than it requires anti-military sentiment.
I agree with Slo on this last point. Voluntary service does not mean that every […]
