NewRules very impressive Manilla site. Not sure what gets me, it is just so striking.
Month: December 1999
History-of-Hypertext Timeline
Waiting for Browsers that Parse
Waiting for Browsers that Parse using the web like newsgroups. Very compelling, a user derived “push” downloading webcontent than parsing and reformating to the user’s preferences.
The First-Cut Manifesto proposing an
The First-Cut Manifesto proposing an alternative to XMLing all the text on the internet. Intresting idea that would like to see in a spec.
“Graphite is a script-driven shell, written by mian, of Skinz.Org, eFX and LiteStep fame. That’s kind of what other shells do.. but what Graphite does that’s different, is that it uses standardized scripting langs. You can choose between JScript, or PerlScript. Yes, that’s right, you can customize your Windows desktop environment with Perl. It’s nifty. Go get it right now, find bugs, make themes, be neat.”
[via GeekNews]
If the world’s population was
If the world’s population was 100 and the current ratios were maintained
- 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
- 1 would own a computer
[via linkwatcher metalog]
Boy Culture Meets Workplace Hmmm,
Boy Culture Meets Workplace
Hmmm, now I’m a big fan of “desk toys” just to show some personality. The wired thing where I work is the females organize, and push, the game stuff, female is the coach for the softball team and another female aranges all the basketball contests as fund raisers. Maybe it is an organizing thing but the women seem into the sporting events, more so than I.
Books About Python for those
Books About Python for those Python books that are so hard to find. Let’s hope the library will be increasing.
Linux Magazine’s Who’s Who in
Linux Magazine’s Who’s Who in Linux
Writing for the Web “A
Writing for the Web
“A research project about how users read on the Web and how authors should write their Web pages.”