Month: October 2003

open source branding

I’m not suggesting the monster gets replaced with some prick with a laptop looking serious while rubbing his chin as his foxy secretary takes notes in their walnut and leather office – but something a little more businessy wouldn’t hurt.

Swiss brain drain

FOR A RIGHT AND EFFECTIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
This petition concerns all people caring for the future of scientific research and teaching in Switzerland.

i signed. did you?

outdoor 9-5

All-day computing is a reality (up to 8 hours on select systems) when combined with system battery with the ThinkPad X30 Series Extended Life Battery. This unique battery can be added to the bottom of the ThinkPad X30 notebook to provide up to 8.0 hours of computing on select models.

this is my next computing-related purchase. i already get 4 hours out of the current battery, and it spoiled me. gone are the days running from outlet to outlet. that is a whole 9-5 without one recharge. impressive.

Address space

[blue] Allocated: 7601733 (/24 blocks) – 51% [red] Not Allocated: 7078331 (/24 blocks) – 49%
[green] Currently Routed: 4874308 (/24 blocks) – 33% Not Routed: 9805756 (/24 blocks) – 67%
is the IPv4 shortage real? with 49% unallocated addresses, there seems to be some breathing room before we move to the 340282366920938463463374607431768211456 (2¹²⁸) offered by IPv6.

A list apart

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Nice, i have long wished they would. just in time for my sunday brunch with Jeffrey. Of course, they use a “custom content management system”. heh.

google, define geek

it is all a matter of using the proper tags and the scale google provides.

Semantic web mindmanager?

Here are some questions I got from Michael Scherotter, development manager for mindmanager x5 Pro about the future direction of the product. They are looking at innovative uses of mindmanager, and how to leverage XML. I suggested that Mindmanager might be a tool to help build the semantic web. But read Michael’s questions, and opine away.

What kind of tool and services built on MindManager X5 Pro would you like to see developed for the semantic web?
Do you see MindManager X5 Pro as a tool for building the semantic web, visualizing it, or both?
What software, systems, and companies use OPML?

Some comments by the trackback-challenged ben. Are you hinting at a buyout? 🙂

Dangerous content

surfcontrol thinks this weblog should be censored. it falls under the Usenet News/Forums category, which some companies block. as seth put it, should i feel honored or insulted? thanks seth for solving this mystery.

getting down to open source business

The Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) is the first forum to not only explore the role of open source in shaping the future of embedded, server, and desktop markets, but also to explore new opportunities OSS presents for both startup and established technology vendors, and how to capitalize on them.

microsoft is a sponsor. huh?

Penguins, overdone.

Wyona is participating in an IBM promo event for open source. Why they thought that the audience would appreciate a stupid flash site is beyond me. Try too hard to be hip with not enough clue, and you look like an idiot.