Monthly Archives: March 2004

Mass OSS repository

Posted on 3/19/2004 by Ben

Massachusetts Builds Open-Source Public Trough. Massachusetts on Wednesday took the wraps off a new software repository designed to let government agencies make more efficient use of open-source software. The repository will be managed by the Government Open Code Collaborative, a … Continue reading →

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AOL gets less spam

Posted on 3/19/2004 by Ben

AOL says it has received 27 percent less spam over the last month.

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WoW preview

Posted on 3/19/2004 by Ben

For future perusal: an extensive World of Warcraft preview. [via Matt]

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Evan Williams Pottery

Posted on 3/19/2004 by Ben

My brother finally put up a web page for his pottery. Dang, those are some nice pots.

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Earthsea mini-series

Posted on 3/17/2004 by Ben

I’ve been thinking that Ursula K. LeGuin’s Earthsea series could make the next great fantasy movie adaption, now the Sci-Fi channel is making a miniseries.

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Java, Mono, or C#?

Posted on 3/17/2004 by Ben

Havoc Pennington wants to tackle the question of what next-generation programming environment the open source community should embrace, and he doesn’t think it should be Mono. Paolo Molaro replies and points out that the state ofJava’s patent encumbrance is even … Continue reading →

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Avalon intro

Posted on 3/15/2004 by Ben

For future perusal: The “Avalon” Input System.

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A question of justice?

Posted on 3/12/2004 by Ben

For future perusal: Economist: Poverty and inequality.

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Nickell on usability testing

Posted on 3/12/2004 by Ben

Seth Nickell had an excellent post on the utility of usability testing. Desktop software usually presents a substantially different problem space from web pages. Compared to each other, desktop software represents more complex and varied operations where long term usability … Continue reading →

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The Music Never Stopped

Posted on 3/12/2004 by Ben

Brian Douherty in Reason: As we listen these days to the cries of music-selling middlemen that those sweet songs of yesteryear will disappear in a world of unbridled file sharing, we need to remember that the interests of music professionals … Continue reading →

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Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development?

Posted on 3/12/2004 by Ben

Edd Dumbill reports on the Mono summit held last weekend in Boston. So why implement the Microsoft APIs at all? Simple: to make migration from Windows to Linux as easy as possible. With the advent of Microsoft’s Longhorn platform, there’s … Continue reading →

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The future of blogging tools

Posted on 3/11/2004 by Ben

Dave Winer asked the blogosphere what it wanted out of its blogging tools and the blogosphere responded.

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George Michael gives away his music

Posted on 3/11/2004 by Ben

George Michael has announced that he will no longer sell records and instead give away his music on his website. Will he use a Creative Commons license?

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Making money on Free

Posted on 3/11/2004 by Ben

Open source for capitalists. No real answers here but good to see someone is thinking about it.

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Firefox search plugins

Posted on 3/11/2004 by Ben

Jon Udell: Firefox search plugins.

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