got a fast connection, plenty of time to waste
and a sad desire to relive bad 80s commercials? well, you’re in
luck thanks to
X-Entertainment’s Commercial Downloads Center
. of particular note is the
“annoying encylopedia fool”
. it’s amusing to see him sitting in front of a computer and walk
over to the of encyclopedia volumes and exclaim that, “this is like
having your own research library in your own home!”
yes kids, there was a time before
google
. [ via
eatonweb
]
joe clark has written a thoughful piece on the compatibility of Weblogs and ISSN registration:
“People who publish and maintain Weblogs have applied for ISSNs. Some registrars have immediately registered the Weblogs; others have categorically refused to register Weblogs at all; and still others have reluctantly or selectively registered them.
The evidence, however, indicates there are no justifiable reasons not to register Weblogs for ISSN providing they meet the regular criteria.”
joe has some solid arugments, i’d like to see what the naysayers have to say. [ via zeldman ]
User Mode Linux – the third way for hosting? has a nice little overview of “virtual dedicated servers” made possible by user mode linux. going vds can be an affordable way to enjoy the benefits of root access without having to pay the fees for a traditional dedicated server. of course, you’re operating in a shared environment, so you’re at some risk of abuse of pooled resources. as with anything else, this can be minimized by going with a vendor that has a sollid track record.
i’ve been with johncompanies for about 8 months and have nothing but good things to say about john and the service. jvds has much more attractive prices, but i’m waiting to hear from les about uptime and resource usage before i’ll consider moving anything over. [ User Mode Linux – the third way for hosting? via decafbad ]
congratulations to everyone at the jabber.org for announcing that there are, “…nearly 10 million end users of software based on the open Jabber/XMPP protocol.”. there are, of course, some guestimates in the numbers, but all things considered it’s a remarkable accomplishment.
i’m also happy to have discovered that the os x “nitro” jabber client is a lot more stable than the last time i tried it, or at least the development build i’m running is solid. although i like proteus because it’s an “integrated” client for those times that i have to use other IM systems, its jabber client implementation is buggy and loses connections to the server.
sure is
attracting
to virtually guarantee
widespread and rapid percolation
in the blogosphere. whether or not this is a good thing, i suppose
depends on how good the rumoured moderation system will be at
keeping the impending
flood of
craptastic events at bay
. it’ll be interesting to see how well things scale as the
number of venues and
events fills out
.
scraping, priming and painting the outside of your house is not a fun way to spend the last weekends before the coldness of fall sets in. no sirreee.
buried in the snarky
“Eulogy for the Trucker Hat” is the following gem:
“I guess I’m saying that your piece was about the wrong
thing. Why the need? Why the need to have to go around knocking the
wind out of everyone? That’s the Willamsburg/Austin/No Ho thing to
do. Not the wearing of the Trucker Hat, but the being faux angry at
the proliferation of the Trukcer Hat. To be above the Trucker Hat.
I agree with Stephen King, why is everyone so insecure in New York
about their intelligence? Why does everyone in Brooklyn have to
remind you of how they’ve seen it all before, to recognize a trend,
discover it’s fiber, and then bray loudly that it’s
over.”