and with a beautiful sense of timing, morbus has released amphetadesk v0.93, so that i could have enjoy a easy to use aggregator on my shiny new ibook [ thanks to the os x faceplate work from l.m. orchard ].
i experienced some initial hiccups installing it on the laptop, but a fix was available quickly and now things are running smooth. nice work.
how much fun can you have with a new ibook and macstumbler in chicago's ukrainian village and wicker park neighborhoods? alot. i'm truly flabbergasted at the number of open access points in otherwise nondescript looking streets.
Language Use, Personality and True Conversational Interfaces:
"Demand for conversational interfaces is great and growing, especially for online commercial applications. Various studies into how users react socially to an interface have shown that it is possible to improve the usability and general attraction of an interface by carefully implementing an appropriate personality. These findings are taken and applied to a true, reactive, real world, conversational interface. The personality of the interface was manipulated by altering the linguistic style of the systems dialogue. It was found that personality effects, in such an interface, are more complex and subtle than previous research has suggested and that to produce ?real? synthetic personalities the interaction style as a whole must be considered. The linguistic style of different user personality groups was also found to be somewhat inconsistent with findings from written and spoken language. "
yeah, baby! guess who got a brand new ibook and 10 gig ipod. i knew i was going to the store to snag an ibook, but the ipod was a total and compete bit of hedonistic abandon that i'll probably regret in the morning, but it's sounding pretty good right now.
sometimes, linux can be maddening. like when you want to get a shiny, new pcmcia/pc-card drive for pci bus working. quickly. sigh.
wow. ever wonder what a really comprehensive blog tool feature comparison table would look like?
[ via webvoice ]
Comparative Jabber book review:
"Jabber is an open, XML-based protocol you can use to add instant messaging to your applications. If you're interested in learning about Jabber but aren't quite sure where to begin, here's a review of three books on the subject to help you get off to the right start."
so, i ran my very first 5k today and even though i ran, finished without walking and set a personal best time - i'm not sure what to think of the fact that i was beaten by a woman pushing a baby in a stroller.
Krispy Kreme: New World Order:
"After a visit to the local Krispy Kreme, it's clear that every single ecommerce company shouldn't have even fucking tried. It's not a question of what an earnest young Vice President can learn from Krispy Kreme's operation and apply to their own version of online asshole-punchery; if said VP actually paid attention, he'd realize that he should pack his bags and head back to the planet that the rest of us live on where we don't give a shit about an 'online retail experience'."
[ via premium blend ]
well, things were going south fairly quickly at cedant and it looks like i'm not alone, since people are trying to start a class action lawsuit :
"As many of your know, Cedant has recently started moving domains from Alabanza servers to their own new servers which have many problems.
They are refusing to answer customer service emails and even refusing to cancel accounts as they are moved to other hosting companies.
I would be interested in hearing from any other affected parties wishing to join in a class action suit. I am local to them and am willing to coordinate an action against them."
what a shame. i've had great service for several years, but now it's time to move on.
after doing some checking around, i decided to go with
cornerhost, primarily on the strength of mark pilgrim's
testimonial
. i haven't been using the sevice for long enough to make any worthwhile comments about reliability, but i can say that withing 24 hours of my request for an account,
michal
had everything set up and ready to go, without taking a dime from me. nice work.
just in time for summer - look snazzy and support the site at the same time by buying some snowdeal schwag!
“The stranger has been a fundamental touchstone of cultures at least since Abraham and Sarah invited weary road travelers into their tent only to find out that they were angels in disguise. The Odyssey, too, is a meditation on strangers and hospitality: Odysseus experiences different ways of being a stranger on his way home while the suitors abuse every rule of hospitality in his own house. It's easy to see why strangers are so important: a culture's attitude towards them expresses its understanding of its position in the world of social groups. In our culture, we're suspicious of strangers. They're a threat. They lurk in shadows. On the Web, however, strangers are the source of everything worthwhile. Strangers and their utterances are the stuff of the Web.”
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