April 2003
The Genius Box: quality educational streaming video
Posted by on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 in - 2 comments
During my recent spell as a Mac-user, a friend pointed me to an interesting talk by Apple’s VP of Software Technology and all-around Unix-guy, Bud Tribble. The talk was great, both in terms of content (the speaker was interesting) and delivery (the streaming media was smooth and of sufficient …
Charlottetown Weblogger Meeting 2.0
Posted by on Monday, April 28, 2003 in - 1 comment
Will Pate has called another Charlottetown Weblogger meeting. This 1PM Thursday, May 1st at the Formosa Tea Room on University Ave. • The last meeting was cool. Anyone interested is welcome. We’ll be there.
New feature: Recently Referred Visitors
Posted by on Saturday, April 26, 2003 in - 1 comment
Based on Dean Allen’s Refer code, the new Recently Referred Visitors feature lists the last 50 visitors to Acts of Volition who have been recently referred to our site. The user’s domain/IP, the referring site/page/URL, and the destination page/URL are all displayed. • Warning, it can be …
Update on my week with a Mac
Posted by on Wednesday, April 23, 2003 in - 5 comments
A few updates on my Mac experience since I posted the original review: • A two-button mouse makes a huge difference. OS X has fantastic support for the right-button. To say that Mac is based on a one-button mouse is no longer true. They just still sell a mouse with one button. • When browsing …
A Windows user spends a week with a Mac
Posted by on Sunday, April 20, 2003 in - 151 comments
I’ve been conducting a user interface experiment with myself as the subject. A long-time Windows user and armchair graphical user interface critic, I have spent a week working in Mac OS X. What follows is my review of the experience.
Spring Cleaning at AOV
Posted by on Friday, April 18, 2003 in - 5 comments
Now that Acts of Volition is running off a new code-base, I’ll be making occasional tweaks and (hopefully) improvements. • First off, a minor design update. Comments are welcome. More changes in the weeks to come. • Two other fine sites are also now running on our spiffy new code-base (run by …
Calling all economists: Is efficiency a good thing?
Posted by on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 20 comments
A few weblog posts in the last few days have my formally-uneducated mind spinning. First, there was a point-counterpoint between Dan James of CEOBlues.com and Peter Rukavina of Reinvented.net on the nature of government spending and waste. Then, a post my Matt Linderman at Signal vs. Noise on the …
The First Biennial Charlottetown Weblogger Tea Party
Posted by on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - 11 comments
As planned spontaneously at WillPate.org, some Charlottetown webloggers will be getting together at 1PM Thursday, April 10th at the Formosa Tea House (map) on University Avenue in Charlottetown. • Nothing formal – no one in charge (definitely not me) – all welcome. • On the agenda: • Sharing …
Brave New Prescriptions
Posted by on Monday, April 7, 2003 - 5 comments
Like any internet celebrity, I'm plagued by email with From addresses like cindy5674@supereoffers.com offering Online Presciptions [sic] Filled! • However, today's email from cindy5674 caught my attention. The subject line read: Valium, Xanax, Ambien, Soma, and much more ONLINE. • Valium and …
The Town Wide Web
Posted by on Sunday, April 6, 2003 in
The internet lets school children in Mongolia work on science projects with kids from Florida, right? That’s cool and all, but it also let’s you find out what’s playing at the cinema a few blocks away. • The web can be local. In fact, I’m having tea with some virtual/actual neighbours this week …
Lonely at the top: CEOBlues.com
Posted by on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 - 2 comments
With the second-best domain name of any weblog I’ve ever seen (#1 being AngstyBlog.com), Dan James, my long time friend and co-worker steps into the brave world of weblogging with CEOBlues.com. • He’s off to a good start with one of the greatest business anecdotes ever told. Despite the date on …