http://www.scripting.com/ Dave Winer's weblog, started in April 1997, bootstrapped the blogging revolution. en-us Copyright 1997-2008 Dave Winer Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:25:05 GMT http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html OPML Editor version 0.72 scriptingnewsmail@gmail.com scriptingnewsmail@gmail.com http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html#disqus_thread <rule><outlineSpacing>1.5</outlineSpacing></rule><br><br> </rules> <br><br> Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/davenetLtaHrefquothttpdave.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/davenetLtaHrefquothttpdave.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/davenetLtaHrefquothttpdave.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/todaysSongLtaHrefquothttpw.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/todaysSongLtaHrefquothttpw.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/todaysSongLtaHrefquothttpw.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/heyThanksToLeonardRosentho.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/heyThanksToLeonardRosentho.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/heyThanksToLeonardRosentho.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpdailynewsya.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpdailynewsya.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpdailynewsya.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpsprezzatura.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpsprezzatura.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpsprezzatura.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/yesterdayISaidIHadLearnedH.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/yesterdayISaidIHadLearnedH.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/yesterdayISaidIHadLearnedH.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/newWordLtaHrefquothttpwwwd.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/newWordLtaHrefquothttpwwwd.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/newWordLtaHrefquothttpwwwd.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpadamcurryed.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpadamcurryed.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpadamcurryed.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpwwwxmlrpcco.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpwwwxmlrpcco.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltaHrefquothttpwwwxmlrpcco.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iScored185OnTheLtaHrefquot.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iScored185OnTheLtaHrefquot.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iScored185OnTheLtaHrefquot.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/jakePostedOurLtaHrefquotht.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/jakePostedOurLtaHrefquotht.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/jakePostedOurLtaHrefquotht.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iAlreadyKnewLtaHrefquothtt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iAlreadyKnewLtaHrefquothtt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/iAlreadyKnewLtaHrefquothtt.html#disqus_thread Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/ltrulesgt.html#disqus_thread <rule level="1" to="1"><br><br> </rules><br><br> Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/letMeTellYouAStory.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/letMeTellYouAStory.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/31/letMeTellYouAStory.html#disqus_thread Most of you are probably too young to remember this. Come sit on my knee and I'll tell you a story.<br><br> Back in the Old Days real men programmed computers by entering code using switches on the <a href="http://www.scripting.com/images/altairFrontPanel.jpg">front panel</a> of the computer itself. Then someone invented paper tape. Then someone invented magnetic tape and punch cards.<br><br> Then teletypes and glass teletypes. And floppy disks, Winchester disks, hard disks so small you could fit 70 gigabytes of data in the palm of your hand.<br><br> At the same time, someone thought of assembly language, then BASIC and Fortran and COBOL and C.<br><br> At every step, a well-meaning person would say "What do I need that for, I like entering my programs on front-panel switches. What does this do that I can't do with switches?"<br><br> It's the longest-running debate in software.<br><br> Sun, 31 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html#disqus_thread <rule><outlineSpacing>1.5</outlineSpacing></rule><br><br> </rules> <br><br> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/ltrulesgt.html#disqus_thread <rule level="1" to="1"><br><br> </rules><br><br> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/theAfternoonBlues.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/theAfternoonBlues.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/theAfternoonBlues.html#disqus_thread For some reason I have the blues this afternoon. No special reason, just body chemistry I imagine. Maybe it's an end of the year thing. Or perhaps it's the <a href="http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2000/12/30#stickerShock">horrendous</a> electric bill. (I went out to get a new space heater, no more $950 monthly gas and electric bills.)<br><br> Anyway <a href="http://surveys.userland.com/surveys/run/dave@userland.com/helpDaveCureTheBlues">you can cheer me</a> up by pressing the Hi Dave button. <br><br> (It's the only choice. Heh heh.)<br><br> Hey I just got an <a href="http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$1150">email from Eric Kidd</a> saying that his open source XML-RPC-in-C stuff is starting to work. <i>Yahoo!</i><br><br> <a href="http://sheila.inessential.com/">Sheila Simmons</a> wrote a Frontier <a href="http://samples.userland.com/stories/storyReader$196">macro</a>. Holy guacamole!<br><br> <a href="http://www.panix.com/~spolsky/snow/">Joel took pics</a> of the snow in NY. Now I know why I'm bummed. I'm not there! Snow is so cool. <br><br> Joel has a <a href="http://www.panix.com/~spolsky/snow/lions-large.jpg">picture</a> of a Library Lion covered in snow. Hey we're using the lion in one of our new sites. How did he know??<br><br> (Do they save these things for when I get the blues? What's coming next??)<br><br> Another good tool for the blues is music, and vice versa. <br><br> Here's what I'm <a href="http://www.ourfavoritesongs.com/users/dave@userland.com/history.opml">listening to</a> this evening.<br><br> Another tool is my <a href="http://www.ourfavoritesongs.com/users/dave@userland.com/rss/html/thingsOfBeauty.html">Things of Beauty</a> channel. When I spot a news item that inspires me I route it to this channel. I knew it would come in handy!<br><br> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/moreThanAnActor.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/moreThanAnActor.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/moreThanAnActor.html#disqus_thread <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20001227/us/obit_robards_i3k.html">Jason Robards</a>, the actor who played Washington Post editor-in-chief Ben Bradlee in <a href="http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/features/dcmovies/allthepresidentsmen.htm">All the President's Men</a>, died this week. <br><br> <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20001226/en/mdf142409.html"><img src="http://www.scripting.com/images/jasonRobardsDeathMask.gif" height="52" width="35" border="0" hspace="13" vspace="3" align="right"></a>"Thanks for everything you did for our country," random people would say to him in airports and supermarkets. Rather than respond "I'm just an actor," he accepted the praise. "Thanks," he would say. Keep it simple.<br><br> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/accordingToSome.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/accordingToSome.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2000/12/30/accordingToSome.html#disqus_thread Tomorrow is the official last day of the millenium. But then who cares. Why did we make such a big deal about it last year at this time? Glad the computers didn't screw up. Who would have guessed that the Y2K meltdown would come in the US political system? Glad that's over too. <br><br> Positive note: Now I know how to spell millenium.<br><br> Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:00:00 GMT