Scripting News

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:36:52 GMT

Thanks to Doc for the link to this press release from Marriott saying they're WiFi'ing 400 of their hotels in the US, UK and Germany. "It is the largest deployment of wireless high-speed internet access in the hotel industry."

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:29:24 GMT

AP: "Trent Lott will step down as Senate Republican leader."

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:06:44 GMT

Google News query for Trent Lott and weblogs.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:18:23 GMT

Glenn Reynolds: "The hinterlands are full of bloggers who don't care whether Trent Lott is nice to them or not. That makes them different from the Washington press." Heh.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:23:59 GMT

Cynthia Webb: "Blogs were the hot story of 2002, the year when blogging caught the eye of the mainstream press in a big way and pundits began to recognize blogs as useful tools for everything from venting about politics to raving about a favorite band."

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:39:31 GMT

Sam Ruby: SOAP by Example. "This document provides a working example of a functional SOAP client, using only HTTP and XML DOM modules. "

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:14:45 GMT

Denise Howell, who is an attorney and blogger, answers questions about Creative Commons from a blogger's perspective.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:28:28 GMT

A new weblog by Chris Locke, aka Rageboy, at Corante, which which is mysteriously "based in New York, backed by private money, staffed by experts in their respective fields, and determined to provide you with the best possible service and keep you coming back." Perhaps Chris can explain?

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:33:16 GMT

BTW, for those who are following me geographically, I'm in NY, blogging under an assumed name. Actually I'm visiting my dad, who is better, much better. More about that later.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:31:42 GMT

Not a whole lot going on this morning. I suppose that's understandable, with the Christmas holidays ramping up. Thinking about what to do in the New Year. I have a lot of things on my plate that I've let go since the summer. But there's still time. Now I'm going to trawl around looking for stuff to point at, and then take it easy for a bit. There's this great song by Leon Redbone.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:03:59 GMT

Leon Redbone: Lazy Bones. "You'll never get your corn meal made, layin in the noon day shade."

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:17:26 GMT

Hey, thanks to Larry Bolef for informing me that Lazy Bones was actually written by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael. Here are the full lyrics. And a Real Audio recording.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:38:31 GMT

Sam Ruby will probably appreciate this loose definition of continuity in software standards from this day in Y2K. Knowing Sam, at some point in the future, Murphy-willing, he will use this example to "prove" I'm wrong about something. There's even a chance that he will be right and I was wrong. ";->"

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:32:47 GMT

Scoble enumerates the signs your company is failing.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:23:56 GMT

BTW, I think Paul McCartney has a point. I always thought John was the cool Beatle. He wouldn't have begrudged Paul top billing on the songs he wrote, like Yesterday or Let It Be, esp over 20 years after his death. Come on Yoko, give peace a chance.

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:11:36 GMT

Shelley Powers: "When you look for the idealist they've moved on to another part of the world, to drop yet another idealism bomb on some unsuspecting poor sod."

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:45:17 GMT

Despite what some people say, it would be relatively easy for terrorists to shut down the Internet and in doing so create major communication outages all over the world.