Scripting News

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 22:17:47 GMT

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:23:18 GMT

I'm giving a talk about weblogs at the monthly ABCD meeting next Thurs, April 10, at 3:30PM in the Lamont Library Forum Room. Here's a brief bookmark list for people attending.

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:58:25 GMT

Start Menu News Aggregator for Radio. If you're an adventurous guy or gal, you can try out the new Start Menu user interface for the aggregator. I've been using it without a glitch for the last couple of days. It's nice! The caveats are that to configure it (you may not have to) you have to use Radio's object database, there's no browser interface. If pressed, I may actually make a Web interface. Also looking for a volunteer to make it work on the Mac (my Mac is in storage in Calif).

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 03:11:59 GMT

New York: "'Mom, I wanna be a blogger' may not have much elan. But it's where we're going. At least moms will rest easier."

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 18:52:31 GMT

OJR: "Are Weblogs one more tool in the arsenal used by online journalists to report the news? Or does a blog's typically individualistic voice and unfiltered attitude place it outside the journalist's palette?" I'm working on a piece that answers that question. The BBC provides a clue.

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 19:14:41 GMT

We have a new dean at Harvard Law School.

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 21:24:27 GMT

Houston Chronicle: "Blogs are weird."

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 18:12:14 GMT

Orlowski: "Moore is an overnight A-list blogging superstar."

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:40:09 GMT

August Capital, a Sand Hill Road venture capitalist, has a new weblog. I know Andrew Anker, an August partner, from his pre-VC days, when he was the publisher of Hotwired and I was a contributing editor, in the early-mid nineties.

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 16:44:43 GMT

NY Times: "The rapid spread of a deadly respiratory disease that originated in southern China is cutting into an already battered airline industry, as carriers around the world cancel empty flights, lay off workers, screen passengers for symptoms and deal with crews that refuse to fly to some Asian cities."

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 14:16:06 GMT

Survey: "Is Iraq president Saddam Hussein alive or dead?"

Obvious idea for spam avoidance

Thu, 03 Apr 2003 11:20:29 GMT

Why didn't I didn't think of this sooner?

I started a mailbox called Friends. I create rules for everyone I know to move their mail to this box. It's the inverse of what I used to do -- route known spam addresses to the Deleted Items mailbox.

Emailers could support this by having a rule that's easy to invoke. If I've ever sent an email to an address, move incoming mail from that address to the Friends mailbox. Easy to understand. Makes it less likely I'll miss something important.