noticed a correlation between my last two posts on the lack of women at Ajax Experience and the seeming lack of RDF or semantic web applications. Both are based on perennial questions: Where are the women in technology? Where are the semantic web applications? Next time I’m asked either, I think I’ll answer that the […]
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The Ajax experience
The Expert Panel session at the Ajax Experience conference should be an interesting experience for one and all. I wonder if there will be an automated device that senses the blood pressure of the participants, and automatically sprays safety foam between them, if need be? I did want to reassure one and all that though the Ajax […]
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Netflix sees Starz
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In a game altering play, Netflix has contracted with Starz to add the entertainment channel’s movies to the Watch Now instant watching options AND to provide a live stream of Starz to the Netflix web site. This means that highly rated first run movies such as Ratatouille and No Country for Old […]
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Are some Christians stupid?
Washington Post article about ministers violating tax laws by urging their flocks to vote for McCain: Asked why he felt the need to discuss the candidates by name and to be explicit in rejecting Obama and his pro-choice views, Johnson said he must connect the dots because he is not sure that all members of his […]
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OpenOffice for Aqua
Last week I made the switch from NeoOffice to OpenOffice for Aqua on the Mac. I’m impressed with the overall appearance of the application, and the functionality. Most importantly, I was able to process Word documents with templates without problems and without loss of functionality. The application is very fast and responsive on my PowerPC laptops, and […]