• Jaron Lanier Speaking in Palo Alto

    Posted on April 20, 2004

    Jaron Lanier is speaking in Palo Alto on Friday April 23rd. The talk is supposed to be an update to One Half Of A Manifesto, an article written during 2000 in which he examines the beliefs of what he calls “cybernetic totalism”. He argues that the belief that Moore’s law... [Read More]

  • Gnomedex 4 Blogroll

    Posted on April 19, 2004

    Chris Pirillo has posted a blogroll of Gnomedex 4 attendees. The list is still pretty short (the conf is still a LONG way off :-) but there are already some interesting blogs on there. I even dropped the RSS feed version into my Bloglines subscriptions so I can check out... [Read More]

  • Web Programming with Lisp

    Posted on April 18, 2004

    I found a three part article about web programming with Scheme linked off the Finding Lisp blog. The articles themselves are very good, and they led me to Chicken Scheme, an interesting Scheme implementation I was able to get running on my ancient laptop so I could play with something... [Read More]

  • Why Free Software Matters

    Posted on April 13, 2004

    There’s some interesting commentary about the difference between licensing software and purchasing it in Why Free Software Matters. It’s certainly easy to forget just how much of what we do with computers actually ends up having a lot of strings attached. I would like to relate the discussion about licenses... [Read More]

  • Separating Infrastructure

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    There’s an article titled Separating network and communications infrastructure up at telco revolutions. I happened across the article during some random wandering, but it sums up exactly how I think about providers. Check this out: [Read More]

  • New Intel XScale Processor

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    Intel has formally announced the next version of the XScale series of processors according to ExtremeTech. There are some cool features in there, it sounds like a good processor. But what really disturbs me is that Intel calls this the “Wireless Trusted Platform”, which I think has to mean that... [Read More]

  • Pilot-DB Download Plugin

    Posted on April 12, 2004

    I’ve started a new app as part of Open Palm Environment. This time it’s a plugin for pilot-db. Pilot-DB is a very popular open source database program for Palm handhelds. It allows the user to create their own databases and fill in the records on their PDA. There are existing... [Read More]

  • Cisco WiFi Authentication Protocol Hack Tool

    Posted on April 10, 2004

    I saw the demo at Defcon last summer, apparently now the tool for cracking Cisco LEAP has been released. There’s been a lot of work on replacing WEP in the standard 802.11 stack with a more secure and infrastructure friendly system. Cisco LEAP was one of the contenders, apparently it... [Read More]

  • WiFi Memory Stick for PalmOS 5 Devices

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    Brighthand has a review of an 802.11 Memory Stick with drivers for PalmOS 5 devices. That means I should be able to use it with my Clie, very cool. Recently I’ve been considering getting a new handheld to find out how much use I could get out of WiFi, and... [Read More]

  • The Google Platform

    Posted on April 9, 2004

    An interesting post titled The Secret Source of Google’s Power, speculating about what it really is that Google does for competitive advantage. It’s put forth that the platform they’re running on is their real important differentiator. I would agree.