Flash font browser
This is a nifty little tool, made in Flash, allowing you to browse your installed fonts: STC fontBrowser [Via Quasimondo]
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June 2003
Gregory Palast: The Screwing of Cynthia McKinney
Have you heard about Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman? According to those quoted on National Public Radio, McKinney “a loose cannon” (media expert) who “the people of Atlanta are embarrassed and disgusted” (politician) by, and she is also “loony” and “dangerous” (senator from her own party). Yow! And why is McKinney dangerous/loony/disgusting? According to NPR, “McKinney implied that the [Bush] Administration knew in advance about September 11 and deliberately held back the information.” The New York Times’ Lynette Clemetson revealed her comments went even further over the edge: “Ms. McKinney
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Denial and deception
Denial and Deception is an editorial / op-ed in the New York Times. written by Paul Krugman. Quote: Politics is full of ironies. On the White House Web site, George W. Bush’s speech from Oct. 7, 2002 in which he made the case for war with Iraq bears the headline “Denial and Deception.” Indeed. There is no longer any serious doubt that Bush administration officials deceived us into war. The key question now is why so many influential people are in denial, unwilling to admit the obvious.
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Expired LZW patent sets GIF free in applications
This is great news. Although the patent has only expired in the US due to the 20 year rule, it will most certainly make it possible for Open Source products to start supporting GIF again without having to pay blood money to the patent holder. Among the products that have already received patches are GD (Graphics library, used in PHP et. al). [Via Pnut’s Thoughts]
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Is RSS working?
It might seem it isn’t, based on my own experience and that of others, many times it can be a pain in the ass to deal with the many different implementations of RSS, it doesn’t make it any easier that we have formats forumlated by different parties, and no real standard everyone agrees on. As always, Virtuelvis has something wise to say about the whole process: Replacing RSS As someone who simply wants to use some kind of syndication format, either for consumption or production, the neverending debate is confusing,
More about Google Adsense
The Google Weblog has discovered that you can check out what ads would be shown on any given website. Interesting stuff: Try Before You Sell Not everyone believe that Google Adsense is a good idea: Pamela Parker at ClickZ Today writes about her initial response in her article Does Google’s AdSense Make Sense? Her point is that Google’s advertising won’t work as good when placed on web sites, as when it is displayed on their search pages, because people act differently when they are in search mode, as opposed to
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Google AdSense makes sense
Googles new advertisment service Google AdSense was launched this week, and I have had the chance to test it for a couple of days, and I must say I am very impressed.
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MT killed my post
MT just killed an entry I had been working on for 30 minutes. Will try to re-write. And at the same time see if Opera is as forgetful as Internet Explorer. [Update] Yes, it seems like Opera is the better browser for blogging. It does NOT forget postings if something goes wrong. Opera is as always highly recommended, just have to start remembering my own recommendations ;-) BTW: Even got to work a little on implementing a spell checker in Opera. Found a spell checker that uses Spellchecker.net, works great,
Futurama the game
A cool Flash site for the soon-to-be-released Futurama Game (PS 2 and XBox) Futurama the game Nice looking site, but having to wait forever (on 4 Mbit/s) everytime I make click a link is not fun. Not sure if its the site that has maxed out its bandwidth, or just poor design/programming.
US Troops shooting Iraqi civilans as payback for 9/11
This is sick. But with the way the whole war has been marketed by the US government I guess we should expect things like this: Mirror.co.uk – US TROOPS ADMIT SHOOTING IRAQI CIVILIANS “There’s a picture of the World Trade Centre hanging up by my bed and I keep one in my flak jacket. Every time I feel sorry for these people I look at that. I think, ‘They hit us at home and, now, it’s our turn.’ I don’t want to say payback but, you know, it’s pretty much
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