Wednesday, March 13, 2002

[bOing bOing] Squishy keyboards on the cheap Want a waterproof USB keyboard that's flexible to roll up into a tube? Now you can buy one for $60!LinkDiscuss(via Deals on the Web) posted by Cory Doctorow at 08:15 10:52:07 PM

[Scripting News] Microsoft's latest new direction is very interesting. Not. 10:49:09 PM

[Yahoo News Headlines - XML] Sun hauls out hardware to battle Passport. ... stand right up there alongside the pantheon of obscure acronyms such as UDDI, SOAP, WSDL and XML that make up Web services, Schwartz said.... 10:46:36 PM

[inessential.com] Unix Under the Desktop. I just got my mail—the April issue of Linux Journal was there. Guess what? There’s an article by me, written with Doc Searls, in there. Unix Under the Desktop, it’s called. A review of Mac OS X. Page 66. I haven’t been published in print since my college newspaper. I’m proud. 10:42:39 PM

[Inspirational Technology] WebDAV for Xindice Jan Metzner has just announced the release of a very handy WebDAV implementation for Xindice. This also provides an HTTP interface to the server that can be accessed from any browser. Overall a very promising tool and something we really needed. 10:40:51 PM

[The Motley Fool] Starbucks: Profit Machine. Starbucks serves as an excellent example for learning about Return on Invested Capital. 12:30:36 PM

[John Robb's Radio Weblog] Wired.  Canada moves to place a tax on the sale of storage devices and storage media.  Yikes, things are getting whacked. >>>Makers of MP3 players would pay $21 in fees for each gigabyte of memory available on their devices, raising the cost of devices like Apple's iPod by more than $100. <<<  Hey, in five years the top of the line personal storage device will have 1 Tb of storage space.  This tax would raise the cost of that $400 device to $21,400. 9:01:51 AM

[ZDNet Tech News] Hewlett: HP is not a one-stop shop. Dissident HP director Walter Hewlett argued that HP's plan to become a one-stop shop for corporate customers would instead derail the company. More on the deal in the ZDNet 8:59:39 AM

[Joel on Software] As promised (months ago!) I've completely revamped my list of recommended books. I've always wanted this to be a "programmers bookshelf" listing the books that I think every software developer should read. So I removed some books, good ones but not crucial ones, and I added a bunch of books, and came up with 19 must-read books (plus 2 books if you want to become a programmer). Visit the new Book Reviews page. 6:56:11 AM

[Slashdot] New Nokia Phones - with Java  Still dubious about the wireless future... 6:46:11 AM

[Slashdot] Google Juice 6:45:15 AM

[CNET News.com] New Windows could solve age-old puzzle. special report  Microsoft is tackling the long-elusive goal of easily finding information hidden in computer files, a conquest that would deal a blow to competitors but come at a price. 6:32:22 AM

[Slashdot] Document Retention And E-mail 6:30:24 AM