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Monthly Archives: April 2008
microhoo: what’s next
Posted by on April 28, 2008
As we wait with baited breath for the next move in the Microsoft/Yahoo saga, Marc just posted a must-read entry on what happens if microsoft goes fully hostile. Meanwhile techcrunch has some speculation. Another interesting question is what exactly is Microsoft buying with this, given that many people would leave, many have already left, and [...]
Professor Knuth gets many right, at least one very, very wrong
Posted by on April 27, 2008
An interesting interview with Professor Donald Knuth (via slashdot, where the slashdotter writes: “[Knuth] pitches his idea of “literate programming” which I must admit I’ve never heard of but find it intriguing” — really? never “heard” of that? I think it was one of the first things in programming I “heard” of… anyway…). Some interesting [...]
ning news: fast company article, new round, new releases
Posted by on April 18, 2008
A few Ning networks, viewed as graphs A couple of Ning-related news/articles hit the interwebs in the last couple of days — first, there was a Fast Company article, Ning’s Infinite Ambition, that covered viral loops and what is behind a lot of the recent high-growth Internet sites, and it’s definitely worth a read. Then [...]
rrd4j
Posted by on April 18, 2008
RRD4J. 100% Pure Java Implementation of RRDTool. Very cool. ‘xxx4j’ names were old in 1998. Java is already one of the main systems languages. No need to ’4j-ify’ everything.
summer movie prediction: rockin’!
Posted by on April 17, 2008
Sometimes it’s hard not to wish that Hollywood would get its act together and produce some actual entertainment instead of drivel, or rather, not hand it out just one movie a year at a time. This year definitely looks like an outlier. The list so far: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. [...]
why no one likes internet statistics sites
Posted by on April 16, 2008
Alexa just changed their ranking system, Techcrunch has details. (The Alexa page, in typical clueless fashion, is not a permalink, so I won’t bother linking to it). This is good news, but it still doesn’t fix the problem. Why? Alexa, Compete, Quantcast, Comscore, all have measures of “Rankings” or “Popularity” that put sites relative to [...]
mowser ends
Posted by on April 15, 2008
Nothing like some breaking news to awake you from a blog slumber. Russ announced on his blog the end of Mowser. Sad news, and I sympathize. Russ and Mike are buddies so I’ve followed the travails of Mowser closer than, well, almost anybody, so this also is a bit more personal for me. I’ve been [...]
