|
|
|
|
|
Change Control: Software != House. (Dec 12 2003 00:59 GMT) - Source: Kirk Allen Evans' Blog Eli Robillard proposes Planning and Implementation should be separate projects. In the comments to this post, M. Keith Warren argues that it is impossible to write a full specification of a large (6+ month) project. |
dispatches
|
Government Vs. Gardener (Dec 12 2003 00:59 GMT) - All George Norris wanted to do was sell orchids. Suffering from diabetes, arthritis and heart problems, George uses the income to supplement his meager Social Slavery check. On Oct. 28, five men wearing body armor and carrying sidearms with the... |
Indymedia Ireland Newswire
|
For or Against Press Councils? (Dec 12 2003 00:59 GMT) - A Dummy's guide to the Press Council issue As the decision for a statutory or self-regulatory Press Council draws to a close, here's a brief introduction to the background of Press Councils & Libel Reform and how the public needs a sharper eye on these issues. ... |
Cronaca
|
Australian foresters kill nation's largest tree (Dec 12 2003 00:58 GMT) - From the BBC:The tree, a eucalyptus known as El Grande, was damaged earlier this year when a burning operation designed to regenerate surrounding woodland got out of control. Conservationists pronounced the tree dead in May |
Mark Carey Consulting Inc.
|
Blog Design Service (Dec 12 2003 00:58 GMT) - What is Blog Design? Blog Design is web design for blogs (weblogs). The primary difference between Web Design and Blog Design is Blog Design almost always includes customizing templates. Blog typcially include a home page, with entries listed in reverse chronological order, and archive pages for categories, dates, and individual entries. Many blogs use the "default" templates that come with blogging software or services. |
molly.com
|
homies: who knew? (Dec 12 2003 00:58 GMT) - What is with me, am I just the biggest dork or is my head in too many books and online all the time? How do I miss these huge chunks of pop culture? Until about ten minutes ago I'd never... |
De tout et de riens- Yvan Lemay
|
Bombes à fragmentation (Dec 12 2003 00:57 GMT) - Deux articles intéressants sur l'utilisation de celles-ci en Iraq ainsi qu'une animation flash expliquant son fonctionnement parus, aujourd'hui, sur le site de USA Today. Excellents articles (1) et (2) et très bonne animation.... |
Wealth Bondage
|
Consolation Prize for Wealth Bondage (Dec 12 2003 00:57 GMT) - Posted by Dick Minim Year-end Blogger Awards from Bruce at The RiverAcademia's Loss is Our Gain Award Wealth Bondage Thank you very much. That I have been able to share with the great unwashed whatever I have been able to learn about 18th Century Sermons, particularly their bindings and gilt is a great pleasure. |
Lockergnome?s Tech News Watch
|
Downhill Battle - Guerilla anti-RIAA sticker campaign (Dec 12 2003 00:57 GMT) - I have to preface this article by stating I found it humorous, but if you choose to use their proposed methods, you may be arrested for vandalism... "Most people don't know it, but when you pay for major label music you're supporting some pretty nasty stuff. We think it boils down to two main points: 1) The major labels pay radio stations to play their songs. This is sketchy in itself--shouldn't the music on the radio just be the best stuff? |
Quarter Life Crisis
|
Gaming Mess (Dec 12 2003 00:56 GMT) - Claus and Gandalf convinced me to try out playing some Quake with them tonight. I'm not a big gamer and it's been years since I played my last FPS – Marathon II – but I thought I'd give it a try. |
Weblog Wannabe
|
Blocking Referrer Spam (Dec 12 2003 00:56 GMT) - I learned from my attempts to block referrer spam coming from various addresses at Troy's that the easiest way to... |
Heart of Dixie
|
Amazing! (Dec 12 2003 00:55 GMT) - I got this nifty puzzler from Susan B. today: Subject: Is this your phone number? 1. |
The Left Half of My Brain
|
RETURN OF THE KING question and answer (Dec 12 2003 00:55 GMT) - I'm going to try and write out some key memorable bits from The *Lord of the Rings: Return of the King* question and answer thing at the end of the movie. I'm writing them down in no particular order, but as I remember them. The microphone kept cutting out, so most of the QandA was sans microphone. So here goes (and some of this may in fact be completely WRONG, as I am working off of my memory of the event): |
Blog for America
|
Dean Tops Iowa Poll (Dec 12 2003 00:55 GMT) - The latest poll from Survey USA/ WHO-TV in Iowa shows Dean leading among likely caucus-goers in the Hawkeye State. The results, with the November 24 results in parenthesis: Dean 42 (32) Gephardt 23 (22) Kerry 15 (19) Edwards 10 (11)The... |
TWiki.Codev
|
ParameterizedIncludes (Dec 12 2003 00:55 GMT) - Proposed: Parameterized Includes Summary: Allow topic INCLUDEs to pass parameters to the included topics in a similar manner like parameters get passed to functions ... |
Collector News by www.collect.at
|
http://www. collect. at/boxer_mail. htm (Dec 12 2003 00:54 GMT) - today's update of postal history.( The Boxer Rebellion, which occurred in China in 1900, was an uprising against foreign influence. The Boxers arose about 1899 as a secret society, calling itself "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (Yi-he quan), as a reaction against European encroachments on Chinese territory and against Christian missionary activity.) |
|