Chaos MagnetThe personal and professional ramblings of technology author Nicholas ChaseThe Death Star runs MacOS- February 23, 2007 I kind of balked a little bit at this week's Geekend. The topic is which OS would be used by various SF characters such as Darth Vader, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Who, and I was a little miffed ad the choices -- until I read the analysis. Right on! A little geeky, but hilarious.http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000870.html Tesla coils -- how cool is this- February 17, 2007 OK, I'm a geek. I get it. But check this out: Tesla Downunder. I like the Eye of Sauron, but I think my favorite is the Tesla Coil car theft protection. Hehehehehehe.http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000869.html Goin' to Orlando -- the Rational Software Development Conference- February 17, 2007 Well, once again my Ruby on Rails talk, "Unified Modeling Language on Rails: From Diagram to Web Site in Record Time", has been accepted for the IBM Rational Software Development Conference, so sometime between June 10 and June 14, I'll be presenting in Orlando. I don't have the date yet -- they'll let me know after 228, apparently -- but I'm excited, so I thought I'd let anybody know might care know. :) This was a fun experience last year, so if you're going to the converence, stop by and...http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000868.html Google discontinues SOAP API- February 9, 2007 I'm absolutely stunned, if a little late to the party. After almost single-handedly making it obvious why Web services are a good thing and providing who knows how many programmers with their first experience with SOAP, Google has discontinued support for the SOAP API that fuels who knows how many applications. Yes, there are alternatives, and I will cover them in a future post, but this warrants commentary. If you already have a key, you can continue to use the API, but for how long And...http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000867.html Web 2.0... the Machine is Using Us- February 9, 2007 Boing Boing describe this video best:This incredible video called "Web 2.0... the Machine is Using Us," is deeply moving and incredibly smart. The creator is Michael Wesch, an assistant Cultural Anthropology Prof at Kansas State U, and he has strung together a bunch of animations, text, and screenshots in order to tell the story of "Web 2.0" -- and why it matters, and how it's changing the world. This is as starry-eyed as techno-optimism gets, and it might just choke you up a little, if you...http://www.chaosmagnet.com/blog/archives/000866.html |