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Why do I get the feeling San Jose's new Tech Museum will be an object of scorn and ridicule in generations to come? [11.2.98] Eerie -- today's Stating the Obvious parallels some of the thoughts I was having yesterday on easing site navigation for newbies. I guess that's why they call it the obvious. [11.2.98] Forget about the trial. The Halloween Document provides more insight into the Microsoft mindset than anybody on the stand so far. [11.2.98] Meet Philadelphia's pirate radio poet. [11.3.98] It's Election Day here in the U.S., and as usual, apathy reigns supreme. [11.3.98] Here's your post-Election Day roundup. Hey, all you homebrew Webmasters out there: you've just been assimilated. [11.4.98] Name that space bear. [11.5.98] Don't you hate it when you intend to hit "Save" and you hit "Delete" by mistake? Such errors may be a thing of the past with the advent of mind-reading chips. [11.5.98] Slap some fur on one of Sony's Pet-type Robot prototypes, and you could have something that would give Furby a run for its money. [11.5.98] Shades of Orwell? While you're watching WebTV -- even if you think it's turned off -- WebTV is watching you. [11.6.98] Lycos faces legal action over its new TV ads. But can you really trademark a breed of dog? [11.6.98] Call it Open Source Comedy: Two late-night talk shows opened last night with jokes cribbed from the Net. [11.6.98] MBTI and the Enneagram are amusing diversions, but if you want real-world personality typing, turn to the CIA. [11.9.98] All the usual suspects will be accounted for at Webzine98. [11.10.98] Perhaps the only trend more tiresome than old-media hacks bungling their tech coverage is new-media hacks berating them for same. [11.10.98] The Net consolidation craze rolls on as GeoCities buys WebRing. [11.11.98] People may die, but now their Web sites won't have to go when they do. [11.11.98] The San Francisco Bay may be beautiful to look at, but you probably shouldn't swim in it -- and whatever you do, don't eat the fish. [11.12.98] From the holy wars of years past to "The Catherdral and the Bazaar" -- can't anybody write about operating systems without invoking religious analogies? This time out, it's Salon comparing Linus Torvalds to Martin Luther. [11.12.98] Kiss the yellow sidebar goodbye: News.com finally catches up to the rest of CNET's sites with the launch of its redesign. [11.12.98] The future is going to have to wait a little bit longer: Deep Space One's ion propulsion system conks out. [11.13.98] If the rumors are true, Transmeta could put all the other chipmakers out of business. They've just been awarded a patent for hardware-level chip emulation. [11.13.98] Call it Zap without a budget: the launch of glassdog.net gives indie Webzines a portal of their own. [11.16.98] Is there any hope for advertising-based business models on the Web? The portals seem to be saying no. [11.16.98] Apparently the richest man in the world is a laugh riot when he's squirming on the hot seat. [11.16.98] With categories like "geeks", "freaks", and "jerks", internettrash.com is the portal for people who hate portals. [11.16.98] Remember "My First Apple"? Now they're fighting over royalties for the electronic toy line that never was. [11.17.98] The latest TidBITS offers a terrific beginner's guide to MP3. [11.17.98] Say hello to chiaMac. [11.17.98] Netscape has bought the open source directory project NewHoo. [11.17.98] The new moral dilemma for Web users: Which Evil Empire would you rather support -- Microsoft or AOL? [11.23.98] Carl says Furby can do a whole lot, but Furby Can't Dance. [11.23.98] Rounding up the AOL/Netscape stories: Salon provides a good overview.
Wired covers the deal's effect on the portal race. Meanwhile, News.com looks at how the balance of power in the browser wars may have shifted away from Microsoft. [11.24.98] Jamie Zawinski offers an insider's view of how the merger will affect ongoing activities at mozilla.org. (The short answer: Not at all.) [11.24.98] I've got merger on the brain today -- can you tell? Jon Katz (not the cartoon one) rants on and on and on some more at slashdot. [11.24.98] Remember the brouhaha over Netscape's Smart Browsing feature unexpectedly bouncing users to Netscape's site? What do you suppose will happen with that technology in the hands of a company notorious for trying to shut down its critics? [11.24.98] The redesign of Jakob Nielsen's useit.com puts more emphasis on outbound news links. [11.25.98] I don't know why it took so long, but it looks like Jonathan Demme's "Storefront Hitchcock" is finally hitting theatres. [11.25.98] Macintosh News Network's "Reality" rumor sheet sheds its terrible name and gains its own domain as it relaunches as AppleInsider. [11.25.98] In what may be the worst movie review I've read all year, the SF Bay Guardian calls A Bug's Life "Steve Jobs's movie". [11.30.98] Advertising Age looks at what may happen when content and commerce collide on the Web. [11.30.98] Mmmm... bad candy. [11.30.98] It's a Rotisserie League for arts-n-humanities geeks; catch all the surreal action in the Cosmic Baseball Association. [11.30.98] |
