May 17th, 2004
Slashdot is currently carrying a story about
‘project weblogs’ as described in CIO Magazine as
“plogs”. I thought the word “plog” sounded cute when I used it to
describe my stripped-down, Palm- and phone-friendly
weblogging app, but to see it used not as a product name but as a
neologism (ill-conceived of “project log”, apparently) gives the word a
bitter, Diet Coke sort of taste. Blech.
(Update: a Slashdot reader notes
some prior uses of the word.)
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May 17th, 2004
From our weekend jaunt to San Antonio: Erin, displeased with the Spurs’ lackluster performance against the Lakers on Saturday night. (We watched the first half from Rita’s, an overpriced margarita bar on the Riverwalk.)
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May 17th, 2004
Ray Bradbury is
inspiring and eloquent as ever in his testimony to the President’s Commission on Moon, Mars
and Beyond. ‘There’s a scene in ‘Moby Dick,’ where Ahab is going after the white
whale, and Starbuck says to him, ‘Where’s the profit in this?’ And Ahab
touches his heart and he says, ‘The profit is here, man, the profit is
here.’”
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May 17th, 2004
“Honey, our boy is a maladjusted menace. They’re always sending him
home for something—beating up other children, stealing their money, poking
them in the eyes and forcing their heads into toilets!”
“Yes, I know, dear. I think the only thing for him is to send
him off to the military academy. I’m sure the Army will know what
to do with young Johnny.”
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May 17th, 2004
A thorough breakdown,
from sketches to CSS,
of the recent redesign of the Blogger website and
brand. The new Google/Blogger team also added a number of snappy
new features to the world’s oldest weblog publishing service, including an
email
gateway—something I’ve depended upon in my own journal system for years.
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