- Apparently the internet won't be split up anytime soon.
- Via PCWorld. Google Base is now live. Just remember: "All your base are belong to us"...
- Sony is having a real PR nightmare lately
- Via Anne. The W3C is forming new groups that focus on Web APIs (like the existing XMLHttpRequest) and Rich Web Applications. Some interesting points:
- The Web APIs Working Group will first be documenting things already "in the field": the XMLHttpRequest object, timed events (i.e. EcmaScript's setTimeout()), the Window object (i.e. interaction with the browser). Let's hope they don't deliberately try to break Internet Explorer's implementation of such things as they've done in the past. The more interesting APIs will be delivered later such as APIs for persistent local storage and file uploading...
- Will W3C use the WHATWG's already-written specifications such as the Web Applications 1.0 spec?
- The Web Application Formats Working Group will be striving to use an existing application format ("Mozilla's XUL, Microsoft's XAML, Macromedia's MXML or Laszlo Systems' LZX") and combine it with other existing technologies such as XHTML, CSS, SVG, etc. This is a great idea (i.e. we do not need a NEW format), but their tentative milestones seem a bit off: "First draft of requirements during October. First draft of specification during November. Candidate Recommendation 4th quarter of 2006.". It also means that there will be one winner and many losers...
- The Web Application Formats Working Group seems to have swallowed the Compound Document Format Group.
Via Scoble (and Google's Blogsearch shows this meme is spreading around the blogosphere today). Pandora is an online service that streams music to you. Read the rest of this entry ...
A couple of years ago, Rob passed me a link to a hilarious/fascinating web documentary/experiment. Up until yesterday, I had completely forgotten about it, but having somehow awakened that memory I decided I wanted to read it again. What resulted was a little "internet archeology", payoff at the end... Read the rest of this entry ...
Henry:There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza
There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, a hole.Liza: Then mend it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then mend it dear Henry, dear Henry, then mend it.H:With what shall I mend it ...
L: With some straw dear Henry ...
H:The straw is too long ...
L: Well, cut it dear Henry ...
H:With what shall I cut it ...
L: With a knife dear Henry ...
H:The knife is too dull dear Liza ...
L: Well, sharpen it dear Henry ...
H:With what shall I sharpen it ...
L: With a stone dear Henry ...
H:The stone is too dry dear Liza ...
L: Well, wet it dear Henry ...
H:With what shall I wet it ...
L: With water dear Henry ...
H:In what shall I fetch it ...
L: In a bucket dear Henry ...
H:There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza ...
On another note, while searching for the official lyrics for this song, I came across this entry which talks about how software piracy may actually help the game industry...
Kurt Cagle mirrors my own thoughts on the Opera 9 Preview (changelog).
Kurt, your code sample is white-on-white...
I agree Opera 9 Technical Preview is an impressive achievement by anyone's standards. I would have been impressed with only the improved SVG support but all the other stuff (Canvas2D, XSLT,WebForms 2.0, XPath, xml:id, etc) leaves me floored. I started my migration from Firefox to Opera this week. We'll see how it goes - my experiences might make for interesting reading...
SVG 1.2? Is there any news on whether SVG 1.2 spec itself has made any progress? I doubt Opera would release something that didn't have a spec in a final review state...