Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Yeah, right. Bill Clinton's busy blogging. Via Zoe. 4:37:54 PM    | |

Fabulous Toys. Here. Via Coudal. 4:25:13 PM   Cult | |

Aha. Aha. Aha, aha. Whatever. Doesn't matter, because dashboard ist dash-ugly. Controversy about Konfabulator vs. Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger'. The developers of Konfabulator accuse Apple of copying the functionality into the next release of Mac OS X (10.4, aka 'Tiger'). However, one should note that Apple originally invented the concept of desk accessory, which were prominent in early (non-multitasking) versions of Mac OS. Later desk accessories were mostly replaced with separate applications. Now, it seems that desk accessories will make a comeback. So, Konfabulator copied an idea from Apple, improved it, and now Apple is implementing desk accessories once again. I don't see a problem in that. But I'm worried about security - and this is one reason why I never started to use Konfabulator in the first place (plus some usability issues). Installing all kinds of third-party extensions to Konfabulator is a security risk, and there should be some kind of certificate system to ensure a minimum amount of trustworthiness. Perhaps Apple can solve this issue better. On the other hand, the same issue of trust applies as well to separate applications. [Universal Rule] 4:11:24 PM    | |

Glimpses of London's Past. An exhibition. 10:30:58 AM   London | |

Orwell. A nice collection of books. Or a collection of nice books. Whatever. 10:19:59 AM   Literature | |

Damn. There's a tube strike going on. 9:44:43 AM   London | |