Michael Reiter has worked on

Michael Reiter has worked on all sorts of fascinating distributed computing projects. Got to check him out. [via Paul Snively]I’ve…

glTron: The Tron Lightcycle game.

glTron: The Tron Lightcycle game. Binaries available for Mac OS X and other UNIX-like platforms. [via Ken MacLeod aka bitsko]…

Idaho Observer: 15-year-old defends himself

Idaho Observer: 15-year-old defends himself against drug law that does not exist (more at Plastic)[via Mike]…

I hope you all have

I hope you all have been paying attention. It is time for your final exam. Please be sure to answer…

Jeff Veen: I see pages

Jeff Veen: I see pages all over the Web that tell me their sites are “Enhanced for Netscape 1.1” or…

The other day I heard

The other day I heard a song on the radio I really liked. I could only remember a snippet of…

steve@mac.com: Steve’s Resume. AFAIK, Steve

steve@mac.com: Steve’s Resume. AFAIK, Steve isn’t looking for a job. Funny! [via Woz]…

LimeWire has gotten really good.

LimeWire has gotten really good. I’m using it to pirate music (that’s right) and I get reliable and fast downloads…

It’d be interesting if Dave

It’d be interesting if Dave used “enclosures” to distribute new versions of Radio UserLand.…

Scientific American discusses how the

Scientific American discusses how the DMCA makes modifying your AIBO illegal and how Sony is treating one man who did…

Just noticed that Aaron and

Just noticed that Aaron and myself are in Dave’s scriptingNewsLeftLinks. Thanks, Dave!…

Scoble blogs the Blogger Pro

Scoble blogs the Blogger Pro demo.…

All the best to Jim

All the best to Jim Roepcke, who was laid off yesterday. His son is being born by C-Section today.…

MacScripter.net: iLoJack. How a stolen

MacScripter.net: iLoJack. How a stolen iMac was recovered by some cool AppleScripting. [via BoingBoing]…

Boingo Wireless launches. There’s a

Boingo Wireless launches. There’s a hotel with free wireless in the guest rooms and lobby downtown, but not much around…

BoingBoing has been blocked for

BoingBoing has been blocked for “Sex”. They must think Cory is cute.…..

Jeremiah is now an honorary

Jeremiah is now an honorary Jew.…

Interesting: Open Source Web Design.

Interesting: Open Source Web Design. They require valid HTML too! [via tav]…

McCusker: Poe showed me a

McCusker: Poe showed me a comic. “Look! XML Avengers just came out!”…

US Congress: Universal Military Training

US Congress: Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001: To require the induction into the Armed Forces of young…

Rael Dornfest: Nutsy. “That’s ever

Rael Dornfest: Nutsy. “That’s ever so slightly surprising!” (Rael has the accent of a Brit who’s ever-so-slightly-surprised to find himself…

Dave makes a commitment to

Dave makes a commitment to CSS and Bryan Bell runs his theme thru Tidy (private email). Awesome!…

Several years ago an aunt

Several years ago an aunt gave me several shares of Disney stock as a birthday present. Every year they mail…

Validating Radio UserLand

Karl “Be Strict To Be Cool!” Dubost decided to try out Radio. Naturally, he’s as upset as everyone else I…

Ken Rawlings drops a line

Ken Rawlings drops a line about his new XSLT script to convert OPML (especially mySubscriptions files) into HTML. His version…

Hmm… want to send me

Hmm… want to send me mail:…

New Server Arrives Today

My server comes today! Time to get ready…Figure out how much swap space I need. Done: Morbus says 256MB is…

Fun in the Snow

Snow!It’s been a long time since we’ve had snow, especially packing snow as good as this. I was so excited,…

Python RSS Parsing Tools

Jeremiah is looking for Python tools to parse RSS files. I maintain a list of RSS tools but I personally…

The Columbia Small World Project

The Columbia Small World Project is testing the “six degrees” theory. Seems like a worthwhile study to participate in. I…

Sean B. Palmer has started

Sean B. Palmer has started his own Radio weblog: “This Weblog has purple stuff inside. Purple is a fruit.”If you…

Anyone know if there’s a

Anyone know if there’s a “dtop”? I want something like the UNIX utilities top or ntop, except it should tell…

Rael imitating his speech-recognition-using officemate:

Rael imitating his speech-recognition-using officemate: “Open this.” “Save that.” “Deer… No, Dear… No, not Beer… Bloody hell… NO… Erase, erase…”Rael…

Locust 2.4 GHz DSSS Drive-Study

Locust 2.4 GHz DSSS Drive-Study Analyzer. “The instrument measures coverage of direct sequence CDMA networks which operate on the IEEE…

It’s great when code falls

It’s great when code falls on your head. I’ve been working for days on PyChord, an implementation of the Chord…

BBC: Wallace and Grommit return

BBC: Wallace and Grommit return online. [via Boing Boing, Amanda]…

Apple: A special message to

Apple: A special message to Windows users: Welcome.It’s great to see Apple debunking these myths!”our two most recent presidents, a…

My new server vorpal shipped

My new server vorpal shipped today. Dell, after taking forever to build it and having a horribly designed website, couldn’t…

Retrospect for OS X

I noticed today that Retrospect for OS X is available as a free download from Dantz’s website. It installed and…

“I think there is a

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” - Thomas Watson Senior, Chairman of IBM, 1943.Now that…

Wow! I’m number three in

Wow! I’m number three in today’s rankings: with 242 hits. I hope folks are finding useful stuff here.…

Salon: e.e. cummings reads four

Salon: e.e. cummings reads four poems (more info). [via Boing Boing]…

Tony Collen found our secret

Tony Collen found our secret hide-out last night.…

Tony Collen: “Personally, I think

Tony Collen: “Personally, I think that kids need to be in high school with their peers, or they’ll grow up…

Hmmph, I’m running into the

Hmmph, I’m running into the old “Canêt evaluate the expression because the name –template” hasnêt been defined.” that I got…

Does someone have an OPML

Does someone have an OPML renderer online? I want to show people what I’m reading.…

Sean wants a Radio mug…a

Sean wants a Radio mug…a lot, apparently.…

Dave Winer: “Life is good.

Dave Winer: “Life is good. Aaron Swartz has discovered Jeremiah Rogers. Two prodigies, both in their teens. Both off-the-scale smart.…

I just completed a major

I just completed a major switchover on the RSS feeds I provide. I hope I didn’t break anything, but if…

It’s always cool to run

It’s always cool to run into other smart young people. Maybe I can convince him to rise out of the…

Jeremiah is listening. Cool stuff!The

Jeremiah is listening. Cool stuff!The websites he points to look really good, although a few pages need work. ;-)”Most engineers…

Well, I just spent a

Well, I just spent a whole day playing with Radio. (Still have 29 left.) I better not do this every…

Folks are commenting on my

Folks are commenting on my old Dublin Core in RDF Draft. Feel free to send your comments.…

I wish Jeremiah would give

I wish Jeremiah would give us some code of his, so I would know how to rate him on Advogato.…

Jeremiah also has the same

Jeremiah also has the same idea of what’s happening. I’m seeing this more and more. I think it’s time. (That’s…

Jeremiah doesn’t understand why programmers

Jeremiah doesn’t understand why programmers should take math courses. I guess he’s taking the wrong math courses. When people say…

Jeremiah: “School is one of

Jeremiah: “School is one of my highest priorities, even though I’m not always sure it should be.”.…

Heh, I’m glad UserLand doesn’t

Heh, I’m glad UserLand doesn’t charger by the post.…

To watch: MacMegaSite.

To watch: MacMegaSite.…

Jeremiah does appear to be

Jeremiah does appear to be a fellow Mac and Linux user. Another thing we have in common.…

Kishore has a top-ranking blog.

Kishore has a top-ranking blog. Howdy!…

One of the exciting aspects

One of the exciting aspects about Radio UserLand is that it looks like I’ll be able to script it in…

It doesn’t seem like there’s

It doesn’t seem like there’s any way to get weblogs that don’t have RSS into Radio’s system/pages/news section. I’ve got…

Hmm, the status bar links

Hmm, the status bar links to an Editors Only site.…

I can’t figure out how

I can’t figure out how to edit the right-click-dock menu in Radio.…

Ask and you will receive.

Ask and you will receive. Thanks, Dave.…

Discover the Plex.

Discover the Plex.…

James Joyce Business School

James Joyce Business School. “Do you find it frustrating to write business letters and memos that say all that you…

Kudos to the Radio UserLand

Kudos to the Radio UserLand team — it certainly passed the 5-minute-test.…

Hello, world.

Hello, world.…

Aaron Swartz (me@aaronsw.com)