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27 April 2002
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CSS-generated contentMark discovers how to add expanded URLs to his print-version sytlesheet.11:11:32 AM |
What's Behind Microsoft's Focus on Web Services?Steve Ballmer and his wife can't keep their calendars in sync...10:50:10 AM |
26 April 2002 
I wish all tests were this easy(Watch the status bar on rollovers) [via ntk]7:10:54 PM |
Nice work, if you can get itICL/Fujitsu screw up again.The UK courts project is floundering. A few years ago ICL won the contract to modernise the UK Courts technology systems, by writing an entire new system for document sharing etc. This was heralded as a great move for the entire country, as many cases are delayed because of paperwork errors, leading to an increase in the numbers of prisoners having to be held on remand, and increasing the risk of criminals re-offending before cases are heard. As the only company in the running, ICL signed an £183m contract. 2 years later they decided that it would take 12 years, instead of 8, and should actually cost £319m. They also cunningly wrote the contract so that somewhere in the region of half of this be triggerable for setting up the infrastructure for this (installing Microsoft Office on some new PCs). But, in a recent memo, the Lord Chancellor's Department has said, "Despite the best efforts of all those involved we have been unable to reach an agreement with Fujitsu on a proposition for Libra which represents value for money and which we can afford." If this does all collapse, then UK taxpayers will have paid ICL/Fujitsu over one hundred million pounds to set up some computers and install Microsoft Office on them - in many cases meaning that courts workers have to have two computers on their desk - one to access the court records on the old system, and one to do their email and word processing etc!
Time to write to my MP, methinks. 6:49:02 PM |
25 April 2002
ZoeVery interesting mail client (finally one with a blog style calendar!) Takes the Google approach rather than the Yahoo approach to information retrieval.
[via Simon] 1:24:12 PM |
Human EngineeringInteresting presentation from Tools99 on improving code quality through Human Engineering.The examples are a bit weak, and I suspect that the "conclusions" weren't so much conclusions, but the starting point. But I think they're good:
[via Ziggy] 1:06:00 PM |
Come on baby, do the ReformationRome was getting angrySo Mart went on the run, And then the Pope went postal When he married a nun So come on, come on Do the Reformation with me 12:40:44 PM |
Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone26 steps to a successful site.10:23:57 AM |
Advice for Ryan, a Young Man About to Leave Holy OrdersAs in contemporary theater, the actor may enter the audience.10:12:45 AM |
24 April 2002
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Tom Standage (of 'The Victorian Internet') has a new book out on The Turk - the 18th Century version of Deep Blue. (via Flangy) 1:14:57 PM |
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slam gives the step by step guide to automatically truncating your weblog entries for RSS. 12:19:53 PM |
22 April 2002
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Salon reports on what happens when you warn others of a sucky experience... 8:40:51 PM |
The learning curveWith standardized parts you can build big things quickly, or complicated things without having to learn much. Purists may hate the encouragement of ignorance, but that's the secret: it's so much easier to stand on the shoulders of giants if they happen to be conveniently stackable.
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Giving away the keys to the safe... or "let's spend the money on the bigger problems".12:10:02 PM |
Augo-generate your blogWe can all go home now.12:05:37 PM |
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