Pooh is 75. [via Simply Stated] “Bother,” said Pooh, as he struggled with his dentures.
My dog is happy that Halloween is over. This is the first Halloween where I’ve had a real door and a real doorbell that real kids come up to and ring and scream and look cute and scare the dog.
Google tests snapshots of Web pages [via Tomalak's Realm] At first glance, this seems like a perfectly wretched idea. The small possible benefits of adding tiny thumbnails to search results would be far outweighed by the increase in bandwidth, and therefore cost. Remember, this is a company that counts characters in their HTML and multiplies it by their bandwidth cost-per-character. But whatever they end up doing, the most interesting thing about this article is that Google actually does usability testing, with actual end users, and actually listens to their feedback to help them decide what to do. Most of their competitors seem to listen more to advertisers, corporate partners, and other entities whose interests rarely coincide with those of end users, so it’s refreshing to have this glimpse into the inner workings of the one of the web’s most valuable resources.
Microsoft, Bush administration reach settlement in antitrust case. [via Slashdot] The computer industry has eagerly been monitoring the talks, looking for a possible settlement and hoping it would … invigorate the lagging industry.
Lotsa luck with all that.
More on pending MS decision at The Register, Yahoo, CNET, CNN, and, MSNBC. All have predictable biases, take your pick.
I have recently discovered Textism, Dean Allen’s weblog. Textism is an ephemeris focused on the composition, design and reading of text. In addition, there will be pie.
I spent a good part of Saturday afternoon reading back several months worth. Dean is an amazing writer. Go read him.
Dean Allen: Google bombing success story. Kudos to Dean for achieving a life-long goal (or at least a week-long goal). I come up first when you search for “free Python book“, but somehow that just doesn’t have the same oomph.
Raise your hand if you remember the bozo bit. This is what the iPod’s copy protection reminds me of.
The Onion: Gore Delivers Emergency Presidential Address Into Bathroom Mirror. This is truly inspired.
“We must honor our fallen heroes by devoting ourselves fully to the causes of liberty and freedom,” said Gore, brushing his teeth with small circular motions. “And we must resolve to ensure, as Lincoln said, that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth.”
After a long silence, Gore said, “God bless America,” and spat.
