I suspect a lot of

I suspect a lot of our readers will benefit from this link: 8 stretches for people who sit all day. Via Dee-Ann LeBlanc on the Computer Book Publishing mailing list.

Well, color me stunned. Can

Well, color me stunned. Can you believe that no one has registered votenadir.com? I am just so tempted... I can think of dozens of things to do with it.

When good databases go bad...

When good databases go bad... be sure to read the review.

I think the drug laws

I think the drug laws in the US are a disgrace, and have led to terrible results. But this essay, Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse, does a pretty good job of laying out the case that legalization or decriminalization of drugs like cocaine or heroin isn't a good solution. I'd be interested in hearing a refutation of this piece, from the standpoint of our libertarian friends.

From a Slate discussion of

From a Slate discussion of the competing GOP/Dem health care ads:

"Access" means Bush has signaled his vague approval of a bill that might become a law that might end up including incentives that might persuade insurers to offer prescription-drug coverage that might be affordable to you and might pay enough of the cost of your drugs to bring them within reach. Never doubt Bush's commitment that every senior will have that kind of access to prescription drugs.

Yep, that real leadership, Shrubya.

The AvantGo Client for Blogger.

The AvantGo Client for Blogger. This is so damn cool, in the geekiest kind of way. I wish I had the tools to use it.

I said it first, here,

I said it first, here, on August 12.

Is this a new meme? First, Adam Engst becomes an action figure, and now Jeffrey Zeldman. Who's next?

And the answer is: Linus Torvalds, Larry Wall, ESR, and a few others. I'm glad they included Woz.

Via CamWorld: Tim O'Reilly speaks

Via CamWorld: Tim O'Reilly speaks about Java and JavaScript book sales.

I'll point out that demand for JavaScript books, which spiked upward significantly last year (such that David Flanagan's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide outsold Programming Perl for the first time in the history of the two books, for the full year), suggests that a lot more people are taking it seriously. And I know a lot of "weblication" type developments that are using JavaScript for a lot more
than the trivial applications (rollovers, etc.) that it was used for in its first few years.


I'm just reporting on the news. What it means deserves some more serious thought. I believe pretty firmly that Java is becoming firmly entrenched now as the dominant programming language of the net, and that JavaScript has emerged in the past year as a strategic language for many
companies.

Maybe this is news to some people, but then, I've been reading my royalty statements [Okay, I admit, the bit about Flanagan's book outselling Programming Perl blew me away]. Both languages have exploded over the last two years. For proof, just check out the house and/or the car (okay, the former's not paid off, but the latter is).

If you're interested in learning Java or JavaScript, we, of course, recommend this book and this book.

Kiss my freckled ass goodbye:

Kiss my freckled ass goodbye: Words for the boss both said and left unsaid.

The CSS Anarchist's Cookbook: going

The CSS Anarchist's Cookbook: going wild with the power of user style sheets!

Funnier than they are sick,

Funnier than they are sick, or sicker than they are funny? It's Leprosy Haikus!

we are holding hands

our fingers intertwine -- hey,

come back here with that

I don't think I want

I don't think I want to take that chance, George:

From Bushisms of the Week:

"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."--Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

The Idiosyntactix Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia.

The Idiosyntactix Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia. Includes sections on guerilla hacks, art forgeries, campus pranks, and modest proposals.