Thanks for linking here, Noise

Thanks for linking here, Noise Between Stations!

I've gotten enough feedback on

I've gotten enough feedback on the low-cost HTML tools list that I've given it its own page. Come check it out and tell me what you think.

Came across another low-cost ($50

Came across another low-cost ($50 and under) Mac HTML editor, so I figured that I'd link to all of them for future reference.

• HTML Creator $10
  
• Rage Software's WebDesign $30
  
• Split Software's NetSmith $22
  
• Optima System's PageSpinner $30 (review)
  
• PineHill Products' CreativePage $25
  
• Deus's Web Wizard
  $10
  
• Attic's PageImp $10
  
• Westciv's Layout Master $50
  
• AOL's Netscape Composer (part of the browser) $Free
  

• Bare Bones's BBEdit Lite $Free
  
• Jext (OS X only) $Free
  
• Alpha $30
  
• HTML TagWriter $15
  
• Pepper $45
  

Yeah, this is the software category that supposedly doesn't exist. All of these have been updated within the last 6 months, to the best of my knowledge. Have you noticed that you could buy all of these for less than the cost of either Dreamweaver or GoLive?

And yes, I'd still love to be hired to write a feature covering these. Hint, hint.

Billboards by Grammarians.

Billboards by Grammarians.

Making Medical Progress a Crime

Making Medical Progress a Crime details how legislation before Congress designed to prevent human cloning could sentence you or your loved ones to needless suffering. Say, for example, that you caught an infection and ended up with kidney failure. Within the next decade, the technology will be developed to grow a new cloned kidney from your own tissues, which could then be transplanted into you with no risk of rejection (it's your tissue, after all). But if H.R. 1644 becomes law, it will outlaw any research that includes cloning. That means that you won't get your new kidney, and thousands of other people will be denied similar treatment for their particular ailments.

Our wedding pix are now

Our wedding pix are now available for online viewing. These are the ones done by the pro, so there are charges if you want prints. If you want the URL and price list, let me know.

From Ignorance Is No Crime

From Ignorance Is No Crime by Richard Dawkins:

It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).

Hot tips from Studio B's

Hot tips from Studio B's Computer Book Publishing list, on how to get the most for your money at Amazon:

• Check out The Friday Sale (on Fridays only, of course).
  
• Need a 2nd book to qualify for free shipping? The cheapest book they sell is The Book of Hope for 49 cents, which might explain why its current sales rank is #97.
  
• Don't want to buy any more copies of The Book of Hope? Instead, do a search on Dover Thrift and you'll get a wide variety of classics priced at $1-$2. Beats paying $3 for shipping, and some of them are books that you ought to own, anyway.

Notes for that feature I'm

Notes for that feature I'm going to write someday on low-cost Mac HTML editors^*: remember to include Rage Software's WebDesign ($30) and Split Software's NetSmith ($22).


* If you want to hire me to write this, let me know.

Wondering what the next few

Wondering what the next few decades might bring in terms of technological advancement? Reason magazine reports on the just-concluded Extro-5 conference, sponsored by the Extropy Institute. Looks like the future will be so bright you'll have to wear your artifically-intelligent, genetically engineered, nanotech-based, fully immersive virtual reality shades. Cool. See you at the Singularity.

Congratulations to Sean Smith on

Congratulations to Sean Smith on his final grades in 7th grade: a B in English, an A- in Science, and A's in History, Math, and PE. Not quite the straight A's we told him he had to earn in order to get a new computer, but very, very good, and we're proud of him.

This column by the ever-wonderful

This column by the ever-wonderful Molly Ivins answers a question that I've been wondering about during the current debate over the Patients' Bill of Rights that's before the Senate. The opponents (HMO's, some employers, and the Bush Admin) claim that allowing consumers the right to sue for injuries caused by HMO's denial of care will wreak havoc, cause judicial Armageddon, and all of us will end up with no more health services than one Band-Aid, issued every other year. So I've wondered, just how many lawsuits have been filed in places where similar bills have already passed? You know, like in freaking Texas? Where the bill became law without Bush's signature? Read the article and find out.

I passed on blogging this

I passed on blogging this last Monday, but I ran across it again, and I just can't resist. If you run into someone who thinks that missile defense is a good idea, explain that it's really just an aspect of Bush's Anti-Logic Shield.

A quick rant, just to

A quick rant, just to get it out of my system.

I list mom a few mailing lists. Why on earth do people send me email asking me to add or delete them from the lists? Is it really that much easier for me to do it than them? Or is it that their time is so much more valuable than mine?

And why do people throw out those initial messages from list servers that say "Please keep this for future reference." Do they think that the email is lying and they really won't ever need it? Or are they positive that they'll remember everything on that email? Or will it always be easier to just bug the list mom rather than keeping one $%^& piece of email?