Archive for November 4th, 2005

New skin!

04Nov05

Final post of the day, before I go into hibernation. At long last, I’ve exercised the gluteals and updated my Typo theme. Many thanks to Samuel, who created this theme and submitted it to the Typo theme contest. Two thumbs up!

Pope John Paul II on the path to sainthood

04Nov05

This is just so ridiculous: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4543501.stm Not just the beatification/canonisation processes, which require a miracle to have been ‘ascribed’, but simply the fact that they’re looking for a miracle so that they can get the process rolling. It’s completely backwards, and makes you wonder what the true value/point of sainthood is.

DRIVE dammit.

04Nov05

I played better than last week this Tuesday, but once again did not encourage any physical contact at all, instead hoisting up lots of silly shots. Yes, my shooting has improved considerably, but I’m not that good. Oopar sai, I’ve gotten slightly weaker since I haven’t been hitting the gym the last month and a [...]

AJAX zealotry, security

04Nov05

There’s an interesting story in the Wall Street Journal about AJAX. The tone is wide-eyed and reveals the writer’s naivete, but it highlights some interesting things. VCs are clearly going ga-ga over AJAX apps, despite knowing they’re not going to completely replace the desktop. Equally importantly, startups’ core product quality is being overlooked in the quest for [...]