Another BASIC for Linux …
Wow … it’s coming quickly … so who will make the Glade integration, or the first Visual Basic work-alike on Linux?
FBASIC 2.1.3 (Default). A Microsoft MBASIC-compatible interpreter. [freshmeat.net]
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Monthly Archives: April 2001
A very good analysis and proposal for presence and IM support …
As usual, this is a very good discussion and arguement for why Jabber makes sense!
An Invitation to Opera. There is a movement to encourage Opera to include Jabber support in their web browser. [JabberCentral]
Another form of wired connectivity …
As I have been studying the ways that I believe I will want to connect to the Internet with my wearable computers, I have broken the connectivity into four core segments … or now maybe five. I can see where my wearable is going to have a number of connectivity options always available … both wired, for higher speed transfers, and wireless, for mobilty and ease of access. These segments are:
- Wired Power-line (2Mbps+)
- Wired Ethernet (10/100Mbps -> 1/10Gps)
- Wireless 802.11b (11Mbps -> 802.11a @ 54Mbps)
- Wireless Cellular (19.2Kbps -> 3G @ 2.4Mbps???)
- Wireless Satellite (4.8Kbps -> 19.2Kbps)
I originally did not have the ‘Wired Power-line’, but have recently been talking with a local company called Inari who are sending me some of their products to test. I can see where I might want to network while I’m recharging my batteries …
This article reinforces the discussion about Power-line networking:
Net Access: Socket to Me. The day may come when all you have to do to get online is plug your computer into a regular wall socket. Don’t hold your breath, not in America anyway. At least, anytime soon. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
Ok … who’s going to compete?
Anyone else want to join in and have some fun?
In Search of the Sexiest Geek. Technology companies might be tanking, but that hasn’t dulled the spirit of the people who are building the new economy. Geeks from around the country are signing up to compete for the title of Sexiest Geek Alive. By Brad King. [Wired News]
So when a laptop becomes a handheld … what then?
I like reading these articles and seeing the conclusions that they make. I agree that the size and convenience are a huge factor … but what happens when a laptop becomes a handheld? Or a wearable computer appears? The PC vendors, and Intel, are not sitting still …
Handhelds gaining the upper hand. Laptop use drops after workers are given BlackBerry e-mail pagers [CNET Tech News]
Very cool … ScriptBasic for Linux …
I have always believed that BASIC is the language for the rest of the people. I learned it at a young age, and still use Microsoft’s Visual Basic to develop quick apps and prototypes … it is a very powerful scripting language … and complies well also. One of the Linux resources that I have wanted for a while is a good BASIC for Linux. If I were able to combine this with Glade … then I’d really be happy!
ScriptBasic 1.0b23 (Default). Linux/Win32 BASIC scripting language. [freshmeat.net]
It was only a matter of time … Metricom just won’t scale …
I have been following Metricom for quite some time, and have kept thinking about how I see things panning out for them. And I have kept going back to the fact that they are building a proprietary network, on proprietary hardware solutions. I just don’t see this combination as ever being successful. On top of this, they have to carry the entire financial burden of deploying their wireless network. It’s a cool idea, but I just don’t see where it fits into the future. The cell service providers are going to try to address the “mid-speed” data market, and I still think that widely deployed 802.11b networks are going to catch everyone off guard!
eWEEK: Compaq banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile. Compaq Computer Corp.’s decision to extend mobile Internet services on foundering Metricom Inc.’s Ricochet wireless network is raising questions about the offering and fueling speculation that Metricom may be ripe for a takeover. [Tomalak’s Realm]
The brain is forming …
This post got me thinking once again about my mission to explore the formation of the ‘brain’ of the human organism. What’s facinating is that I truly believe that Dave, and Radio, are good examples of the first massively distributed neural networks of memetic transfer and replication. Using Radio, you are able to publish a stream of memes, created by the streams of memes that you are receiving on a moment by moment basis. So you can subscribe to meme steams, just as a neuron receives signals from numerous other neurons. And you can create a meme stream which effects other neurons … wow … is the brain of the human organism forming?
DaveNet: The Web is a Writing Environment. [Scripting News]
It’s really not about Instant Messaging …
I just wanted to rant a little here about the big talk about Instant Messaging … it’s not about Instant Messaging! IMHO, it’s about communications, and people wanting to communicate effectivly and efficiently. Remember folks … this is all about meme transfers and replication! All of this relates to our personal identity, and the fact that our identity is created by the conversations that we are a part of. If we evaluate the roots of personal identity, identity becomes the attributes of ourselves that we accumulate to describe ourselves, to ourselves and others. So there are several steps in personal identity which layer on top of each other.
The first of these is the accumulation of our personal identity. This accumulation then includes the people that we have in our lives … our families, friends, co-workers, and other ‘buddies’. This list of ‘contacts’ or ‘buddies’ then becomes our ‘address book’ … the list of people that we converse with. What’s powerful about AIM and ICQ is that we have this list, and also have their ‘presence’ information … or their availability. This presence and availability is what really drives Instant Messaging. I could be launching e-mail, video conferencing, or any form of communication once I have located the ‘presence’ of the other person … Instant Messaging is just one of these forms of communciations. Heck, Instant Messaging isn’t much different from what SMTP mail protocols used to be!
I am a huge fan of Jabber … it is a leading contenter in my mind, and provides a very flexible architecture for presence and communciations … including Instant Messaging. This is a good article and Jabber continues to gain ground …
Jabber As The Coming IM Standard? [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]
The BabySmasher meme …
Ok … some people might think this is a sick idea, but it is a powerful meme! These guys are putting out a sticker that can be placed on the “baby changing stations” that are seen in airports and various public places. They’ve created a potentially funny web site, and they are even offering rewards for photos being sent to them of where these are stickers are placed. Some might think this is sick, but I suspect that we’ll see these popping up elsewhere. I wonder what other common and well known signs will be “hacked” like this?
BabySmasher.com tells you the truth about baby changing stations. [Memepool]