Posts filed under “Potpourri” 

Here in Connecticut, the Secretary of State is getting ready to purchase new computerized voting machines and is doing an exhibition of the different options throughout the state's five Congressional Districts. As computerized voting is such a hot topic right now, I highly recommend anyone and everyone who lives in my state go to one of the exhibitions and offer some sort of public comment.

A fantastic new t-shirt from J!NX.

I knew things had taken a turn for the worse when DMCA passed and media owners were discussing their desire to spy on consumers' computers in search of illicit media, but who knew it had gotten this bad?

In hopes of stemming the massive explosion of open source database use, Oracle is preparing an "express" version of it's Oracle Database 10g line: Oracle Database XE. Like many things on the web right now, it's currently in beta, with a full release planned for late this year.

Andy's beautiful standards-based design is gone, replaced by a table-based pile of (ahem) tag soup. Being the gentleman that he is, Andy has chosen to remain silent on the issue, but he has provided a forum for anyone else who wants to chime in.

As I mentioned to Ian earlier today, Dave and I were discussing having the jsTrace window keep pace with whatever the most current line is spit out to it. A few hours later, here it is: jsTrace 1.3.

In his most recent essay, Gerry McGovern was discussing expert opinions and voices. One particular comment he made struck a chord: “The Web is maturing. It needs more people like Jakob Nielsen who propose, explain and defend rules.”

The reception for our latest script release, jsTrace, has been fantastic. From the write-up on the DOM Scripting Task Force blog to all of the emails and comments, it’s been great.

Some interesting news on the Google front: there's been sightings of a new Google universe which looks more than a little scary, especially in light of the mockumentary-with-a-stright-face known as EPIC 2014.