A very good article comparing PHP, Perl and Java for Web server-side scripting.
Author: Nick Hodge
Adobe PDF for Print
Sorry about that. The Green Book was not transfered correctly to my server. All fixed. Green Book is there
Adobe Seybold, Boston
To see where Adobe is heading, I strongly recommend viewing this webcast from April Seybold Boston. There are even more tricks up our sleeves!
Hypercard rules
A good article on Apples HyperCard. Memories! Even though it wasnt a pioneer, it was before its time. There are many things on the Internet that should be modeled on HyperCard. Standard, English-language scripting; simple object-based metaphor and security.
National Museum of Australia: yawn
Today I visited the new National Museum of Australia. I found it a little under-done. There is no doubt the external architecture is impressive; but the content is limited in range and appeal. If you ever get the chance, you must visit the New Zealand National Museum in Wellington: Te Papa. It is an impressive testament to the New Zealand people that their museum is packed with information, relics and learning that we Aussies are missing.
Adobe support for Apple MacOS X 10
Apple customers: There is an section on the Adobe web site detailing Adobe application support for MacOS X (10.4 support from Adobe applications).
Digital Video on the Web
WebMonkey on Video presentations on the web
Radio Userland
Starting to spend some time with Radio Userland, a desktop based blogging tool. Having been out of the Userland Frontier loop for a couple of years, its taking time to catch up with the latest goings-on. The aim is to see if I can move to a locally based engine – or create some sort of backend on this server.
Acrobat 5.0
Spent today working with the collaboration features of Acrobat 5.0. What you can do is have a PDF shared between two computers through a web browser. Each reviewer can post sticky notes (or other annotations) to a central server and share the comments; live online. Using the coolness of WebDAV and Apache
Javascript, again
“Javascript is calling me” – with the new version of Acrobat 5.0 and GoLive 5.0 Javascript is calling me – look out for more stuff in coming weeks. I find programming like basket weaving for the mind. A good centering tool – a very zen thing.