The Italian Job (2002) – maybe not as hip/cool compared to the 1960s original The Italian Job (1969) but still using MINIs!
Gordon Woolf, the God of all things PageMaker, including PageMaker scripting, runs Worsley Press – publishes a regular bulletin called Format.
I don’t know why, but this story appealed to me: Sumlock Anita Calculators
Interesting. PDFEnhancer from pdf Sages. It does some extra post-processing of PDFs to reduce their file size.
Lifesaver Find of the Day: DOM Browser
Had to do some FileMaker CDML for an internal web site. Needed to add some client side validation, so out with the Javascript again. I always stumble over the DOM.
If you haven’t seen this already: We Love the (ex-)Iraqi Information Minister
brain fade. high packet loss. wireless network down. blaming bigpond, but found out rj45 wasn’t reconnected correctly to airport.
Cari sent me a link to a Forbes article on Hard Sci-Fi writers being used to imagine the future for business leaders.
Saw AI Artificial Intelligence for the first time last night. What an intensely moving and thought provoking film. As a fan of ‘hard science fiction’: my saying is that the sadest thing about dying is that you miss the future; and science fiction is the best way to experience what you miss. The movie is an interesting take on the man-machine (orgo-mecha) relationship and potentially where it is heading.
This week just gets better and better. Yes, I am being sarcastic. The lowest form of wit.
Anyway, a find for this week. FeedReader is a Windows application that periodically reads RSS feeds from newssources.
Today was one of those days. “and the hits just keep on coming”
Back at work after 2 weeks off. Strangely enough, exactly 17 years ago today I started work at an Apple reseller in Adelaide.
MINI Cooper: North American Car of the Year. It is such a shame that the journos at Wheels in Australia had to give the Car of the Year to a mere Ford…
Go and see the documentary-movie Bowling for Columbine. Whilst Michael Moore has chosen footage and interviews to promote his point of view, it is an interesting take on guns and violence: especially in the US.
Nick’s Christmas Tip: Wrap your presents in Aluminium Foil (Alfoil). I have more than halved my gift wrap time this year. No sticky tape, just wrap. And it looks cool. Thanks to Jack Osbourne for this one!