I just discovered/realized that iChat supports emacs control keys! c-a beginning of line, c-e end of line, c-d delete, etc. Cool!
Archive for June, 2004
KAYPRO hall
June 27, 2004Anybody remember these? When I bought my first computer (well, second actually after my vic20), an Amiga 500, I didn’t think there was any point in having a color screen. I got a green high-persistance apple iii monitor to connect to it so that I could run in interlaced mode and get 2x as much text on the screen.
Those were the days…
DropScript
June 25, 2004I’m planning to build a drop-and-upload thingy with this tool. I should read this document sometime…
Cringely: Stupid Telephone Companies
June 25, 2004
Taking into account recovery time between signals, the optic nerve has a total bandwidth of approximately 100 kbps.
I think the bit he’s missing here is Choice. Humans can point their eyeballs, so in order to fulfill the demands of the 100 kbps optic nerve you must put up a lot of information where they MIGHT look.
An example of this is photography. Why is it that photographs are so compelling? One reason, I believe, is that it’s frozen and magnified. You can EXAMINE a photograph. A live scene is always changing, always demanding attention. You are not free to direct your attention.
Or something like that…
Robin & Rob Stewart
June 22, 2004Robin and Annette tracked me down. Gonna setup www.annettedonner.com for them.
gmail
June 22, 2004I bought an invite on ebay. Actually I think I got two, but the second guy hasn’t sent me the link yet. $2 and $3.50. I needed to reserve phlatphrog. I’ll use the second one for Mittie.
