By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: May 14, 2006
Sunday, 14 May 2006
- How Much Is That Browser in the Windows OS? ★
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Khoi Vinh on the true cost of the ostensibly “free” Internet Explorer:
Even setting aside that admittedly rickety fiscal argument, I’m not aware of any single piece of software that’s made Web designers unhappier than Internet Explorer.
- BBC Cable News Channel Puts Cab Driver on Air to Comment on Apple v. Apple ★
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The Mail:
He is the BBC’s latest star — the cab driver who a leading presenter believed was a world expert on the internet music business.
The man stepped unwittingly into the national spotlight when he was interviewed by mistake on the corporation’s News 24 channel.
With the seconds ticking down to a studio discussion about a court case involving Apple Computer and The Beatles’ record label, a floor manager had run to reception and grabbed the man, thinking he was Guy Kewney, editor of Newswireless.net, a specialist internet publication.
Actually, he was a minicab driver who had been waiting to drive Mr Kewney home.
The video footage is pretty funny. He does a good job bluffing his way through the interview, but the look on his face when he realizes what’s going on is priceless.
(Via Rod Begbie.)
- ‘Geek’ vs. ‘Nerd’ ★
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This is why I use “nerd” in positive or neutral connotations, and “geek” only in negative connotations.
- Dave Girard Reviews Aperture 1.1 ★
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Improved RAW importer and other improvements garner an 8/10 (after 1.0 scored just 4/10).
- Diebold Spokesman Dismisses Gaping Security Flaw in Voting Machines ★
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From a report by Monica Davey in The New York Times regarding the recently-publicized security flaws in Diebold electronic voting machines:
David Bear, a spokesman for Diebold Election Systems, said the potential risk existed because the company’s technicians had intentionally built the machines in such a way that election officials would be able to update their systems in years ahead.
“For there to be a problem here, you’re basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software,” he said. “I don’t believe these evil elections people exist.”
That’s flabbergasting.
The technical details don’t even matter here. A company that doesn’t believe anyone would ever try to steal an election shouldn’t be in the voting machine business. Jeebus.