By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: October 16, 2006
Monday, 16 October 2006
- McDonald’s Japan Distributes Virus-Infected MP3 Players ★
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“Would you like a Windows virus with that?”
- Et tu, Tim Cook? ★
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Fake Steve has an interesting take on the Wall Street Journal’s profile of Tim Cook — that it’s a prelude to boardroom maneuvering regarding the stock options scandal/brouhaha:
So read the story, and pay careful attention to the space between the lines. Or let me decrypt it for you:
Mr. Cook is the low-key operator making sure the company is running smoothly behind the scenes.
Read: He’s already running the place.
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He isn’t believed to have had a role in the backdating of stock-option grants.
Read: He’s clean, and ethical, unlike that SOB Steve Jobs.
It’s the fake Steve Jobs diary, so take it for what it’s worth — but it does seem a bit curious for a piece like this to appear in the Journal while the stock options trouble remains unresolved.
(Thanks to Arthur Jennings for the link.)
- Tadpole ★
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Durable $20 iPod cases for small kids. It’s a shame they only fit the latest models; I’d consider getting one for the boy if I could stick an older iPod in it.
- Math Nerdery: 1729 ★
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The number, not the year. (Via Kottke.)
- Tim Cook Profile in The Wall Street Journal ★
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Wall Street Journal profile on Apple COO Tim Cook, by Nick Wingfield:
The difference in personalities between Messrs. Cook and Jobs has helped foster a solid working relationship between the two, people familiar with them say. While Mr. Jobs is known to have a mercurial temper and a sharp tongue, Mr. Cook has the courtly demeanor of a Southern gentleman. People who work with him say his quiet manner and slow drawl have a disarming effect in a fast-paced environment like Apple, filled with its share of table-pounders.
(Via Paul Thurrott.)
- Smokin’ ★
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Very, very clever stuff.
- iPod Killers for Christmas 2006 ★
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Gonna be another big holiday season for Apple, judging by this pile of crap. (Via Ken MacGray via email.)
- Steve Jobs Demos NextStep 3.0 ★
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An oldie but goodie from 1992, making the rounds again.
- Lilt ★
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Still-in-beta $5 shareware utility by Jon Nathan uses your notebook’s Sudden Motion Sensor and ambient light meter to trigger actions like scripts and launching applications. So it’s sort of like Skip Checker (linked to yesterday), with the addition of allowing actions based on the light meters.
- The Departed ★
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I played hooky Friday afternoon and saw The Departed. Thrilling, visceral, and at times (especially those times when Mark Wahlberg or Alec Baldwin are on-screen) hilarious. Highly recommended.