http://rassie.org Barking at technology Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:32:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I guess I'm now stuck in the blogging business forever. Previously, none of my friends blogged -- some were ignorant, other paranoid or just plain lazy. And now this: an old [friend](http://blog.copperred.net/), who literally pinged me for the last eleven years because I've been lazy enough not to send a message to good old ... http://rassie.org/archives/183 Spammers are the ones who drive the progress. They are the ones who think of most kicking way to promote their products, we actually should respect them for the quality of their work (marketing, that is) if we weren't so pissed about it at the same time. I've had some very interesting comments in ... http://rassie.org/archives/182 It has been a long time since I've last been to sneak previews at the movies. Today I've bit the bullet and told myself I had to go, just to vent a bit. I was lucky: out of all possible movies I've had ["21"](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/), which I wanted to see anyway. Of course, it's a ... http://rassie.org/archives/180 Just a couple hours out of Lisp world I begin to miss things. It's a bit paradox, since I didn't even really use Lisp or any its libraries, but I've learned enough about them (and I still know nearly nothing!) to miss features and in some cases simplicity and expressiveness. Right ... http://rassie.org/archives/178 Just some impressions from the russian e-book market. Russia is what is called "a reading country". Books are everywhere and are also cheap, so that most people can afford buying books just for the pleasure of reading. Because of that there is no need to buy "only the good ones", ... http://rassie.org/archives/13 You actually don't need a sophisticated recommendation engine to get the information you might be interested in. Or rather, you do, but it is built upon neuronal networks, not social ones. Here's how my (untuned) version works: 1. Subscribe to [Reginald's](http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/02/slightly-off-topic-what-was-that-link.html) blog and del.icio.us feed 1. Repeat for every other technical blogger ... http://rassie.org/archives/177 Yeah, right. [Torchmobile](http://torchmobile.com/) is bringing a Webkit-based browser to Windows Mobile and [Engadget](http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/iris-browser-brings-webkit-to-windows-mobile/) is anticipating something big. Don't hold your breath: Torchmobile completely misses the chance to make a [change](http://rassie.org/archives/151). The bar has been already raised really far in mobile surfing (Opera mini and iPhone's browser) -- the real challenge ... http://rassie.org/archives/176 [This](http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.4605718236) is shocking and confusing. What is the future of Qt now? What is the future of Maemo? Will Qt get merged with kdelibs? Nobody knows at the moment, but I hope (rather naïve of me) that this offer will not get accepted by the board of directors. Trolltech can ... http://rassie.org/archives/175 I'd like to wish him long long years of life, so that he can finish TAoCP! And noone of my colleagues knows him -- this is extremely sad :( http://rassie.org/archives/173 Have you ever thought about tabbed browsing? Have you ever wondered why we actually need it? Why does just about any big application on the planet create tabs inside their main window? We are using a "windowing system", right? Why not just go with windows instead? The answer to this question ... http://rassie.org/archives/172