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from Weaving the Web: "What that first bit of Enquire code led me to was something much larger, a vision encompassing the decentralized, organic growth of ideas, technology, and society. The vision I have for the Web is about anything being potentially connected with anything." - Tim Berners-Lee

Luke sent a link to this online bookstores price comparison tool. "Enter a book's ISBN or UPC for a price comparison on several online bookstores." I hadn't seen this before, thanks!

word of the day: cachet - an indication of approval carrying great prestige.

I've also recently added the mentioned heading over there. It's just a list of every link on this page.

I'm still working on the XML Reading List format. Last night I added the reading heading to the left. It grabs the short title of the books listed in this xml file based on the category. Soon, I'll generate links to amazon or others based on the isbn number. (for those books that I don't have proper links for.)

ev posted some halloween pictures. I wasn't there, but I helped with the sushi costumes. This picture of matt and this one of jake are my favorites. Matt is dressed up as ikura sushi. Unfortunately, I didn't get to wear the dragon roll costume. :(

latin phrase of the day: ad fontes - to the source!

and read the quote of the day here.

word of the day: bricolage - construction or something constructed by using whatever comes to hand.

On his site, Derek comments on weblogs: "Okay, mostly I just hate the hype. But it also saddens me that all these creative people are linking to things instead of making things." (click on 11-1-99)

Lots of us are linking to things and making things. A weblog is just the linking part. I'd also argue that having a voice through linking is better than no voice at all.

reports. It's all about reporting. "Did you get a copy of that report?" "Oh, I'll print out the report for you." "Just look at that report!" "I've got the final report right here." "Is it in the report?" "Excel ate my report." "Maybe we need more reporting." "Email the reports back to the reporters." "You better shred that report." "Plug it into the report." The word report looses meaning quickly if you say it too many times. "We're in control of our data, just look at the report!"

hrmph.

hmm...on second thought, how about Blowin' the Blues Away by Horace Silver. Now I can crank out some code! * snap * snap * snap *