John Borwick’s blog

Neat stuff John likes.

September 23rd, 2004

plone

Plone looks pretty neat. I used Zope for an NCSU project once. Plone is Zope with some extra features. They even have an OS X installer!

September 19th, 2004

targets can be used for stateful CSS

I’ve been learning CSS for my work page. Check out this trick (via the w3c):

… item 1…

… item 2…

…item 3…

 

item 1 item 2 item 3 clear

September 13th, 2004
September 13th, 2004

Verisign

WHAAAAAT???

“To make wiretapping possible, Internet phone companies have to buy equipment and software as well as hire technicians, or contract with VeriSign or one of its competitors. The costs could run into the millions of dollars, depending on the size of the Internet phone company and the number of government requests.”

Verisign runs .com: it can set up MITM attacks. Verisign signs signatures: it can spoof signatures.

WHAAAAAAT???

September 8th, 2004
September 6th, 2004

Labor Day

Department of Labor’s history of labor day:

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

September 5th, 2004

Active Duty Military

Active Duty Military attending the RNC, via kuro5hin. Their Attendance Is Dangerous.

September 2nd, 2004

iTunes purchases

In the spirit of Rob’s iTunes Blog, I feel compelled to document my inaugural iTunes purchase.

  • Modest Mouse: Sad Sappy Sucker
  • Björk: Medúlla
  • Stone Temple Pilots: Shangri-LA DEE DA
  • Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse

What can I say… I like to buy albums. The next step is to branch out and find new artists.

A while ago I actually bought G Love and Special Sauce’s self-titled album from iTunes, but that’s just because I’d lost my hard copy. So that shouldn’t count as my first purchase.

September 2nd, 2004
September 1st, 2004

Commentary on the RNC so far

10 biggest surprises of the RNC, from the Christian Science Monitor.

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