McDonald's is testing new gear that eliminates human burger-flippers for robotic fridge-to-grill systems. [via]{.742033902-03082003} Link
[Boing Boing Blog]
[Okay, if even burger flippers are going to be joining the unemployment roles due to productivity gains, what's so unthinkable about European-style work hours and vacations?]{.742033902-03082003}
more ...more ...Bad software.[ ]{style="mso-spacerun: yes"} It’s everywhere.[ ]{style="mso-spacerun: yes"} I know a guy who stinks as a programmer. [ ]{style="mso-spacerun: yes"}He makes about 60k a year, and at least ¼ of his time is spent maintaining a particular pile of crap program that he birthed into this world …
Chris Coulter proclaims August 19th to be The International Tablet PC Meetup Day. Pick a meeting place in your area and spread the word....
[Incremental Blogger]
more ...AT&T GSM(TM)/GPRS General Discussion: NEW BIG GSM National Coverage Map
[Brian Jepson's Weblog ]
Free Microsoft eBooks this week: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (!), The Flying Book by David Blatner, and Face in the Frost by John Bellairs.
more ...more ...The technology preview of WSE 2.0 provides early access to new advanced Web services capabilities. New features include a policy framework, enhanced security model, message-oriented programming model, and support for multiple hosting environments.
[Microsoft Download Center]
WAP is...
I wrote this "Mobile Forms App" so that you can find the nearest Geocache by entering your latitude and longitude from your phone. When I try to access it from my Nokia 3590 (a cheap phone, but still...), I can't load the form with the results because it's …
more ...Free Webinar on Service-Oriented Architectures, Wednesday, July 16, 11 AM PDT (2 PM EDT)
"Topic: "Building a Service-Oriented Architecture"
Speaker: Daryl Plummer, Gartner Group Vice President
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Time: 2:00 pm Eastern / 11:00 am Pacific, 1 hr. in length
Registration: http://www.m7.com/gartnerseminar …
"Where's the outrage?" - Bob Dole, 1996.
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