I knew this was ...

I knew this was coming. A little birdie whispered it in my ear back in December.

O'Reilly launched their new P2P site: openp2p.com

Taylor on Flash vs. CSS

Joel on Software: Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef. Joel warns us that any kind of methodology is a bad thing. I disagree slightly, since I believe that some kind of methodology or development process during software engineeering (web-based or otherwise) needs to be followed or your end product will end up being a giant mess due to a lack of formalization. A better idea is to have a chief software architect create an abstract or outline for the developers to follow, which will prevent them from straying too far from the intended end result, while still allowing for the freedom and innovation that software engineers have when not following a strict methodology.

Crossgain fires 25% of its staff because of a Microsoft non-compete clause. Smells fishy. Read the FoRK thread on this.

Slashdot: Help Develop an Open Projects Community Site

This is too funny:

"Due to a small but significant clause in the U.S. Constitution, I will be out of the office from January 21, 2001 until January 20, 2005" -- Al Gore's White House voicemail.

The other night I was talking with some old friends about the state of things in this country. A friend who will remain unnamed mentioned that a psyhic friend of hers (who has been eerily correct in the past) has predicted that Vice President Dick Cheney will die of a heart attack this April and that George W. Bush will be assassinated sometime in the year 2002. Now, I don't normally pay attention to psychic predictions, but like most, this one seems to have a kernel of truth to it. We'll see...