ANT | Jason E. Shao

Piles in OSX 10.3 (Panther)

Jul

13

2003

There’s been a lot of web discussion about the possibility of OSX 10.3 including support for piles. It sounds like an interesting feature, and Bruce Tognazzini talks about the original research regarding piles on his website Ask tog. He talks about piles being a context sensitive data structure. I see 2 useful roles for piles: ...

Iranian Joined Twins

Jul

9

2003

The death of the conjoined Iranian twins was a tragedy, however directing people’s natural sadness against the medical community that attempted the procedure is a mistake.

Safari & Proxy Autoconfig

Jul

8

2003

Dave Hyatt, who is currently working at Apple Computer on their Safari browser has asked for users “Top Ten Problems With Safari’s Web Page Display.” My issues so far are:

The Italian Job

Jul

8

2003

All in all, I thought the film Italian Job was great, and definitely satisfying in terms of entertainment value. It’s fast paced, and has enough cleverness and plot twists to keep me happy.

Anti-war demonstrations

Mar

22

2003

Something that amazes me is the emphasis the media gives Anti-war rallies due to their numbers. 100,000 people is a significant amount, mind you, however I note that organizations like Louis Farakhan, or Promisekeepers, or NOW can rally larger numbers in peacetime without gathering equivalent attention. Although 100,000 individuals is a non-insignificant number, in this ...