The Proposal - Where it all started



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This is the gem that started us all on this little WWW thingy.

It's a good read and there are some pointers to ideas that still haven't been successfully developed.

Reference:
Information Management: A Proposal

Tim Berners-Lee, CERN March 1989, May 1990

Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format

Potentially massive hole in 'good' ASP.NET sites



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This is not just a simple patch fix, and even well managed sites can have this issue.
This is driven by ASP.NET giving up too much information in error codes.

The big takeaway:

Important: It is not  enough to simply turn on CustomErrors or have it set to RemoteOnly. You also need to make sure that all errors are configured to return the same error page.  This requires you to explicitly set the “defaultRedirect” attribute on the section and ensure that no per-status codes are set.

Here's the Scott Gu post

Get busy out there.

Apple media event Today -



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Best prediction from the TUAW comments:

macfan406 said

Alright Here's the Rundown:

• Jobs walks on stage
• Talks about amazing iPad and iPhone 4 success
• Announces they have ramped production of both
• Three Things for today. iLife, iOS (and iPods), and AppleTV
• Announces iLife '11.
• Garageband gets revamped
• "Mystery application" an iOS app builder like Android's App Inventor. "App Innovator"
•  iLife goes on sale today for $79
• iOS 4 devices can download iLife for iOS as a suite for $40 or apps for $10 (iMovie, Garageband, iWeb, and iPhoto)
• iOS: iPad gets iOS 4 friday. Expose runs the multi-tasking show here, and you can run Retina Display apps without pixel doubling
• "iPod touch is a great device, but we decided to redesign it all"
• Announces new iPod touch (almost indistinguishable from iP4)
• Front Facetime cam as well as 5MP Camera in the rear with LED Flash
• still 8.5mm
• Retina Display, A4, FM/HD Radio with Tagging.
•  3G model using the same pricing scheme as iPad
• Capacity up to 128GB. 32GB starts $199, Add $130 for 3G
• All models get compass and GPS
• Ships in a week
• Nano gets still camera, WiFi for Video and Photo uploads
• Classic gets no moving parts.
• Shuffle utilitzes rumored 1.3" screen
• iPhone gets an antenna fix. White iPhone ships at the end of the month
• AppleTV--> iTV
• 16GB $99, 32GB $199
• Runs iOS and can access the App Store.
• One More Thing: iTunes.com
• Streaming from your Library: Free
• Stream from the store: $9.99/month
• Early 2011.
• Any iOS device. Any Mac/PC Web browser can get to it.
• (Insert special guest artist here..)

There you have it. A Full rundown of next Wednesday. Enjoy and continue to speculate!

From:

http://i.tuaw.com/2010/08/25/apple-to-hold-media-event-on-september-1st/

Hay baling fun



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Wow, just wow...

I like this image



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From the NY Times

HHS Breach notification data presented in a useful (maybe) way...



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OK,
I know you can get the HHS Breach Notification information here:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/breachnotificationrule/postedbreaches.html

It is great that HHS put's this out, but...
using the data is pretty painful.  It's just an HTML page, with no good way to make sense of the data.

Because I wanted to dig deeper, I tossed all the data into a Google Docs spreadsheet.

It's not pretty, but maybe someone will find it helpful.

Caveats:
I did this in just a few minutes, I believe it is accurate... but I'm not perfect.
I'd love to keep this up to date as HHS releases new data, but I'm not sure that will happen...
Use at your own risk.

Phoneix businesses are apparently getting hammered by the "Papers Please Law"



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Wow!

Phoenix is getting hit so hard by the "Papers Please Law" that the hotels have started using unsolicited emails asking folks to plan events there.

It is so sad  that stupid, racist politics are impacting real businesses in such a bad way...

Actual text of the email I just received:

Hello,

I am with the Abcdefg Ijklmno Phoenix Airport Hotel.  I want to see if you ever schedule any meetings or events in the Phoenix area?

We are conveniently located less than a mile from Sky Harbor International Airport (with complimentary Airport shuttle). We are the only hotel with a Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx at our front door. You will experience the ease and convenience of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx which connects you to professional and collegiate sporting venues, as well as great dining and shopping. Just minutes from downtown Phoenix, the Convention Center and Tempe, home of Arizona State University. Other nearby attractions include spring training venues for the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants.

I may be reached directly at username@domain.com or 602-999-9999.  Please visit our website at www.hoteldomain.com or feel free to call me if I can be of any further assistance.

Make it a great day!

Sales Person

Sales Manager

Time for an update maybe?



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Information Week has this post up about lame government web sites.

The one for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is especially outdated.

This is the site today (scrolled up, for comparison)

This is how it looked on 12/12/1998, almost 12 years ago...

In that time, it appears someone has learned:

style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"

Compare for yourself:

Today vs.12/12/1998