May, 2, 2002 archives

here's a bunch of scripts to integrate with paypal's ipn service.

i love lists of quotes, like this one. one quote i enjoyed: “People must not attempt to impose their own ‘truth’ on others. The right to profess the truth must always be upheld, but not in a way that involves contempt for those who may think differently.”—John Paul II

aaron swartz has written a very nice piece about the semantic web that makes some sense out of rdf. (taking the xml out of the rdf seems to help tremendously.)

this piece about the semantic web in red herring is so gushing, you'd think they wrote it three years ago. everything will be better! everything will be cheaper! (and you'll have to completely redo your website! but don't worry: “The new Web ‘allows CEOs to simply alter their messaging for the entire universe they serve,’” according to a cisco marketing exec.)

blimps for homeland defense? if i could choose any career in the world, blimp pilot would be near the top of the list. (link via mefi.)