1Passwd is a nifty password manager that works across multiple browsers on the Mac, ties into Keychain, .Mac (if you use that) and can manage multiple identities. Until OpenID becomes the norm, it's a fairly nifty solution. It's currently $10 off at maczot. 2007-07-26T09:28:34Z
Tim Bray points to this crazy rant which argues that XML causes global warming. 2007-07-26T08:39:52Z
Drop outs on the rise 2007-07-26T10:53:38Z
BBC News report that one-in-five students drop out from their university courses. This does not surprise me, and, as someone who has dropped out, and then subsequently went on to get a degree, I do not think that drop-outs are necessarily a bad idea.
I am extremely glad that I dropped out. Everything about my life has improved since doing so. It is sometimes an extremely positive thing. If you are doing something which you dislike, stopping it is a good thing.
I am a vegetarian, an atheist, like to code in Python and noodle about with microformats and the Semantic Web. I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am studying for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.
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