Archive 2. August 2003

10 Years of Apple Newton: In Memory of the First PDA

Well, I still think it's a shame that it wasn't continued, not even by another company. Really too bad - many aspects of the Newton were truly revolutionary. And its operating system was simply great - a Lisp machine for your pocket. Ok, for a large pocket, but still.

At heise online news you can find the original article.

Unemployed must accept almost every job offer

Eventually at the employment office you'll only get the rope at state expense. You have to buy the hook to hang it from yourself. Brave new world

At TAZ I found the original article.

ONCE racing team threatened with closure at end of season

That would really be a shame. Once is simply an old team that has repeatedly delighted with good riders and good performances.

At RADSPORT-NEWS.COM - Nachrichten-Gesamtübersicht I found the original article.

SBCL for OS X

The next free Common Lisp for OS X. Nice - SBCL is indeed quite well-known in the realm of Common Lisp implementations. However, it's rather cumbersome, so use a beefy machine for testing...

At lemonodor you can find the original article.

Stereo Images - Time for Space

Nice idea - stereo effects through rapidly alternating display of slightly different images. So simple to produce and completely easy to display - no additional viewing aids needed. Cool.

Here's the original article.

Don't trust any statistic that you haven't falsified yourself

An interesting article about statistics, their significance, their nonsense, their lies, and how to understand it all.

I found the original article at Telepolis News.