Links & notes for this month

• • MacDevCenter.com: Making the Jump to Subversion -- Need to go over this at some point | development macosx osx subversion versioncontrol

• "... relinquishing control doesn't just mean letting go, losing control, it actually means controlling just how you let go."

  An excellent essay over at Abstract Dynamics on Web 2.0, what it's really changed (underneath all the hype) and just how to control that letting go carefully. |
• • adaptive path - how i learned to stop worrying and relinquish control -- Just a test post to check delicious functionality | blog foo test
• Tonight's late Prom: Messiaen, Stravinksy and Boulez. I'm going, if only to see my first real live Ondes Martenot. Really looking forward to this - it's so long since I've been to a classical concert, and doubly so for a concert of modern-era classical. |
• Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user infovore on 2005-08-29
  • The Ur-Quan Masters - News -- Hurrah! It's Star Control 2! Tagged as: game games opensource port starcontrol2
  • MacDevCenter.com: Automated Backups on Tiger Using rsync -- Tagged as: macosx rstbc scripting tutorial
• Design in Flight relaunches, publishing all its old content online - and publishing its new content online. The subscription model has been replaced by a donation model, except for back issues. It's probably the way it should have been all along, and I'm certainly likely to pay the $10 for the back issues having read more of them. |
• Bob Moog died. A real pioneer, who made not only revolutionary instruments, but beautiful instruments. Still, what a legacy. | Tags: music, obituary, synthesizier
• Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user infovore on 2005-08-18
  • Fools On Games -- Gaming podcasts with beer. Looks fun.Tagged as: beer games gaming podcast
• HG Wells on the 'World Brain': "We want... a universal organization and clarification of knowledge and ideas... what I have here called a World Brain, operating by an enhanced educational system through the whole body of mankind... a widespread world intelligence conscious of itself...". Wells is a real hero of mine; ahead of his time, and yet so perfectly of it. This long quotation, on a global store of knowledge that requires permanent curation, is an interesting find. [via oreilly radar] | Tags: hgwells, ia, information, internet, knowledge, society
• last.fm redesigns. It's lovely - clear, sans-serif, white goodness, with a pleasant deep red as highlight and a beautiful, curvaceous logotype. Plus, the rounded bar-charts on the user home pages kick ass. Love it! | Tags: lastfm, music, socialsoftware, webdesign