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Jack Baty – Director of Unspecified Services

Web 2.0 companies

Think you’ve got an idea for the next great Web 2.0 project? Check this list first. I’ll bet it’s already on there.

The Basecamp API apps have begun

Basecamp has a pretty good thing going, and the recent introduction of its API has really made things interesting. I predict that many very cool tools built on top of Basecamp will be arriving shortly. The first I’ve seen are by Project Details Systems. I know *I’m* writing one.

ProFontX

Here’s a nice variant of the wonderful ProFont which works well in Cocoa Apps.

Are Women Human?

I hate Catharine MacKinnon. A lot. I know, that’s not a very nice thing to say, but The Guardian has published an interview with her to talk about her new book. I read it, so I can’t help but really despise her. “So that means not that all the people who wrote it were rapists, but that they are a member of the group who do [rape] and who do for reasons that they share in common even with those who don’t, namely masculinity and their identification with masculine norms and in particular being the people who initiate sex and being the people who socially experience themselves as being affirmed by aggressive initiation of sexual interaction”

Where do I put this?

Where do I put this? I'm pretty sure I need to use Macworks for the Lisa, but can't find anywhere to put the disk.

The Darwin Fish

You know that funny little fish with legs that smartass evolutionists use to make fun of the funny little legless fish used by the creationists? Turns out it’s real

Headless Rails

With Rails 1.1, Complete control over your app is now available from ./script/console. Mike Clark lays down the basics. This might even cause me to do integration testing once in a while.

LibraryThing

I may have mentioned this before, but nothing beats LibraryThing for tracking your books. They’ve recently added a nifty Javascript widget for easily displaying select books from your library on, say, a weblog. I’ve added one showing 6 recently added books. They link to Amazon, so if you’re one of those wierdos who hates Amazon for some obscure reason, don’t click on ‘em.

When I die

“When I die, I want to go quietly in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming in terror, like his passengers” I forget who wrote that, but still think it’s funny

Kinkless 0.83

The new Kinkless GTD release is available. This thing just keeps getting better and better. For you Getting Things Done fans, it really is a great implementation. You’ll need the latest Omni Outliner Pro beta to run it. Ethan, the author, refuses to take money for it, but I hope that changes because it’s worth its weight in gold and I’d happily pay for it. The best new feature is a rewritten Quicksilver action for adding tasks.