Jim Larson, co-chair of the W3C Voice Browser Working Group, recently posted on the www-voice mailing list that work is well underway on VoiceXML 3. He wrote: The purpose of V3 is to provide powerful dialog capabilities that can be used to build advanced speech applications, and to provide these capabilities in a form that… Read More: VoiceXML 3 »
About a week ago, I decided I would finally abandon Earthlink as my ISP. When I got DSL many years ago through an ISP that Earthlink later acquired, I was getting about 500 kbps per second for $50/month. As of last week, I was still getting about 500 kbps per second for $50/month. After reading… Read More: Earthlink Speed Boost »
Ever since I posted about Skype and my desire for Skyper Limited to release a Linux client, I have averaged about six hits a day from people searching on some search engine for some variant of “skype+linux” and clicking through to my site. Sorry I didn’t have much insight to offer back then. However, Skyper… Read More: Skype on Linux »
When I bought my Treo 600, I definitely planned to use it as a mobile phone, Palm OS PDA, digital camera, and MP3 player, but I didn’t imagine I might be using it as a USB drive, too. Softick Card Export II allows you to mount the SD card in the Treo as if it… Read More: Treo 600 USB Drive »
One of the most popular things on my website is my two-part pictorial essay describing and depicting in glorious detail the magical wonders of the Incinolet incinerating toilet at my cabin. However, I had left a major gap in the story. Sure, I included lots of photos from a charming Incinolet marketing brochure. Sure, I… Read More: Feel the Burn »
Hail to the Royals – Blenheims epitomize summer’s best – Early summer heralds the coming of the best little apricot on the market – San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2004 Just three days after I post about the incredibly delicious Blenheim apricots I harvested off the tree in my backyard, the San Francisco Chronicle runs… Read More: More on the Blenheims »
In our backyard we have an ancient Blenheim apricot tree. As you can see in the photos, it’s amazing that the tree doesn’t simply fall over. The base of the trunk is almost completely gone. Although I do have a redwood planter propped up against part of the tree, I can remove the planter without… Read More: Good Evening Mr. Blenheim »
A couple years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to program in Python while building a couple web-based speech applications, e.g., SoccerPhone. Since I decided to build the dynamic part of the applications as CGI scripts, I needed to find a webhost. After a long search, I lucked upon DreamHost. Over the last… Read More: DreamHost Defeats Moore’s Law »
If you use Gallery for your online photo album, be sure to upgrade your install to Gallery 1.4.3-pl2, which was released June 1. Fortunately, upgrading Gallery is very simple if you haven’t modified the base PHP files. After you transfer the appropriate install file to your web server, follow the standard Gallery upgrade instructions. Be… Read More: Gallery Security Hole »
Assuming the traffic light at Redwood and Skyline has a camera, I would love to get a copy of any shots it took around 3:30 pm today. About twenty minutes into today’s bike ride, I was cruising downhill on Skyline towards the intersection with Redwood. I slowed down to around 30 mph so that the… Read More: Need Traffic Camera Footage »