Monday, April 14, 2003

Feeling Lucky One of the nice things about living here in Vancouver is that it's remarkably free of ethnic tensions; I can honestly say that I go from one year's end to the next without bumping into even casual bigotry. And when I look at the other side of the world or even south of the border, I feel lucky, because we're in a minority.... [ongoing] 1:33:56 PM     Iraq and America's Role in the World: What's Next? Whether war in Iraq was, or was not, necessary, only history can now say. In retrospect, repeated references to "weapons of mass destruction" seem largely irrelevant. The issue now is "what's next"? Here are some clues to look for: (1) will the Bush adminsitration move quickly to end terrorism in Israel and the Palestinian territories, roll back settlements, and push for a Palestinian state as promised; (2) will we lead the Syrians to believe they are next for invasion; (3) and will we ask other nations to help rebuild Iraq. How the administration responds to these questions will suggest whether we truly are launching into a dangerous new world of "go-it-alone". [Gary Hart News Blog] 1:14:21 PM     Palm Pulls the Plugs at Work Free at last: A case study in learning to love the unchained corporation of tomorrow. A look at Palm's bid to turn itself into a wireless workforce. By Brad Stone from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 1:10:21 PM     XML joins handcuffs, perp walks in corporate... XML joins handcuffs, perp walks in corporate accounting crackdown In the wake of accounting scandals that have resulted in imprisoned corporate executives and distraught investors, eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), an offshoot of XML, promises to help make public companies more consistent in the way their financial data is transmitted, reported and presented to investors. If corporations actually committed their financial statements to a standard XML syntax it would be pretty simple to tailor an application to extract that information. Since we produced a medical information system this seems an ideal place to reapply that development effort. [IBM DeveloperWorks: XML News] 12:34:57 PM

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