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From: Gleanings
To: Faces
Subject: Gleanings: I got the whole world in my hands

OPENING THANG

Feed mag is starting a multi-part story on globalization. I’m very excited.
http://www.feedmag.com/templates/default.php3?a_id=1644

Oh, and I curse reel player on the blog
http://eleganthack.com/blog/2001_03_01_pastblog.shtml#2704024

USABILITY MATTERS

Interview with Jef Raskin– my latest hero!
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO57255,00.html

NIST WebMetrics tools
http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/webmet/

Jakob says “Traditional phones must die.”
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010107.html
and points to the
review of the new VisorPhone
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/garf/2001/03/07/visorphone/
(yeah, but he thought micropayments would be here by now, didn’t he?)

DESIGN MATTERS

here’s one for all you tiny font folks
http://www.futabita.com/
( *very* in “under construction” but still kinda fun)

NEWS

when will people realize we live in an era where nothing is protectable?

Interactive Week: DeCSS 2? DVD code broken again. (tomalak.org)
Last week, a Web site published the pair’s seven-line program, which
unscrambles the protection around a DVD so quickly that a movie can play at
the same time, although the film appears choppy. It’s the shortest program to
break DVD defenses to date.
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2693768,00.html

ZDNN: From November 16, 1999; DVD encryption break is a good thing. Bruce
Schneier.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2395497,00.html

APROPOS OF NOTHING

I just thought this was cool
http://www.uk.research.att.com/facesataglance.html
but I also love this
http://www.k10k.net/imageUpLoaded/jonathan_keller_lrg.jpg
from the K10K desktop project.
http://www.k10k.net/

5 star hotel on the net
http://www.habbohotel.com/