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26th February 2004

When Journalists Blog, Editors Get Nervous

“Personal Web logs are becoming a contentious issue in newsrooms across the country. When I set out to write a column about staff journalists who write Web logs in their spare time, I found that there are two principal types of employed journalist bloggers…”

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26th February 2004

QuickColor

“Ever found yourself in need of a quick color scheme ? But no inspiration at all… When that happens, i quickly launch my favorite www.colormatch.dk! And this is the Flashlet version of it. The original being written in JS, it wasn’t really portable ( ie not working in NS or OPERA ). So I thought this version might be handy… You’ll notice that it is strictly inspired by colormatch, in that it only find analogous colors. It was also a nice introduction to the color object in MX, for me.”

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26th February 2004

The Phrase†Finder

“Looking for the meaning or origin of a phrase or saying? Here’s free access to: A list of the meanings and origins of over 2,000 English phrases and sayings. You can either browse via our A-Z Index or scan with our search engine. Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you’ll probably find something here to interest you.”

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26th February 2004

Visualizing Statistical Concepts

“This site provides resources for hands-on learning in research methods and statistics. Visualizing Statistical Concepts — use computer graphics to understand statistical concepts.”

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26th February 2004

My first 48 hours enduring Mac OS X

“I got my new iBook a couple of days ago, and finally tried this Mac OS X thing for the first time. After doing all the software updates, this is what I found… The quality of Appleís human interface has declined and continues to decline. That other current platforms, both Free and non-Free, continue to be even worse does not make this situation any more satisfying.”

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