Well, I didn't get back to update yesterday's post at all (except to change the 2002 to a 2003). My back's still not very happy, and I'm moving around like an old man. Which means that today will probably have fairly light linkage, too. I've still got a few links in the holding-pen, but I'm behind on both my linking and the paying work after having spent a day horizontal. Ugh. Today's goal? Being able to sit upright long enough to at least get through all the email that needs to be answered.
- Venerable Schell's, now Minnesota's biggest brewer, bets on reviving Grain Belt. I didn't know Schell's was the biggest brewer in Minnesota, but I guess it makes sense. Taking on the Grain Belt label is a gamble for them, but if they can make the Grain Belt customers happy, the rewards should be worth it. [strib]
- Getting your coffeemaker talking to your computer. Years ago AppleTalk made it possible to plug your new printer into the network and have it magically available for printing. No driver installation or arcane configuration needed. These days in our TCP/IP world two standards are emerging to do much the same -- Microsoft's UPnP and Apple's Zeroconf/Rendezvous. I heard all about Rendezvous at the OSX Con last year, and it sounds pretty cool. It almost gets us back to where AppleTalk was for usability in the late 80's. Reed thinks you won't see it on corporate nets, but I suspect you will. It's just too easy to set up. [reed]
- There's a lot of Sturm und Drang out there over XHTML 2.0. Mark Pilgrim's talking about the Semantic obsolescence in XHTML 2.0, and Eddies in the space-time continuum. Zeldman's not all that happy about XHTML 2 and all that, either, but he sees some hope. Namely, it's not a replacement for XHTML 1.0 plus CSS, but rather an alternative. It'll be a while before any browser in the universe supports it, and it's probably best to just not worry for the moment. Me, I'm planning to stick with XHTML 1.0 and CSS for a while yet. I just don't see any reason to upgrade until the browsers start supporting newer stuff.