I just love this headline from SPACE.com. Because you *know* someone thinks it will.
Text Editors
I spent some time looking at text editors tonight. I’m currently using an old version of Multi-Edit for most of the work that isn’t done directly in Visual Studio, PowerBuilder, or dbArtisan. (Which isn’t much really, but it’s still enough to worry about.) My only real beef with Multi-Edit is that it doesn’t have Unicode support. I was hoping that the newest version (9.10) of Multi-Edit would support Unicode, but it looks like that’s not going to happen until version 10.
Crimson Editor has Unicode support, and also supports a lot of languages (for syntax highlighting). It also has support for macros and column-mode editing, which are both essential.
UltraEdit looks interesting too. It’s got Unicode support, syntax highlighting, column mode, and macros. It doesn’t appear to support as many different languages as Crimson, though.
And of course, there’s always emacs. I’ve always wanted to learn emacs. Right now, I just know enough to get in, do some fundamental editing, and get out. A deep understanding of emacs is something I could actually put on my resume.
PSP WPA MIA
I was just reading this article from Brian Livingston about WPA, and was getting ready to switch my AirPort Express over to WPA from WEP. Then, I remembered that I have a PSP, so I did a bit of searching to see if the PSP supported WPA. Apparently not. Oh well. Maybe they’ll fix this with a firmware upgrade at some point.
MoMA.org – Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata: Masters of Animation
I’ve already missed most of the Miyazaki thing at MoMA. Still, maybe I can make it in and see Castle in the Sky next week.
Pogues Posts – New York Times
David Pogue’s blog-like page at the New York Times. He’s one of my favorite tech writers.
cacls revisited
More silliness with Windows file permissions. This time, I’m getting them all straightened out: cacls *.pdf /t /e /g "Andrew Huey":F SYSTEM:F
New Comic Con in New York
There will be a new comic convention held in New York next year. It’s being run by a company that’s apparently quite big. The con will be at the Javits Center. This could be interesting.
Frank Thorne
More on Frank Thorne from www.lambiek.net, an “antiquarian comic shop” in Amsterdam.
Illustrated History of Union County
I noticed something interesting in the Westfield catalog this month: An Illustrated History of Union County, by Frank Thorne. There are some sample pages here. Based on this message, it appears that this strip was originally published in the Daily Journal back in 1951. As a former Union County resident, and Frank Thorne fan, I think I’ll need to pick this up. Actually, I may need to pick up a few copies and send them off to other former Union County residents, too.
Wizard World Philly
I went to Wizard World Philly today. I spent a few bucks on comics, went to a JMS Q&A, and the “Cup ‘o Joe” panel with Joe Quesada. Very entertaining. The con was crowded, but not annoyingly so. Plenty of room to move around, and no problem getting into the panels.