03Feb2010 1845: Preempted

I'm stuck at work right now, so this will have to be quick. I know all (both) of you are all broken up about not having iTunes reviews ready to go. Well I gave them a quick scan last night and the electronica one is the only song that might have a chance of sticking around. This is based solely on the album art and given genres, but it feels right.

You know what doesn't feel right? The way that this story about nanoscale "liquid glass" is hitting all the blogs at once. The first I've heard of it, but it's already in use in places in the UK and is about to be sold in supermarkets? And it can coat anything and keep anything clean for years? Sounds like a scam to me. I've heard about nanoscale bumpy materials that keep bacteria from growing just by preventing them from getting out of their nano-valley, but a sprayable siloxide coating? Preposterous! And also: SCIENCE!!

And check out this 1994 interview with Steve Jobs. Not for any Apple-fellating purpose, but for the hilarious text of a world pre-object-oriented-programming. Where objects were the next big thing that would save computing and open it up to the business world. I have to admit they're right: businesses are now ass-deep in custom applications that all try to talk to each other.