Scripting News: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Podcast: A one-line comment on Brent Simmons' blog got me started on a 10-minute ramble about suspension of disbelief, in software. Also a story about meeting Ted Nelson at the West Coast Computer Faire in SF in 1979. Skiing. And other miscellanea. BTW, I didn't even remember the quote correctly and I might have misinterpreted it. It's still a good story imho. ;-)#
Small update to the source namespace. source:localTime is a channel-level element. It was incorrectly stated that it is item-level. #
I have a hard and fast rule about phone calls that solicit private information. I hang up. The worst are insurance companies. They expect you to enter all kinds of confidential info on a phone from a number that doesn't even verify as belonging to the company. Caller ID has nothing to say about them. Yet at least some of these are legit and unless you do what they want, you don't get your meds. #
Linkblog items for the day
Anthropic has been killing it in the business market, success that appears to be at least partially attributable to pushback against the Pentagon. theregister.com
Celebrating Tony Hoare's mark on computer science. bertrandmeyer.com
Why Driftya Uses Drift Circles Instead of Followers. driftya.com
Podcast about the suspension of disbelief in software. Since a lot of people are trying out software development for the first time with the advent of AI, we're part of a broader community now. shownotes.scripting.com
Added Westenberg to my blogroll. feedland.com
Marc Andreessen is doing what works for him, but is wrong that introspection was new to Freud. joanwestenberg.com
Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárez's 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title. wapo.st
The world must be, by now, fed up with being dumped on by Trump. politico.com
Added Jon Udell to my blogroll. feedland.com
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