from Technology Review - A Smarter Web

"The idea is to weave a Web that not only links documents to each other but also recognizes the meaning of the information in those documents%u2014a task that people can ordinarily do quite well but is a tall order for computers, which can't tell if "head" means the leader of an organization or the thing on top of a body."

when I grow up, I want to be a crazed visionary.

more on semantic webs on semanticweb.org

Always late to the party, it seems, I've only now discovered the fascinating site, The End of Free. What we are seeing folks, is a moment in web evolution marked by a site. I'd say this website is much like fuckedcompany.com was, chronicling a radical change in the growth of the web.

Any guesses to what will evolve? micropayments, at last? subscription models, like the gretings card sites? contribution begging, like the blogger server fund? shareware websites?

In other news, no idea why my spellcheck still works. but trying not to ask too many questions....

MSN Astrology Daily Horoscopes offers anti-resolutions. Since this will be gone tomorrow (daily link)
I've copied it over (I assume the lawyers will be knocking on my door shortly, but a day without a cease and desist is like a day without bacon, I always say)