Lots of good stuff linked off the O'Reilly Network Emerging Technology Conference Coverage Page. Must... get.... on... .with... de-junking... the... office... before... reading...

Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews: XML Processing with Perl, Python, and PHP - looks interesting. Think I may start saving up for this book. Why it's over £30 in Amazon (UK) when it's just $35 in Amazon (US) is a mystery.

via hbwt - Lifewise: Work: Are you a procrastinator?

I admit to being a procrastinator. I'll get round to doing something about it tomorrow ;-)

In fact, I started de-junking my office yesterday. I took some 'time-lapse' photos but all they seem to show is my office getting untidier B-} More de-junking up when I get back into the office tomorrow. Hopefully by the end of that day I'll be able to see my desk-tops again!

Check out the Apple - Xserve. Doc Searls has blogged the Steve Jobs presentation. So cool!

i think I'll Download GraphicConverter 4.4 once I'm in the office tomorrow morning.

I didn't procrastinate - I've just bought a copy of The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now. Perhaps it should be required reading for my students? ;-)

via goodish.org - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python

I should be a more regular reader of the weblogs by David McCusker, Simon St. Laurent and Paul Snively. Smart people all.

Top-10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability (Alertbox May 2002)

Summary:
A company's homepage is its face to the world and the starting point for most user visits. Improving your homepage multiplies the entire website's business value, so following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.

My favourite quote from the Metafilter thread about Test the Nation

I'm never going to England, the place apparently makes me stupid.

This is my favourite photo of Rio. Click on the thumbnail to see the big picture [196K] and read why! ;-)