Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Another Guardian piece on one of my current obsessions: next generation XML architectures and form-based user interfaces. Or rather, how IT implementations should be more about supporting all the ways a business works, including how its people really do things, and less about solving a specific problem...

(And I got another headline through editorial, subbing and layout! Go me!)

A detailed (and recently annotated) look by the CIA at the state of the Russian space programme in 1967.

It's a fascinating look into how much the US government really knew, and how close the Russian programme actually got to putting a cosmonaut on the moon.

[thanks to codepope for the link]

...as this is entry number 980.

But what should I write about? It's a difficult choice, especially after so long writing in here. So to help me decide, I've decided to take the appropriate LJ approach.

Here's a poll based on a brief survey of recent entries...
[Poll #173662]
It's all up to you! The fate of the world (or at least one post in my LJ) is in your hands! Can you take the responsibility?

...hit London this evening. Or at least parts of it. We only lost power in Putney for 30 minutes, but I know other areas were out for much longer. Unfortunately for Londoners it is a cold and wet night, so no chance for spontaneous parties for all those trapped on stalled trains and in the Tube...