what is the purpose of this page? Is it somehow related to this page? (update: there is an explanation of the second site’s purpose.)
This Quicken ‘02 for OS X review asks a very relevant question: What is Apple doing about .NET?
I was unaware that Crossgain had been purchased by BEA. It makes sense, considering that Crossgain’s whole original mission, before Microsoft practically destroyed the company by enforcing non-compete agreements with it’s former employees there, was to create the same sort of Internet platform that .NET represents.
Slashdot | Breaking Windows. This review of Breaking Windows is very good. If you have not read this book, you should.
This new Handspring device looks really interesting.
Microsoft.Net–a new monopoly? “Microsoft.Net can be summarized in one simple statement: Microsoft is building an Internet monopoly.”
Amazon.com Computers Uhh when did Amazon start selling computers?
File under fundamentals: DOCTYPE Explained
If you are running a Windows based Operating System, I recommend that you go to Lavasoft’s Web site and download Ad-aware 5.5. It’s eye opening how many spyware type things I found in my machine with it. It identifies processes, registry keys, and cookies that are being used to spy on you without your knowledge. It then gives you the option of deleting the offending items. If you are concerned about things like Gator and Cydoor, this is a great place to start.
There’s great J2EE news and information at TheServerSide.com. I’ll be adding that one to the daily surf list.
FBI keeps its bugging secrets “…the Bureau argues the key logger does not fall under the terms of current legislation on bugging.” Umm, then what is it?
Internet World Magazine: Peering Into Sun Microsystems “Sun would like the computer industry to believe that it is the one true champion of open Web services.”
VR3. I’m interested in this, but do not want to spend the money to check it out without knowing more about it. Anyone got any experience with it? I’m looking for something that I can’t seem to find so far, a legitimate computer in a handheld form factor. My long gone Compaq iPaq was most of the way there, but had some interface clumsiness that I really disliked. I think it still had vestiges of the whole Windows Everywhere strategy in it. My Sony Clie 710, the current contender, is decent but is limited to 128 Mb of memory and has no other expansion capabilities. Palm has really dropped the ball in innovating the OS, but you already knew that I thought that. So, I’m interested in the VR3.
XML for Data: Four tips for smart architecture “However, like C++ and client-server architecture, XML isn’t an answer in and of itself; it’s simply a tool you can use to help build your technical solution.” (via Dangerous Meta)
Barkley: ‘Nothing positive’ about a Jordan comeback. For once, I agree with Sir Charles. I want to remember Michael Jordan as the dominant player that he was in the nineties. A comeback now is bound to diminish his legacy, especially returning to a mediocre team like the Washington Wizards. There is no possible way that the Wizards will be able to compete with the likes of the Shaq and Kobe Lakers. The supporting cast, and coach, that he had in Chicago made his incredible run possible. He should stay retired as the most dominant player in the nineties and a Chicago Bull.
Today is day ten. Quitting is much easier with both the patch and Zyban. It’s almost unnoticable at times, there’s not the gnawing sense of loss that normally seeks to overwhelm you when you are trying to quit. Not that there haven’t been cravings, and not that I haven’t eaten an entire canister of Twizzlers in the last week, but things are getting easier, and I think I’m going to make it this time.
Advenio SQLGrinder is a native Mac OS X SQL editor and developer tool that makes your database development easier.
usefulinc.com: XML-RPC: PHP An XML-RPC client and server written in PHP. This is the 1.0 release.
I had a great weekend in Connecticut with my family. It always does me a lot of good to go home. Every time I do, I re-discover myself. I, however, am having a rough time getting back into work mode today.
ximian’s evolution pim looks exactly like Outlook? I’m sort of surprised by this. Not from the perspective that Outlook isn’t software worth cloning, I use it every day and I think it’s fine. Also, not from the perspective that cloning is unusual, cloning is a fact of life in the software business. I’m surprised that Open Source programmers at Ximian don’t have some radical new way of doing this sort of app. I want innovation, not status quo. I should say that I have not used this app and I am basing my opinion on the screen shots. There could be plumbing there that I am unaware of. This, I assure you, will not be the value add that gets people to migrate from Windows to Linux. In fact, it sort of plays into MSFT’s hands.