Steve Loughran: WAR files as redistributables
Dave Johnson discusses the problem of getting a WAR file to work on JBoss 6; he ended up producing a separate WAR File for that server platform. I have come to view WAR files as per-installation...
View ArticleSam Ruby: HTML5 logo
Ian Jacobs: W3C unveiled a logo for HTML5 today. HTML5 in the broad sense covers many different technologies at varying degrees of standardization and adoption. Commercial sites have begun to take...
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Christian Grobmeier: Favourite tools and things to check out in 2011
During years change I had got sime time: I left my latest employer to do something new. I thought, I could have some relaxed weeks before I go back to work. But I was wrong: I got several very...
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Yoav Shapira: Awesome NStar customer service during power interruption
It's so rare that I read a raving positive review of a utility company. I don't remember the last one. It's even more rare that I write one myself. I don't think I ever have. But last week, during...
View ArticleJ Aaron Farr: Anniversary Kindle
To celebrate our wedding anniversary, I gave Melody a Kindle with a nice red cover. We affectionately call her Hippolyta. She’s lovely. The screen is good and refreshes briskly. It’s funny how, these...
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Bryan Pendleton: Reading about testcase reduction leads to a new book
I happened to be reading Prof. Regehr's recent essay about trying to narrow down a GCC bug report he was preparing.That led to the fascinating GCC wiki page on Testcase Reduction, a topic that I'm...
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Emmanuel Lecharny: La SNCF, non, ce n'est pas possible...
Pourquoi les voyageurs préfèrent-ils prendre une voiture plutôt que le train ?Dire que la SNCF fait des efforts pour rendre le voyage en train plus facile et moins coûteux, c'est simplement une vue de...
View ArticleSam Ruby: MicroLark
John Cowan: I’ve been developing a parser for MicroXML which I have dubbed MicroLark, in honor of Tim Bray's original 1998 XML parser Lark. I didn’t take any code from Lark, but we ended up converging...
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David Reid: OAuth on the Command Line
Every month I have a different schedule. Not just a few days here or there, but a radically different work pattern. It’s something I’ve grown used to and something that’s second nature to me. It does,...
View ArticleRich Bowen: Book 3: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Book 3 for 2001 - The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. I read this on my Kindle.Here's another book that I finished because 1) it's on The List, and 2) I'm stubborn that way and don't like to...
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Ben Laurie: Salmon with Sticky Ginger Sauce
Salmon fillets (with skin) Sugar Vinegar Ginger Spring onions Finely chop ginger and spring onions. Mix a lot of sugar with a roughly equal quantity of vinegar. Add the ginger and reduce (I always...
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Isabel Drost: O’Reilly Strata Conference
Title: O’Reilly Strata ConferenceLocation: Santa ClaraLink out: Click hereDescription: Early next February O’Reilly is planning to put on a very interesting conference on the topic of data analysis and...
View ArticleJ Aaron Farr: Kindle Update
As I was trying approaches to format PDFs for easy viewing on our Kindle Hippolyta, the Kindle screensaver showed a slide asking for feedback. I have some feedback and having already invested in a blog...
View ArticleSam Ruby: Helping Users Install WebM Support
Henri Sivonen: When you publish WebM content, instead of explaining which browsers support WebM, you can simply link to webm.html5.org and it will detect if the user’s browser supports WebM. If the...
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Edward J. Yoon: Korean Classic - Love Flower
This is my favorite Korean classic music. Close your eye and enjoy the sounds of the waves. Photo is the ChungPyung Lake - http://www.eddieyoon.com/2010/11/chung-pyung-lake.html
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Apache Wicket Community News: Wicket 1.5-RC1 released
The Wicket Team is proud to introduce the first Release Candidate in Wicket 1.5 series. The 1.5 series provides the following major improvements: A more powerful and flexible request processing...
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Hiranya Jayathilaka: Among Stars and Planets
From my visit to NASA Ames Research Center:It's a great place to revise your old lessons on sun, moon, earth and the other planets. If you ever visit this place, check out the cool 3D visual model of...
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Isabel Drost: FOSDEM II 2011
It’s already sort of a nice little tradition for me to spend the first weekend in February in Brussels for FOSDEM. This year I am particulary happy that there will be a Data Analytics Dev Room at...
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Bryan Pendleton: On lowering the barrier to submit
I have to admit that I'm conflicted about this new feature on the Google Project Hosting site.On the one hand, my initial reaction mirrored that of a number of the commenters on the article: just make...
View ArticleChris Pepper: Molly DNA at Pianos
Molly Mae and crew performed at Pianos, with a couple appearances by Latex Lily. Princess Sunshine opened, Amazing Amy contorted, and MDNA jammed with Squeezerock after their set. I got a bunch of...
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