Monday, September 09, 2002

Cassini managed code web server (link from On The Mark). Why is this interesting? Well, for starters it shows how you can easily host your own light-weight http server. Second, a .NET-based server should be immune to buffer overrun attacks (since the CLR is watching for array indexing errors). Finally, it might make a great host for web services (without some of the other overhead that IIS introduces for a general purpose site). It seems to me that another use for an easy-to-create local web server is to make the type of application I'm using right now, Radio Userland. 8:48:17 PM

What a brilliant idea for a game to play during long phone conferences! [from Ingo Rammer] 8:33:35 PM

Ten Best Intranets of 2002. We also found several companies that used a daily lunch menu as their killer app. I think the killer app phrase has lost a bit of its weight since it was used to describe the spreadsheet, e-mail, and the web itself. But the point here is simple: if the goal is to get every employee to visit the Intranet every day, you need to post something new every day that they care about. Lunch! 8:34:20 AM

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