Thursday, October 31, 2002

Halloween for geeks Happy Halloween. No Halloween here, but this cheered me up: :-D -Russ [Russell Beattie Notebook] No Halloween in France either, but Laura, our american Au Pair showed my daughter how to carve a pumpkin.   6:29:18 PM Google It!      comment []

On The Naming of Things On The Naming of Things [Simon Cozens] Shamans have long known the value of the correct and definitive naming of things; programmers of libraries and modules would do well to rediscover it. This is a very important aspect for me. Initially I hesitated between Programming and Poetry as a career.   9:50:08 AM Google It!      comment []

Jakarta Struts: Seven Lessons from the Trenches. Chuck Cavaness, author of Programming Jakarta Struts, describes for Java programmers some of lessons he learned the hard way when he used the Struts framework to build a company application. [O'Reilly Network Articles] 9:37:52 AM      comment []

To the Liberal Arts, He Adds Computer Science. Brian Kernighan, a legendary computer scientist, has a new challenge for himself: to demystify digital technology for liberal arts students. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology] 9:37:38 AM      comment []

Under the Covers of iSync Under the Covers of iSync. Jeremy Beker has been doing some cool work to figure out how iSync works. The payloads moving back and forth are all XML based. [James Duncan Davidson] Why doesn't Apple document this ? 9:33:51 AM Google It!      comment []

Fun bug report October 30, 2002. Fun with sample bugs: "I would just like to say that Programmer Longhair's attitude is quite inappropriate..." [Joel on Software] It must be made up, but still it's a fun read. 9:31:38 AM Google It!      comment []

Mandrake clusters Linux firm releases clustering software. French Linux distributor MandrakeSoft releases a version of the open-source operating system that it says is optimized for creating low-budget supercomputers. [CNET News.com] Mandrake Announces Turn-Key Clustering Distribution [Slashdot] Go Mandrake, Go ! I personnaly don't use it (I use windows on my laptop and Solaris on all my dev machines) but I used to work with their CEO Jacques Le Marois when he was at Accenture and I'm happy for him that Mandrake survived: software success stories are not common in France.   9:22:59 AM Google It!      comment []

Sybase Releases Enterprise Portal 5 Sybase Releases Enterprise Portal 5. Sybase this week released Enterprise Portal 5, consisting of tools and frameworks to simplify web portal development. The new version boasts code-free portlet development, support for multiple databases and application servers, including Sybase EAServer, BEA WebLogic and IBM Websphere, and more. [TheServerSide.Com: Your J2EE Community] Looks like they're multi app server as well. Need to look at their dev tools: "code-free portlet development", I want to see that :-) 9:22:32 AM Google It!      comment []

IBM talks up "computing on demand". CEO Sam Palmisano outlines the company's vision of businesses buying computing power the way they buy electricity today. Big Blue is staking $10 billion on that vision coming to pass. [CNET News.com] 12:58:22 AM      comment []

The Man From VIM. An interview with Bram Moolenaar about his new project A-A-P.. An interview with Bram Moolenaar, of VIM fame, about his new project: A-A-P <p> Find out about "Super-Make"! [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 12:56:32 AM      comment []