Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Want to know the ten most critical web app vulnerabilities?. Open source group spotlights common security risks [The Register] Nice list of security considerations for web applications. 5:33:35 PM    comment []

Macromedia Spreads ColdFusion MX Server to BEA, IBM and Sun. Macromedia Inc. last week delivered on its plans to make J2EE developers more productive. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 1:20:09 PM    comment []

Script to Implement Red-Eye Removal Technique. Here's a script that helps remove red eye from flash photos, using the technique described in the February issue of LJ. [Linux Journal] DAMN!  This is SO timely.  I was just retouching photos 2 nights ago and praying for a freakin' automated way to do it in the Gimp.  I can't wait to get home and try this.  12:42:22 PM    comment []

PC Mag: "One of the big stories to come out of this year's CES is the approaching availability of 802.11g, which promises 54-Mbps wireless connectivity." [Scripting News] Unless I'm mistaken, Apple is already supporting this in the latest version of Apple Airport. 12:40:11 PM    comment []

Internet suicide chat room killer held. Houston police seize would-be sex strangler [The Register] Wacked and stupid.  Apparently he was also boring.  What a loser. 12:30:06 PM    comment []

Eddies in the space-time continuum. The cite tag will return in XHTML 2.0 draft 4. Meanwhile, I have already migrated back to HTML 4, which (I am not making this up) has caused some major CSS compatibility problems in Internet Explorer. It appears that I am trapped like a velvet, paisley-covered Chesterfield in a hallway: unable to go either forwards or backwards. (100 words) [dive into mark] Wow, Mark's got some serious beefs with the W3C and web standards.  I feel his pain.  Following a standard doesn't mean everyone else will, nor does it mean that the creators of the standard have your back.  Be sure to read his "well-linked rant".  It makes me angry, too. 12:26:55 PM    comment []

belkins says that either shower date works for her (5/3, 5/10). looks like teamShower is set: sims/elkins, shaws, gentiles, and hursmans. [hursmania] The Hursmans rule! 10:38:17 AM    comment []

IBM Lotus to rename products in 2003. Does what it says on the tin [The Register] Example Lotus QuickPlace will become Lotus Team Workplace. 7:02:45 AM    comment []

Yes, I'm passing along a click-through for an ad.  But, the product is hilarious.  Saw these T-shirts on the Register. 6:43:30 AM    comment []

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