Monday, February 04, 2002

I believe I now have this upstreaming to http://www.dapkus.com/weblog.  Let this be a test. 10:24:10 PM

[Scripting News] O'Reilly: Miguel on Mono. 9:20:48 PM

[The Register] Open source a needed outlet for programming pros. Survey says.  I buy this - some of your art you do on commission to pay the bills; some of it you do for the love of your art. 9:17:12 PM

[IDG InfoWorld] Web analytics growing fast 9:16:11 PM

[Slashdot] Byte Benchmarks Various Linux Trees Look interesting, tho, quick scan said performance differences were minimal... also, a lot of verbage about Linus's philosophy on forking. 2:47:43 PM

[ZDNet Tech News] IBM's outsider: The legacy of Lou. Lou Gerstner's resume for the top job at IBM included experience with cookies and credit cards. How did this man help IBM out of disarray and restore its glory days? a nice summary of what Gerstner did while at IBM - two key things: a focus on fiscal responsibility and a change in perspective on their products from technology to solution (ie see the problem from the customer's perspective and help them solve the whole thing...) 12:58:43 PM

[Scripting News] John Robb: "We support terrorism more through the purchase of oil than drugs.". Next time you're thinking about stopping at the gas station, Just say no! 10:58:00 AM

[ZDNet Tech News] Cray creates clusters with Dell. The computer maker says it signed a three-year agreement for supercomputer company Cray to sell Dell computers in high-performance clusters. 10:54:00 AM

[diveintomark]Beagle Bros software. Use them with your favorite Apple II emulator. Try that with your favorite Ambrosia software in 20 years. Beagle Bros Online Museum. Beagle Bros Online Museum. "Since I got my Beagle Bros command chart, I've acquired new vim and vigor!" Also, the Where Are They Now page notes that Joe Holt was one of the Beagles, which I never realized. I still play Joe's Defender game from time to time on a real, live Apple //e. The page goes on to note that Joe is still in the industry: he works for Apple and co-wrote iMovie. I remember beagle brothers. they rocked in that progressive discovery kind of way... as did the apple ][ in general 10:49:04 AM

[Slashdot]SecurityFocus Says Windows More Secure Than Linux I think it is hard to make a claim like this. Just for example, Windows had a number of security flaws that made it easy for novices to get viruses via email. Or to have their web server (which they may not have even been aware they were running) infected by a trojan and, say, used for a DDoS attack. So, I'd say Windows security flaws have more lift. Also, I think the average technical knowledge of a Linux user is much higher. Whatever. 10:37:13 AM

[xmlhack] Apache XML project releases Xerces 2.0.0. Xerces 2 for Java, the Apache XML Project's second generation XML parser, has now finished its beta phase and is considered production quality. 8:26:59 AM

[The New York Times: Politics] Former Fed Chief Picked to Oversee Auditor of Enron. Arthur Andersen on Sunday gave extraordinary authority to an oversight panel to be led by the former Federal Reserve Board chairman, Paul A. Volcker. I remember Paul Volcker.   My high school econ teacher said he was the most powerful man in the world.  In retrospect, I really appreciate the teachers who were characters and knew their subjects. 8:22:57 AM

[Scripting News] Do It Yourself Web Services by Dave Winer. Let's have fun! 8:07:58 AM

[IBM DeveloperWorks: XML News] Using Perl with XML (part 2) (DevShed) 8:05:40 AM