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"Natural" Dentistry August 06, 2008
Nothing like drug-free reconstructive dental work to focus one's attention!...
Cloud for the Consumer August 04, 2008
good news, I think...
R.I.P Maurice Marrink August 04, 2008
RIP...
Fantastic August 02, 2008
http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/...
10gen : funded, SDK and open source July 21, 2008
Lots of good things happening at 10gen... :)...
Cycles of Renewal July 18, 2008
Every now and then I'm reminded how cyclical life is. The carbon cycle, the Krebs cycle, the Carnot cycle, the business cycle, technology cycles...
On return July 14, 2008
I'm on the way back from FOO. Other than the 3.5 hour delay for my redeye, it was as always a perfect weekend. Perfect...
Mule Muffins June 27, 2008
From the blog of Sun's Mike Dillon : To be clear, Sun = FOSS. We have transformed our company and aligned it around the...
1100% markup for Red Hat running JBoss on EC2? June 17, 2008
Am I reading this wrong? RedHat just announced a program where you can get JBoss App server (free as in beer software) running on...
Vote for Simon June 16, 2008
Simon has a stunning photo of the Sydney Opera House and seems to be tangling w/ said opera house on some bizarro Aussie copyright...
I'm going to miss John June 10, 2008
John Gage, who among many other things is the fondly-thought-of "voice of JavaOne" has left Sun for greener pastures. Pardon the pun. I guess...
Isn't this exactly what is *not* supposed to happen w/ cloud computing? June 05, 2008
"...but for the grace...", I suppose....
If nothing else, it's entertaining June 05, 2008
You don't often see the CEO and board of a publicly traded company described as a stereotypical "James Bond" villain. Carl Icahn : Until...
Time != Money May 31, 2008
Why is there a penalty for stealing money, but there's no penalty for stealing/wasting time? I can never get time back. I can always...
Looking for a few good [wo]men May 30, 2008
This post is a RFP - "Request for People". I've been meaning to announce that I've joined a new startup, 10gen. I'll write more...
Rails that Scales through.... Mail? May 29, 2008
From a ZDNet article on Rails : Divorce long running queries. Ruby on Rails typically serves one request at a time and that’s a...
What mode of transport... May 27, 2008
...takes 8 hours 30 minutes to get from Boston to New York? A horse A very fast catamaran Amtrak regional service with 2 breakdowns...
www.half-price-techcrunch.com May 27, 2008
I'm looking for help setting up a new business based on some novel ideas by Michael Arrington : offering ads on TechCrunch content at...
Git and released branches May 25, 2008
I'm using git quite a lot these days, and really like it. It's branch management is just beautiful. However, I want to lock branches...
Flying Elmo on The Cod May 25, 2008
It takes a confident man to fly an Elmo. (Taken w/ Elmo tethered to one hand, iPhone in the other)...
ECMA - .doc May 18, 2008
Erm. Why are the membership documents for ECMA in .doc format?...
How are TCKs that much different than a suite of unit and functional tests? May 16, 2008
Doug Lea pointed out (in a closed forum, but knowing Doug, I don't think he'll be upset w/ me saying this in public) that...
Hans Muller left Sun for Adobe May 16, 2008
The Reg is reporting that Hans Muller left Sun for Adobe. Unfortunate, given Sun's apparent move of going "all in" in this area with...
"Men in suits"? May 15, 2008
This amazingly off-the-mark article appeared in The Register yesterday. Dalibor just joined Sun and surely is still getting his bearings and has never participated...
MobileTerminal upgrade on iPhone May 14, 2008
Just got an update to version "286u-7" via Cydia. Basically, this is a nice terminal for the iPhone that lets me do usual shell...
Not just the GPL, or no one would use it... May 13, 2008
From an article on TSS : "Most successful open source projects are using GPL," Mårten Mickos, former CEO at MySQL and now of Sun....
Why are school buses exempt from booster seat laws? May 10, 2008
CT law says that kids must be in booster seats. Why are school buses exempt? The claim is that they are safest way kids...
JCP Member of the Year May 07, 2008
Last night, I was happy to accept the 2008 JCP Member of the Year award on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. Congrats, all,...
JavaOne : Rich Green talked about Glassfish v3 w/o saying "OSGi" even once! May 06, 2008
I wonder why... Read here Also here : http://java.dzone.com/news/glassfish-v3-major-win-osgi...
Java + Me? May 06, 2008
At J1, at the general session. No clue yet what the theme for the year is, despite Rich Green being halfway into his pitch....
Just in time for JavaOne - Java SE 6 for the Mac May 05, 2008
Just got an update... cool....
Preview.app not preview.app-ing, iPhoto.app not iphoto.app-ing May 03, 2008
The following is really boring - but I want it out there so that someone plagued by the same problem has an easier time...
Apache Nominated for JCP Member of the Year April 28, 2008
The ASF has been nominated for the JCP Member of the Year. Thanks to the JCP community for valuing our contributions in the last...
Carbon Copy Cloner April 27, 2008
I dropped my laptop. Twice. It was after a weeklong trip to Brasil and Argentina. 6 airplanes, a zillion bus and cab trips, 2...
"fortunately..." April 23, 2008
Was in Sao Paulo yesterday talking to software companies about finding an outsourcing / "staff augmentation" relationship, and one CTO, when discussing the opportunities...
JavaOne stuff April 22, 2008
I had a few free minutes and was using the session builder to put together a schedule for JavaOne. Seems to work much better...
FISL 9, Chicken-Fried Filet Mignon, and SP in the rain April 21, 2008
Currently down in Brasil for FISL (it's over) and some business-related work in Sao Paulo. FISL was a great time - the talk went...
Dalibor gets a job April 16, 2008
http://robilad.livejournal.com/30463.html Congrats, my friend! Hey, can I get on the OpenJDK governing board? Would be good to have some loyal opposition on it :)...
Seen in NYC March 25, 2008
Cydia on iPhone March 23, 2008
Cydia rocks. APT based. Can search. Has that little alpha-thingy like the contact list for finding things fast, rather than the scroll-scroll-scroll-scroll-scroll approach of...
ntop : I realize I'm the last one to the party here.... March 21, 2008
... by about 10 years, but ntop simply rocks. Took a bit to get it going on OS X (tried to build it myself, got...
Congrats, Bob : Guice gets a Jolt March 19, 2008
http://crazybob.org/2008/03/thanks-for-jolt.html...
Java ME on the iPhone? How about Java SE? March 09, 2008
I saw that Sun announced that they'd port Java ME to the iPhone. Why they are doing ME rather than SE? SE should run...
Starbucks, T-Mobile and Firefox March 05, 2008
Poor T-Mobile. They lost the wifi franchise in Starbucks. They modified the login page, at least here in Manhattan, to explain. In doing so,...
Puzzling OpenJPA warning of the day February 16, 2008
11 WARN [main] openjpa.Runtime - The property named "openjpa.Id" was not recognized and will be ignored, although the name closely matches a valid property called...
GMail via IMAP problem February 16, 2008
At work, I'm testing GoogleApps/GMail for our mail. I use Mail.app on the mac, and have an iPhone. For personal mail, I've been using...
meeting etiquette February 06, 2008
The woman next to me feels it necessary to simply bang on her keyboard as she types at a small conference here in NY......
Overheard from a friend in Leiden February 02, 2008
"yah, we had to go grocery shopping... the closest usable supermarket was in belgium"...
Wow - Jim Hurley left Sun! February 02, 2008
Jim Hurley has left Sun. (Sorry about the link to a response to Jim's announcement on the Apache River mail list, but I couldn't...
testing my ethics February 02, 2008
I'm was at 36,000ft above the atlantic going west. We're just passing Iceland. I had rented the latest Pirates of the Carribean via iTunes before...
Puts the penny in perspective January 23, 2008
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp...
Wow - Laurie Tolson left Sun! January 20, 2008
Laurie Tolson, VP of All Things Java at Sun, has now left the company. I know Laurie through various open source Java things, including...
Wow - My friend Tom is leaving Sun! January 18, 2008
My friend Tom Marble is leaving Sun. Tom and I have been doing hand-to-hand combat over 'free' Java, open source Java, Apache's relationship with...
Behind Enemy Lines! January 13, 2008
(So it's clear - this isn't my photo. I just ran across it somewhere and find it wonderful and wanted to share...)...
OpenDS (for various definitions of "open") December 12, 2007
Darryl finds the core of the issue, as usual. (What took you so long, my friend? :) I think this is one of the...
IBM JDK 6 Uses Apache Harmony Code December 08, 2007
Every now and then I wake up to good news. Tim Ellison announced on the Apache Harmony list that the new IBM JDK 6...
Whee! Android Mobile Platform uses Apache Harmony classlib November 12, 2007
Most Excellent!...
If Sun really only uses patents for defensive reasons... October 28, 2007
Jonathan Schwartz's latest blog talks about his IP troubles with NetApp. In it, he states : Third, we file patents defensively. Like MySQL or...
Phone call for RMS! Phone call for RMS! October 26, 2007
The Java Trap And while you are pondering the idea of not paying, don't forget Sun does aggressively defend their intellectual property in court......
Video of Singapore Airlines A380 interior October 23, 2007
I'm convinced I never want to get into an A380, but I could probably handle it if I could fly in the suite, and...
DailyShow online October 20, 2007
THe Daily Show - all of it - is now online. (I'm sure you know). I don't like the segmenting, but I'll take what...
Sam Ruby Got It Wrong August 23, 2007
Re Sun changing their ticker from SUNW to JAVA, Sam Ruby's blog had a subtle dig at Sun, crossing out the "C" in "JCP",...
Applause : s/SUNW/JAVA/ August 23, 2007
(Guest blog by Evil Geir) I think this is brilliant, and now I understand completely what Rich is doing. My alter-ego, Good Geir -...
Brian Goetz! I challenge thee! August 12, 2007
I spent a few days with Brian and other smart friends last week, and he had the perfect analogy for how we got into...
My Talk At OSCON July 26, 2007
For anyone that noticed, I had to cancel my Harmony talk at OSCON due to some family issues - I need to stay as...
Intel and OLTP July 13, 2007
I never could understand how Intel could let AMD get into OLPC. It was such a no brainer. So today it was good to...
amusing July 12, 2007
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/...
A touch of class... July 08, 2007
I'm a big fan of Boeing airplanes. My favorite is the 777 to ride in, but the 747 to look at. (Sorry, David...) I...
Ice Ice Baby! July 08, 2007
As part of my ongoing quest to get control of my personal inbox, I ran into this from fellow Harmony cohort Tim Ellison :...
Must.... get... control... of... .inbox... June 30, 2007
Currently trying to regain control of non-Joost inbox. I've been on a 2-3 week "bender" for Joost - lots of work, lots of travel....
Gotta admire the sense of humor June 13, 2007
"We want to work together, we want to join hands and communities - we have no intention of holding anything back, or pulling patent...
You know it's going to be a long flight from LHR... June 13, 2007
... when you look up and are shocked to see you are only just entering Irish airspace......
Weird Phrasing Aside, a Good Outcome June 02, 2007
We are pleased to report that the Final Draft makes the Apache License, version 2.0, fully compatible with GPLv3. We are grateful to the...
Wireless Service, Tulip Inn Style May 24, 2007
Warning: session_start(): open(/var/lib/php4/sess_7744ab6713c89d38b20ccbedff8cbc36, O_RDWR) failed: Read-only file system (30) in /var/www/LOGIN-1.6.4/web/index.php on line 8 Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent...
Dalibor's on the OpenJDK Governing Board (cool!) May 19, 2007
Brother Dalibor in his recent blog entry on his thoughts related to is appointment to the interim governing board of Sun's OpenJDK project (congrats!)...
R.I.P Becca Hoffman May 18, 2007
Rest well - it was a long fight and you fought it with a courage and strength I hope I never have to search...
Are you sure? May 15, 2007
I was reading the latest blog entry from Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun. I really admire the guy, and generally find him insightful and...
The ASF isn't "mad"... it's your code, James... May 15, 2007
James Gosling : And the Apache folks were very angry at us for picking GPL. But we had to pick something. If we'd picked...
"That's the difference between a 3 and a 4 star..." May 15, 2007
I'm back in Leiden for a few days (where most of Joost engineering is...) and staying at the Tulip Inn. It's the supposedly "3...
It was #1 May 08, 2007
At J1. Rich Green just announced option #1 of my three guesses on the messaging around the JCK. I was wrong. The description is...
The Crystal Ball - The JCK at JavaOne May 07, 2007
I'm on the plane to JavaOne, thinking about what we'll hear over the next week. So far, there's been no response from Sun to...
Off to J1 May 06, 2007
Off to one of my favorite conferences, JavaOne. Could be an interesting week... Or not....
Feathercast on Apache's Open Letter to Sun April 18, 2007
The excellent unofficial Apache podcast site Feathercast has a podcast of me talking about Apache's open letter to Sun. I tried to provide background...
Apache's Open Letter to Sun April 10, 2007
Today, the Apache Software Foundation sent an open letter to Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, regarding the ASF's inability to acquire an acceptable...
IBM likes the new GPLv3 April 07, 2007
I saw an interesting blog post from Bob Sutor, Vice President of Second Life ;) at IBM regarding the new [broken] GPLv3 draft -...
I don't think it's going to be quick April 07, 2007
Catching up on things on the flight home from Leiden - Tech Centraal for Joost (look, a Dutch word! used properly!) - I saw...
Joost going fast April 01, 2007
http://visionracing.com/photos/gallery.cfm?pid=7558...
Not Joost Another Job April 01, 2007
I'm happy to announce I have a new job, as a VP of Engineering at Joost, an amazing new startup that is working to...
Did the FSF just "jump the shark" with GPLv3? March 29, 2007
Catching up w/ the universe on the train this morning, I noticed that - to my utter lack of surprise - the FSF is...
This is insane March 26, 2007
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/as_i_type_this_.html This needs to be fixed, and urgently. I've met Kathy a few times and don't understand this at all....
Congratulations Tangosol! March 25, 2007
Stuck my head up for air this weekend, and I find out that Tangosol is being bought by Oracle! This couldn't have happened to...
Yesterday Leiden, Today London March 23, 2007
trying to keep track...
This will be fun to watch... March 19, 2007
http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/charting_the_next_25_years...
Webizzle March 13, 2007
I suspect that Tim won't be thrilled about getting a new meme competing with "Web 2.0"......
You'd think that Sun's ODF Plug-in would be headline news March 09, 2007
in the ODF Alliance Newsletter (ironically not available in ODF). A free-as-in-beer tool that arguably frees users to choose ODF natively from Word is...
9000km trip to move a spectrometer 400km in Germany March 09, 2007
Copying the map : Story is here. I especially like the picture of it moving through Leopoldshafen....
Crazy Bob's on Guice March 09, 2007
When I saw him last week, Crazy Bob mentioned his new dep injection framework called Guice and now it's released. It comes from Bob,...
Simon's Podcasts March 08, 2007
I've been listening to Simon's podcasts lately. The content is great, and I'm looking forward to more. You can download directly from the link...
Eclipse in the runtime business? March 07, 2007
While waiting for Eclipse 3.3M5eh to download (and waiting, and waiting...), ran across this story about the Oracle donation of TopLink to Eclipse. I...
"Unprecedented Choice and Flexibility" March 07, 2007
"Peace of Mind" (h/t Danese)...
Dear Netbeans - using Java API internals isn't a good idea... March 07, 2007
Over in Harmony-land, we're trying all the apps we can with Harmony to see how we're doing. Latest on the list is NetBeans -...
"Fuel for Purchase" option March 06, 2007
As a frequent flyer, I find this pretty funny. I especially liked the dig at JetBlue....
FOSDEM March 05, 2007
A week ago I attended FOSDEM for the first time. It's a fun conference. Held a university in Brussels "You want it to be...
O'Reilly Release 2.0 March 04, 2007
I just wish I could afford it...
Going home March 02, 2007
This trip is finally over :) I'm here in PDX waiting for them to wind up the rubber bands on the MD-80. Since you...
In Portland, OR / Stevenson, WA February 28, 2007
Intel Linux event. Beautiful place, the Columbia River, in a wet, mossy damp sort of way :)...
In Silicon Valley February 27, 2007
FOSDEM was fun. Managed to make it to SFO in one piece for the JCP F2F meeting. Was lucky and got to experience the...
Off to Brussels February 22, 2007
FOSDEM. Get to see all my Sun friends, and open/free Java friends. I'm looking forward to it....
JavaOne Again February 21, 2007
I'm happy to note that two of my proposals for JavaOne have been accepted (they were accepted in some "early selection" thingy that Sun...
"The GPL must be stopped! At the source! You!" February 19, 2007
http://xkcd.com/c225.html...
ODF Plug-in Not OSS? February 17, 2007
I thought I understood Sun's OSS strategy. Create closely-held, managed communities around open source codebases (i.e. NetBeans, OpenJDK, OpenSolaris, Glassfish), allow partners and customers...
Don't mess with Mauritanian pilots February 16, 2007
One outsmarted a pistol-weilding hijacker yesterday, and in 1998, the pilot of another hijacked Air Mauritania plane overpowered his hijacker....
Early helpdesk February 16, 2007
early helpdesk (h/t stefano)...
Mac Attack (and it's back!) February 16, 2007
My mac corrupted it's disk wednesday morning while at a SOA conference in NYC. In the snow. (Uphill, both ways. Without shoes. Barefoot. Feet?...
Thanks Tom! February 13, 2007
My friend Tom Marble wrote this nice post thanking Apache for some of the projects that Sun uses in it's Glassfish and NetBeans projects....
Dear FSF - thanks :) February 13, 2007
A few days ago, for reasons I can't explain in retrospect, I posted this asking the FSF to fix their license page. A commenter...
Whose intention, anyway? February 13, 2007
Yesterday, I noticed a funny hole in Sun's Java SE license in that users aren't permitted to use it on a laptop computer. Today,...
Seems like you can't use Sun's Java SE 6 on laptops February 12, 2007
I just noticed this when doing a touch of research trying to figure out if this is legal (it doesn't appear to be..). Sun's...
Good IDEA February 11, 2007
IDEA is my favorite editor, but I've spending time in Eclipse lately because it's convenient for using alternative JREs for debugging and running (i.e....
Save Boston! it's wicked pissa February 10, 2007
http://www.dyewell.com/saveboston/...
Burnette gets it mostly right February 10, 2007
It's been an interesting week for us amateur Sun Kremlinologists, watching the stream of "stuff" coming from the Sun analyst summit, and the brouhaha...
Dear FSF - can you please call it the "Apache License"? February 10, 2007
While RMS is free to claim that the Apache License isn't compatible with the GPL, I wish the FSF would at least call it...
Oh, now there's a stunner... February 09, 2007
Marc Fleury resigns from Red Hat Enjoy it, Marc....
And the Mac came home to Joost! February 09, 2007
I've been beta testing Joost (neé The Venice Project) now for some time, but only on Windows. The Windows experience was pretty funny, and...
Someday, I hope to build something Tim has been waiting 10 years for.. February 08, 2007
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/pipes_and_filte.html...
ODF Plug-in for MSFT Word from Sun February 08, 2007
Sun has pre-announced an ODF plug-in for MSFT Word. This is cool. Apparently we can play with it later this month. Will it be...
PHP for z/OS February 08, 2007
I think this is cool. PHP ported to IBM's z/OS. I love this kind of open source. (h/t to James)...
100% Open Source? February 07, 2007
Reading news via NewsFire, I noticed the following click-through ad : Update : the ad seems to be gone. It said "100% Open Source",...
I rarely admit this... February 06, 2007
But one of the things that inspired me to help get Apache Harmony going was Mono. Sure, I think it's an IP trainwreck waiting...
Another example of why open source RIs for specs is a good thing February 01, 2007
On Tuesday, Miguel de Icaza wrote a defense of OOOOOXML, Microsoft's "open" office file format. I was really startled to see him doing this....
Ubuntu! Live! at! OSCON! January 30, 2007
Ubuntu Live at OSCON. I wish I had something to talk about......
Sometimes you can be too far ahead of the curve January 30, 2007
I want to admit a secret. I always thought the SunRay was actually a good idea, but a touch ahead of it's time in...
BEA JRockit VM that works with Apache Harmony Classlib! January 30, 2007
Today BEA made available the JRockit virtual machine for use for evaluation with the Apache Harmony class library. This is really great news -...
5500 nautical miles in a 737 January 29, 2007
(Kill me now...) http://crankyflier.blogspot.com/2007/01/ana-goes-upscale.html...
Off to Dublin January 28, 2007
(OSGi Enterprise WG kick-off...)...
"Pro-choice", "open standards" and the freedom to use January 28, 2007
In a discussion about OOOOOOOOXML (or whatever it's called this week), Sam puts some wood behind the definition-arrow for "open standard". He says, correctly...
What does the <dot><space> mean, exactly? January 25, 2007
Someone at the ASF pointed me to this Sun ad, because if the gratuitous use of "Apache". (You know that the C&D printer in...
Gives new meaning to "G Spot" January 24, 2007
I guess you know your open source project has "made it" when you can buy a thong with the project logo on it. http://www.cafepress.com/meepzor.44654124...
Uniter, not a .... January 22, 2007
Not long after I became an IBM employee courtesy of the Gluecode acquisition, pigs flew with the return of IBM as a platinum sponsor...
Safe BOFFO! January 22, 2007
I'm not sure what's weirder, that this press release from China Southern Airlines has a title that starts with "BOFFO! BOFFO! BOFFO!", or that...
First Life January 22, 2007
<chortle>...
Ok, so they're not using GPLv3 for OpenSolaris... January 18, 2007
I noticed a rumor in eWeek reporting that Sun would use GPLv3 for OpenSolaris. (I think that the idea of the CDDL-ed OpenSolaris also...
Skype Credit - extreme anti-fraud measures? January 18, 2007
I've been trying to buy Skype credit. It keeps rejecting my MC, and doesn't take Amex. I don't carry a pile of credit cards...
Will Sun also commit to using GPLv3 for OpenJDK? January 16, 2007
Rumors reported by eWeek claim that Sun will dual-license OpenSolaris under the GPLv3. It's interesting because Sun has also stated (via Simon) in the...
Cordoba, AR January 16, 2007
(The power in Baghdad is more stable than the internet access in this hotel...)...
Buenos Aires, AR January 15, 2007
(Going to keep track of where I go this year)...
"Distraction-free Writing" January 13, 2007
Good software tools are those that are an extension of you - that you use naturally and stay out of your way. I used...
Storming the Gates, take 2 January 13, 2007
This is cool - an attempt to create a modern new language for scientific/engineering/numerical computing. I've done my time with FORTRAN in past lives,...
E is for "Eclipse is in the JCP" January 12, 2007
Will the wonders never cease! This will be really great to have another open source foundation in the JCP (the first being the Apache...
"Freedom Baggie" January 12, 2007
Anyone who's traveled since late September (?) of last year knows exactly what that is... I saw the term in a Cory Doctorow blog...
Microsoft's answer to the iPhone? January 11, 2007
No, not a lawsuit. That's Cisco's answer. It's the ZunePhone!...
Can we please have an 'open source ghetto' at JavaOne's Pavilion? January 11, 2007
Two years ago, IBM bought Gluecode Software (my employer at the time) and because Gluecode had committed to a JavaOne booth which IBM didn't...
My Wishlist from Apple this week January 08, 2007
With MacWorld this week, we can expect to see cool new stuff from Apple. I want to see the iTV thingy with the freedom...
Late Christmas Idea January 08, 2007
If anyone feels compelled to spend some of their Wall St bonus, here's an idea......
Cool! Second Life client now OSS January 08, 2007
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/01/08/embracing-the-inevitable/....
Parallels and Dual Core January 07, 2007
Anyone know how to get Parallels to use both cores? Would make it useful for testing concurrent stuff......
Very Cool... net2java January 05, 2007
From the people who put the dot in dot something... :) Danny Coward claims to convert .NET code to Java with his net2java project....
Best OpenSolaris Distro? January 03, 2007
What is the best useable distro for the OpenSolaris kernel? I want to install in Parallels on my mac and see what the hubbub...
Don't confuse the laser sight with a spotlight... January 03, 2007
That little red dot on your chest isn't a spotlight, sir......
Because it doesn't have a brake? January 03, 2007
I'm guessing the Dutch Police never actually tried a Segway, because they clearly do have brakes. I think it would be interesting to see...
RSS Reader for OS X? January 01, 2007
Time of the year when I challenge my work habits.... Anyone have a good suggestion for an RSS reader for OS X?...
Ruby and Java and 2007 January 01, 2007
Simon pointed at this post predicting what might happen in 2007 with Ruby on the JVM. I disagree with the conclusion in that Sun...
"The longest suicide note in history" December 28, 2006
Found this on Simon's blog : http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt Favorite part : Executive Executive Summary --------------------------- The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the...
So what does YouOS run on the backend? December 28, 2006
I think that YouOS runs YouNicks on their backend servers... (I have to admit I was a little disappointed that I couldn't run the...
Fun with TiVo December 27, 2006
I know I'll sound like a luddite, but I was late getting a TiVo (2004) and it wasn't until today that I had any...
What prankster wrote the Bookmarks Manager in Firefox? December 27, 2006
Hasn't this joker heard of drag and drop? If you want to move a folder, you need to select it, then hit the "Move..."...
What's the right way to access a POP3 mailbox using SSL with JavaMail? December 27, 2006
Right now, I'm setting an undocumented property : prop.setProperty("mail.pop3.socketFactory.class", "javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"); and it just feels wrong......
WeaKnees - customer service as it should be December 27, 2006
Last friday, I ordered a TiVo upgrade kit from weaKnees and asked for overnight shipping + saturday service - I thought it would be...
Mail on OS X December 23, 2006
I just saw this post by Tim Bray on email clients on OS X. I thought the timing interesting because I've just switched back...
But is it Java? (or "Will Java be like trains in Europe, a two-class system...") December 22, 2006
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the question "Is it JavaTM?", from the perspective of open source and free software implementations. I'm quite...
Flemmex December 12, 2006
Flemmex (n) [from "Flemish-Mexican"] : A culinary style that blends basic elements of mexican-style cooking with preparation techniques and ingredients found in northern and western...
Java 6! December 12, 2006
Yay! (JavaSE5)++ It's also fast - "out of the box" anyway. I wish he mentioned the SPECjbb2005 value for Sun's Java SE 6 OOB...
You've got Mail? December 12, 2006
AA172 from JFK to BRU for JavaPolis... they're showing... "You've Got Mail"? Cute movie, but isn't it a bit dated?...
MagSafe Airline Adapter December 08, 2006
Found one at the Apple Store. w00t! (You'll understand if you have a MacBook Pro and fly...). It a) works and b) doesn't require a...
No Virginia, There Is No Problem With the Apache License December 03, 2006
Update : I clarified this to make it lucidly clear that it's the structure of the article and positioning of the Simon's quote that's causing...
Hey, Bruno! Can we please have support for C++/C for OS X on NetBeans? December 02, 2006
Congratulations to my friend Bruno Souza, who has re-joined Sun Microsystems, working on NetBeans. Maybe he can help me get C/C++ support for OS...
Shorter Terrance Barr : "Except where we don't want you to" ? December 02, 2006
I have to admit I don't quite follow the logic Terrance uses here. "Sun has every interest in encouraging innovation in the Java ME...
The World's Most Expensive Hashmap December 01, 2006
Heh. Thanks Cam (And these are not only some of the nicest people I know, but also some of the smartest - "wicked smaaht",...
I'm not as sure about that, Mark November 30, 2006
In reference to Sun's OpenJDK being under GPL, Mark Wielaard said : And the GPL acts like a patent shield between all parties. You...
The Five Most Feared Words (on a Sunday Morning) November 26, 2006
"Frank Rich is on vacation"...
Sun Marketing November 25, 2006
For reasons unknown (ok, I think I actually know...) Sun has a lot of trouble with their open source messaging, yet they have a...
MSFT/NOVL : GPLv3 - how does this help? November 21, 2006
So I was reading how SFLC might modify the GPLv3 in response to the MSFT/NOVL deal. If Linux remains under GPLv2, how does this...
Let the mayhem begin November 21, 2006
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3988...
Circling the Java Wagons November 20, 2006
(I have no idea why this kind of hyperbole bugs me like it does, but it does. Sun didn't "open Java".) Putting that aside,...
NetBeans I : First, try it on OS X November 18, 2006
I had a brief post last week admitting I use Eclipse. Here's what I need - I need to work both in Java and...
Maybe there's some extra spirit somewhere... November 18, 2006
At the Sun announcement of their open source java project, "OpenJDK", Jonathan Schwartz spoke directly to some of the open source Java communities out...
SOA Facts November 18, 2006
This is hilarious. Thanks to Simon for the link. I have one addition : Do not taunt SOA....
Confession November 17, 2006
"My name is geir, and I use Eclipse" I hate to admit it. I love IDEA. IDEA is so elegant, so thought out, so...
Well, Sun's implementation of Java SE is open... November 17, 2006
RedHat says 'Java is now open'. Statements like this are confusing to people. It's really a cool thing that Sun did, releasing their implementation...
Better late than never, I suppose... November 15, 2006
Might it have been better if Nat and Miguel realized this before they made the deal and took the check?...
Airborne November 14, 2006
Many people swear by the "Airborne Formula" product, some kind of vitamin supplement that people claim fixes oncoming colds and such. I'll admit I'm...
Open Source Java VIII : At the announcement November 13, 2006
Sun has been very gracious and invited me to their announcement event. Thanks to Simon, Ray, Rich and Tom for making that happen. More...
Open Source Java VII : Judgement Day November 13, 2006
Well, today's the day. The embargo ended last night at 12:00am eastern, and people have been talking about Sun's decision to use the GPLv2...
Open Source Java VI : GPL and Patents Again November 11, 2006
Note : As before my ramblings about Sun and GPL for their implementation of Java SE is pure speculation. I have no official information from...
Open Source Java V : GPL and Patents November 09, 2006
Note : All of my ramblings about Sun and GPL for their implementation of Java SE is pure speculation. I have no confirmed information from...
Open Source Java IV : Towards a Walled Garden November 09, 2006
I muttered about Sun using the GPL for their OSS efforts a while ago, and there has been very little information about it in...
And we'd like to say "very close to compatible", but that doesn't make it so... November 09, 2006
James Gosling : "we've been very close to being open source for a very long time" And in Apache Harmony, we're getting close to...
MSFT and NOVL II November 04, 2006
I was re-reading the press release for the MSFT and NOVL deal. There was a positive quote from Steve Mills, head of the Software...
Graham too? November 03, 2006
I've just heard that one of my heros, Dr. Graham Hamilton, has left Sun. Graham was the Sun rep on the JCP EC, which...
More on MSFT and Novell November 02, 2006
Simon had a good post on the weird Microsoft deal with Novell. I don't pay attention to either of these two companies much -...
Odd. MSFT and Novell? November 02, 2006
Hm Hard to imagine what the joint offering would be.... increased uptime running Windows on top of LInux via virtualization? Update : (thanks to...
I just need to figure out what a "Multi-Threaded Open Source Eco-system" is November 02, 2006
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061101/20061101005455.html?.v=1...
News to me... November 01, 2006
How CNET got to this from this just boggles the mind. In the PR, they said they chose the Apache License and the Apache...
The "Java Application Platform"? October 31, 2006
Did I miss something in the JCP, or is this another weird use of Sun's own rules for the Java trademark? (Sure, it's Sun's...
The Downside of Dual Core October 29, 2006
When Firefox spins off and soaks a core, you don't actually notice until you see the one cpu meter pegged... Ok, maybe it's not...
Smashing Pumpkins October 29, 2006
From my sister : http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/26/smashing_pumpkins Over half a mile, at 250 miles an hour......
Open Source Java III : Yes, CDDL would be fine October 26, 2006
Seems like Sun sent up a trial balloon regarding the license they'd use for their implementation of Java SE. Why a trial balloon? Spokesman...
Unbreakable Leenooks from Larry October 26, 2006
I think this p