Entries classified under links created during Feb 2005


SOAP is boring, wake up Big Vendors or get niched
- More reports of shrinking WS-* mindshare and cries for tools for building REST based architecture.
To links soap rest ws web opposition ... on Mon 02/14/05 at 08:13 PM
Altered HIV Attacks Mice Tumors
- HIV as a possible cure for cancer?
To links diversions science weird ... on Mon 02/14/05 at 06:31 PM
The false promise of template languages
- David Hansson (of Ruby on Rails fame) on why codeless template languages don't work.
To links coding python kid web ... on Mon 02/14/05 at 06:26 PM
del.icio.us/popular/sparkline
- del.icio.us/popular with nifty sparkline graphs for tracking popularity over time (via Simon Willison)
To links delicious tools web ... on Mon 02/14/05 at 05:04 AM
The sad state of SOAP interoperability
- Complexity is kryptonite to interoperability. It's that simple.
To links ws soap web opposition rest ... on Mon 02/14/05 at 05:00 AM
Vonage Third Party Call Control
- Vonage hacking..
To links coding reference tools rest ... on Sat 02/12/05 at 05:23 AM
R.I.P. Microsoft?
- That's a big prediction for having a "bad smell" but whatever...
To links microsoft diversions ... on Sat 02/12/05 at 03:52 AM
Gartner urges caution before downloading Firefox
- Redefining the concept of making sense: "some of the factors that make Firefox more appealing than Internet Explorer are likely to go away as the browser gets to be more popular"
To links moz microsoft web ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 10:35 PM
Opera to MS: Get real about interoperability, Mr Gates
- That about nails it.
To links microsoft fud coding ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 10:23 PM
Who did MPAA rip off "You can click but you can't hide" from?
- Some dogfood for the MPAA. This kind of theft is obviously unacceptable. I'm sure they will be contacting Barlow and Joe Lewis' successors to work out a royalty program.
To links freeculture copyright mpaa ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 10:11 PM
Rockys Back
- Rocky warm-up spoof. This guy is my hero.
To links funny video diversions ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 08:04 AM
Open Sores Software Development
- "Save Money, Save Time, Save Your Ass"
To links funny linux foss diversions ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 08:00 AM
The Unassociated Press
- New York Times covers the Wikinews project.
To links journalism web wiki civic tools ... on Fri 02/11/05 at 04:50 AM
North Korea admits having nuclear weapons
- Say they need the weapons "as protection against an increasingly hostile United States." -- IMO, this is the first of many such announcements. I imagine the so-called "terrorist states" are especially wanting to start nuke programs.
To links politics worry war ... on Thu 02/10/05 at 04:02 PM
Tagwebs, Flickr, and the Human Brain
- Really interesting concept. Tags can be combined to form "tagwebs"
Google Maps find Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Google for president!
Why Craigslist Works, by Craig
- The whole PDF requirement at ChangeThis sucks but this looks like a good read anyway..
To links diversions theory essay web ... on Wed 02/09/05 at 03:25 PM
Neal Stephenson�'s Past, Present, and Future
- The author of the widely praised Baroque Cycle on science, markets, and post-9/11 America
How To Write Unmaintainable Code
- "In the interests of creating employment opportunities in the Java programming field, I am passing on these tips from the masters on how to write code that is so difficult to maintain, that the people who come after you will take years to make even the si
To links coding funny reference java ... on Mon 02/07/05 at 06:44 PM
TheyWorkForYou.com
- Track whether your MP is working for you in the UK Parliament.. Really cool looking piece of civic software.
To links civic tools web politics ... on Mon 02/07/05 at 03:35 AM
Bootstrapping a Corporate Wiki
- Best practices for creating and managing an internal Wiki in a large company.
To links web wiki ... on Mon 02/07/05 at 03:31 AM
Chicago's public sculpture can't be photographed by the public
- Oh horse shit!
To links freeculture copyright funny ... on Sun 02/06/05 at 10:41 PM
Subversion quick start
- Quick guide to loading a new project into subversion.
The open source monopoly
- Nice look at how companies are releasing new products under F/OSS licenses but missing much of the spirit.
To links foss essay coding ... on Sun 02/06/05 at 01:00 AM
Gizoogle - Fo all you beotches who wanna find shiznit
- All yo resizzle is shizzilated and shizzle, nizzle..
To links funny diversions google ... on Thu 02/03/05 at 09:49 PM
Tim Gerla's Blog - Kid
- Ahhh, shucks..
To links coding python kid ... on Thu 02/03/05 at 09:04 PM
Dijkstra - Separation of Concerns
- Dijkstra is a complete badass.
To links coding theory ... on Thu 02/03/05 at 07:36 PM
Rumsfeld cancels trip after accusations (of war crimes)
- Rumy won't be visiting germany any time soon..
To links politics war iraq bush ... on Thu 02/03/05 at 07:26 PM
LA city councilman says open source = more cops
- Next time someone asks you "why?" tell them you're all about putting more cops on the street.. That doesn't have value?
To links foss freeculture ... on Wed 02/02/05 at 10:18 PM
Wikipes!
- Community-contributed distributed recipe thing.
To links cool food diversions wiki ... on Wed 02/02/05 at 04:30 PM