If you can't beat 'em...uh...keep trying to beat 'em?
A year in jail for advertising P2P software?
- Josh Paul [12:11:58 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Big week for the a/@rel attribute
Following on Technorati's heels, Google gives us another good reason to use this attribute to add metadata to links.
- Bob DuCharme [09:13:33 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Mac mini - the "just enough" computer
It's just enough for some; but Apple should make sure those few people know that
- Giles Turnbull [03:59:24 AM | Discuss (9) | Permalink]

AspectJ and AspectWerkz join forces to further AO
Big news in the AO world. The AspectJ and AspectWerkz projects, managed by IBM and BEA respectively, have agreed to work together as one team to produce a single aspect-oriented programming platform building on their complementary strengths and expertise.
- Russell Miles [02:04:05 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

oXygen XML Editor enhances RELAX NG support
oXygen now supports editing using context-sensitive completion against RELAX NG schemas. Also adds folding, Schematron support, many other new features.
- Michael Smith [09:46:04 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Tarsiers endangered
Interesting story on the O'Reilly mascot, the tarsier.
- Adam Trachtenberg [09:12:49 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Becoming a Road Warrior
I've accepted a new job, and it's going to find me on the road more than I ever thought I would be.
- Niel M. Bornstein [07:13:48 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Review of Logmein.com
Do you like the idea of using Windows Terminal Services functionality to remote admin your family machines, or grab files off your work computer from home? Without any firewall hassles? John reviews logmein.com, a competitor to Gotomypc that let's you experience anytime, anywhere thin-client computing for absolutely free.
- John Sequeira [06:32:00 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

"Found Perl"
The Perl Review presents "Found Perl", a collection of images of Perl memorabilia and instances of the word "Perl" in everyday life.
- brian d foy [03:29:23 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

X2Web: Remote Control of your Home
X2Web brings easy web-based control of your XTension home automation system.
- Gordon Meyer [09:47:23 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Big-time app uses the a/@rel attribute, boosting "folksonomy" development
Technorati's use of the "folksonomies" at flickr and del.icio.us means big things for web metadata, and their use of the HTML a element's rel attribute should interest anyone who cares about link markup.
- Bob DuCharme [06:57:28 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Low Tech
Sometimes I turn to low-tech solutions for my problems.
- Niel M. Bornstein [06:12:13 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Mac beautification
My quest for the perfect desktop picture, a nice site and new year resolutions - no, I am not drunk.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [02:00:54 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

The future of Mono!
As I see it, Mono will only become a popular development platform on Linux with the help of the Windows community. They are the largest market for all things .NET and C#, so if Mono is ever going to reach critical mass, then it must be through them.
- Kevin Shockey, [09:31:22 PM | Discuss (9) | Permalink]

XForms Validator goes open source
I'm happy to announce that the popular XForms validator, including new features, is available under an Apache 2.0 license.
- Micah Dubinko [04:32:45 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

The Jolt Awards
It's an honor to be nominated for a Software Development Jolt Productivity award. And we're in good company.
- Niel M. Bornstein [11:56:27 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

A brief history of simplicity
A short tale of how Open Source has embraced simplicity over the years, and how we can attempt to preserve it.
- Jono Bacon [11:24:53 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Amara XML Toolkit: Simple things simple. Complex things possible.
Nelson Minar followed up my recent blog offering some sample Python/XML code, but he seems rather confused in his response. I designed Amara XML Toolkit to make the simple things easy and the complex things possible. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough on that, so here is clarification and more sample code.
- Uche Ogbuji [09:49:05 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Your security doesn't always matter
Your network could have the best security in the world, and it doesn't matter. You don't need to crack the machine if you can steal the domain registration.
- brian d foy [02:05:58 PM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

Could Open Source Journalism Have Saved 60 Minutes?
A few days ago I posted a blog called "Are Blogs the New Journalism?" which garnered some lengthy rebuttals both here and on my blog. I learned something from that conversation and some other reading and started thinking about it in terms of open source.
- Richard Koman [04:30:47 PM | Discuss (11) | Permalink]

The Macworld Unknown Best of Show
5 great products you might miss at Macworld.
- Alan Graham [01:36:25 PM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Code, respecting "XPath, XML, Python"
In my earlier response to Nelson Minar's article I offered discussion of his thoughts that there are too many choices in the mixed bag of Python/XML libraries. Now here's some relevant code.
- Uche Ogbuji [12:39:03 PM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Thoughts on "XPath, XML, Python"
Nelson Minar told me of his thoughtful article. I've always thought it's a great thing that Python has so many tools for XML processing, but a couple of commentators have complained that the rich choice comes with some rich confusion. Fair enough. In this article some discussion. In the next, some code.
- Uche Ogbuji [11:57:19 AM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

Meeting User Requirements--How Free Software Achieves Quality
User requirements documents, test plans, unit testing, and regression testing are valuable, but open source has its own ways of responding to user needs.
- Andy Oram [07:38:27 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Mac Wannabe: It's Not the Price, It's the Software
For a Linux/Microsoft Windows user like me to buy a Mac Mini, it is still not about the price. It is about the software.
- Todd Ogasawara [12:45:01 AM | Discuss (44) | Permalink]

Does Microsoft find excuse for their security woes in mythology?
In a recent O'Reilly weblog comment, a familiar pro-Microsoft voice trotted out the theory that the only reason Microsoft has securty woes is that they're popular. We've all heard and debunked this flawed theory, but this time, since the original blog was about Microsoft's priorities, I started to wonder whether belief in this theory was a reason for Microsoft's security blind spot.
- Uche Ogbuji [12:14:43 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

How to Fix US Government Cybersecurity Initiatives?
The news couldn't be any worse this week for technology happenings directly relating to the US Government. And really, what else can be done, and when are people going to care?
- Ming Chow [09:32:03 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Dear Mom, I Promise I'm Not a Communist
Sure, Mom, Bill Gates is rich and runs a huge business, but that doesn't make him right. Mom, I promise I'm not a communist. Here's why.
- chromatic, chromatic [11:56:52 AM | Discuss (10) | Permalink]

PC Mini?
What's the Mac Mini equivalent in the Windows or Linux world? Is there an equivalent?
- David Sklar [08:38:34 AM | Discuss (14) | Permalink]

Switching to VoIP, and Writing About it
I've just spent all week re-reading my manuscripts, circling grammar mistakes and typos that I swear I've already fixed, and combing the concepts I've presented, and the order in which I've presented them... Then I say to my wife, "This book is going to be good."
- Ted Wallingford [07:39:23 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]