Top Ten Data Crunching Tips and Tricks Every day, programmers perform unglamorous but necessary data crunching: recycling legacy data, checking configuration files, yanking data out of web server logs, and more. Knowing how to crunch data with the least amount of effort can make the difference between meeting a deadline and making another pot of coffee. Greg Wilson, author of Pragmatic's Data Crunching, offers ten tips for crunch time. [ONLamp.com]
This Week in Perl 6, June 1-7, 2005
Piers Cawley summarizes the Perl 6 mailing lists with Parrot 0.2.1 released, mod_parrot bundled with mod_pugs (or vice versa), an end to the reduce operator debate, and a paean to Parrot lead architect Dan Sugalski.
[Perl.com]
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Prevalence: Transparent, Fault-Tolerant Object Persistence Want to persist your objects, with transactional integrity? You probably assume you're going to be using a database, but not so fast--for lighter uses, particularly for prototyping and testing, the idea of "prevalence" may make more sense. Jim Paterson introduces it by way of Prevayler, a popular prevalence framework. [ONJava.com]
Bring Your MIDI Music to Life Last week, we discussed what to look for in MIDI hardware controllers. This time, we share numerous tips on getting the best musical expression out of them—both through playing technique and crafty computer editing. [DigitalMedia.oreilly.com]
The Restful Web
Just Use Media Types?
In his latest Restful Web column, Joe Gregorio implements a set of Python functions for doing the right thing--analyzing, parsing, and matching--with HTTP request media types.
[XML.com]
Playing Movies in a Java 3D World, Part 2: In part one of this two-part series, Andrew Davison walked through how to use JMF to play movie clips inside of a Java 3D scene. In this second and final installment, he discusses another version of the movie screen, using QuickTime for Java. Andrew is the author of Killer Game Programming in Java. [ONJava.com]
Transforming XML
Seeking Equality
Bob DuCharme looks at how XSLT 1.0 and 2.0 let you evaluate whether two elements are equal.
[XML.com]
It's True! Jobs Switches to Intel: A Review of the WWDC 05 Keynote Don't get too comfortable after making the transition to Mac OS X. Steve Jobs decides to keep things interesting by announcing during his WWDC 05 keynote that Apple will switch to Intel processors. Here's what he said and how he plans to make it happen. [MacDevCenter.com]
A Guided Tour of the Newest Longhorn Build What's the current state of Longhorn? Wei-Meng Lee takes a look at the latest build of Longhorn and gives you a guided tour. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
A Design Approach for the Geospatial Web Julian Bleecker describes a design approach for location-based services that is utilized in projects underway at USC's Mobile Media Lab. At O'Reilly's Where 2.0 Conference, Julian will be taking part in a panel discussion on the secrets behind good social mobile applications and the obstacles they face in the real world. [O'Reilly Network]
Let's Build Another Dashboard Widget
Even though no real development environment exists now, there are some tricks and techniques that can be used to make Dashboard widget development easier. Andrew Anderson explores some tricks and techniques and presents a widget that uses JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest method to retrieve spelling suggestions from Google.
[MacDevCenter.com]
Using the Security Configuration Wizard One of the enhancements in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 is the new Security Configuration Wizard (SCW), a tool designed to help admins secure their servers against attack. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you what it does, how it works, and how you can use it. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
Building Web Parts, Part 2 In part one of this series, Wei-Meng Lee discussed how to create Web Parts and configure them to look good. But he didn't touch on one of the most important feature of Web Parts; that is, how to let users move the Web Parts from one zone to another. In this article, he shows you how to move Web parts and how you can configure Web Parts to make use of SQL Server 2000. [ONDotnet.com]
Everything You Wanted to Know About Safari RSS, Part 2 In part one of this series, F.J. provided a solid overview of the Safari browser and the RSS specification. In this article, he shows you how to set up Safari RSS to serve as your newsreader, including lots of handy configuration tips. [O'Reilly Network]
Security Alerts
Problems in the Linux Kernel, LISTSERV, and gdb
Noel Davis looks at problems in the Linux kernel, LISTSERV, gdb, FreeRADIUS, shtool, mailutils, Qpopper, davfs2, libmagick6, picasm, cheetah, and ppxp.
[LinuxDevCenter.com]
Historical Maps Online David Rumsey writes about his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps of the Americas and the world, many of which he has made available free to the public in an online map library. At O'Reilly's Where 2.0 Conference David will draw on his personal map collection, as well as his work with geographic information systems, to discuss how information of all kinds has been mapped and will be mapped in the future. [O'Reilly Network]
Writing Google Desktop Search Plugins Google recently released the source code of Kongulo, a plugin for the Google Desktop Search utility. Kongulo is useful on its own, but it's even better as an example of how to write your own plugins for GDS. Jeremy Jones explores the code and explains how it interacts with GDS. [O'Reilly Network]
The Irrlicht Engine One of the most complicated pieces of software in the world is a 3-D engine, right? Not according to Nikolaus Gebhardt. He's almost single-handedly created his own open source-capable 3-D engine, Irrlicht. Howard Wen talks with him about the design, implementation, and goals of the project. [LinuxDevCenter.com]
Catalyst MVC frameworks are hot again in the web development world. Perl has a rich array of choices. One new contender is Catalyst, an elegant platform for database-backed applications. Developers Jesse Sheidlower and Sebastian Riedel explain the design goals and build an Ajax-powered wiki in 30 lines of code. [Perl.com]
Python Standard Logging Tracking down what your application does seems easy; just add a few print statements here and there. Unfortunately, effectively tracing a program is more difficult. That's where Python's standard logging module comes in. Jeremy Jones demonstrates how to make it work for you. [ONLamp.com]
This Week in Perl 6, May 25, 2005-May 31, 2005 Matt Fowles summarizes the Perl 6 mailing lists with Parrot keys, MMD, Tcl, Python discussion, Pugs' continued evolution, introspection, generation, and more Perl 6 meta-programming goodness. [Perl.com]
Domain Searching Using Visitors Modern applications typically require domain searching functionality--the ability to search for data within the context of the application domain. In this article, Paul Mukherjee describes an approach to domain searching using the Visitor pattern, and explains its advantages. [Source: ONJava.com]
Look Ma—Hands! Choosing and Using MIDI Controllers If you really want to play today’s wonderful software instruments, drop that mouse and grab a dedicated MIDI controller. In this MP3-enhanced tutorial, you’ll hear the dramatic difference controllers make in musical expressivity, then get buying and usage tips. [DigitalMedia.oreilly.com]
XML-Deviant
XTech 2005
Micah Dubinko's XML-Deviant column summarizes the highpoints of XTech 2005, the recent European XML conference.
[XML.com]
Using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool The Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool can rid your PC of malware, even if you're already protected by antivirus software. Mitch Tulloch, author of Windows Server Hacks, shows you the ins and outs of how to use it. [WindowsDevCenter.com]
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Enterprise focus at Apple's WWDC
Modify dates in iPhoto [brian d foy]
WWDC Thursday Morning [brian d foy]
The EnterpriseDB pitch: Pay $0 For Oracle [John Sequeira]
Google doesn't like colons [brian d foy]
Nigritude Ultramarine, Seraphim Proudleduck, and Loquine Glupe [Harold Davis]
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