The New Radio
Announcing a new podcast series, eXplorations, and some thoughts on podcasting.
- Kurt Cagle [12:13:21 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

New study of the major players in the Unix server market
Sun ravaged, IBM lauded in Unix server study
- Tom Adelstein [04:06:09 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

The Tagging Hall of Shame: Amazon
Tagging can be really useful, but some applications just don't get it. Here, I discuss why Amazon.com's new shared tagging features is an example of where it goes wrong.
- Jennifer Golbeck [11:09:49 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Is TypePad The Answer?
Is TypePad the answer for blogging? Only if the queston is "Which service has a lot of potential, but is beset on all sides by problems?"
- Tom Bridge [10:30:33 AM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

Asterisk as a baby monitor?
What do you do when it's 11PM and your only baby monitor is on the fritz? Asterisk to the rescue!
- Jeremy Jones [08:39:15 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

More Earphone Madness: Griffin EarThumps
In the ongoing tour of iPod earphones, I had to give the Griffen EarThumps ($20) a listen. No bass response problems here! Here's a quick review.
- Derrick Story [08:01:58 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Gmail Mobile is Here
Gmail Mobile from Google is here and it is fantastic.
- Dave Mabe [07:38:08 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Random thoughts on the cost of software
Some musings/questions on the price point for software.
- Dan Zambonini [06:28:39 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Another Stevecast
Everything's set for January...
- Giles Turnbull [06:24:47 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Wireless Email Patent Target - Microsoft?
RIM now has some company in the wireless email lawsuit department - Microsoft.
- Dave Mabe [06:14:21 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Migrating from JDK Logging to Log4J
Limitations of JDK Logging API and how to migrate an application to Log4j
- Dejan Bosanac [05:26:33 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Will Cell Phone Rates Start Rising in 2006?
According to one report the average revenue per user (ARPU) for cellular voice services in the US dropped for the second quarter in a row. Data service revenue is not making up for the ARPU drop on the voice side. How long will the wireless carriers let this go on before they consider raising rates?
- Todd Ogasawara [01:30:41 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Tell-tale bundles
Forget about Easter eggs, the Mac OS X bundles have loads more to tell.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [01:05:28 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Version 3.0 (alpha) of the Metasploit Framework Now Available
New aplha version of Metasploit 3.0 available - a compelte rewrite of the 2.0 branch, and it is written in Ruby!
- Nitesh Dhanjani [12:42:49 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

A Rotten Advertisement
For a free iPod
- Matthew Russell [09:39:40 PM | Discuss (7) | Permalink]

Hum a few bars and I'll sing it for you...
Keyword searches for audio have always been hit or miss. You end up missing more than you hit, but it's been the only way. Now with wave form analysis and datamining, audio clips can be found using sonic similarity features. Music can be found by simply whistling the tune into your computer, and getting a list of melodically similar tunes. One of them might even be the one you were thinking of...
- Scott Snyder [02:47:05 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Kurt Cagle and M. David Peterson - Our First "State of the XML Industry" Podcast Is Now Available
Kurt Cagle and I have been trying for some time now to create an "State of the XML Industry" type podcast. After overcoming what amounted to a ridiculous number of obstacles, we've finally accomplished our task. Here is a recap of the first "official" post regarding the availability of the first show.
- M. David Peterson [09:40:20 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Patches fix Perl sprintf buffer overflow
The Perl community has released a fix to the sprintf function that was recently discovered to have a buffer overflow in very specific cases. All Perl users should consider updating immediately.
- Andy Lester [08:20:38 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Press coverage of Sonic's recent ESB Reference Architecture whitepaper
Pursuant to Sonic's announcement of an ESB Architectural and Lifecycle definition, several writeups have been done. These include Paul Krill, Jason Stamper, Darryl Taft, Vance McCarthy, and David Linthicum.....
- David A. Chappell [05:32:40 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

eWeek writeup on AquaLogic Service Bus
e-Week recently did a writeup of BEA Aqualogic. I find it intriguing that the opening sentence gives credit to Sonic ESB as being more mature and capable...
- David A. Chappell [03:36:36 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Two Things That Bother Me About Google’s New Firefox Extension
Google's new extension is designed to help protect users from illegitimate resources, but the irony is that it has the potential to expose sensitive information about you when you visit legitimate resources!
- Nitesh Dhanjani [03:26:27 AM | Discuss (8) | Permalink]

The bane of file sharing
The Personal Computer's biggest enemy is Personal File Sharing. Without File Sharing, the word would be bigger, better, brighter -- and full of cotton candy.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [02:54:12 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Superior Linux Technology won't be enough
Not much has changed since Microsoft started selling preload software. Today, we cannot know if people would still buy Microsoft products because the Government protects the monopoly. What percentage of the market would Microsoft have in a fair market? The only way we can answer that last question is to stop manufacturers from preloading Windows. Until then, we do not have a free market. Microsoft has no way to prove itself otherwise.
- Tom Adelstein [04:19:46 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Forcing Thunderbird to treat outgoing attachments properly
I want attachments to be *attached*!
- Giles Turnbull [03:29:58 PM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

You Don't Need to Wait for Vista for Gadgets
It may be a year until Vista ships, but there are plenty of gadgets you can download to your PC right now.
- Preston Gralla [01:36:35 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Nokia's WebCore/KHTML Browser
OSNews shows off the cool new Nokia webbrowser based on WebCore/KHTML, the foundations of Safari.
- Robert Daeley [01:26:30 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Web frameworks may offer Apple an opportunity
With the excitement around ruby on rails and other "web frameworks", Apple has a chance to be involved in web development in a big way. But this new framework development is community driven, Apple has to be more open to take advantage of it.
- Jeremiah Foster [11:47:11 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Holiday Ringtones for your BlackBerry
Ring in the holidays with these BlackBerry ringtones - free from RIM.
- Dave Mabe [10:47:28 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

ElementTree in the Python standard library?
The beloved ElementTree is in the Python SVN repository. Major discussion on python-dev.
- Jeremy Jones [09:53:54 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

The Lap(top) of Luxury - Marware PowerBook Protection Pack
The soft PVC leather-like cover that adheres to the handrest area of the PowerBook it a tactile treat, and it protects the surface too.
- Derrick Story [07:59:47 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

TurboGears Widgets Devcast
There is a new screencast out for TurboGears around widgets, one of the new features slated for 0.9.
- Jeremy Jones [07:23:13 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Off the grid.....
A brief, but true story of what happened when the VoIP network went down.
- Chris Josephes [07:11:43 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Suspend is now working on my Ubuntu Laptop
For the longest time, I couldn't get suspend to work on my laptop. Now, I've got suspend and hibernate working. Well, mostly working.
- Jeremy Jones [07:11:08 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

A warm glow
In the PR industry, we sometimes compare our job to wetting our pants while wearing a dark suit: it gives you a warm glow and you are the only one to know it. Does the same apply to blogs?
- François Joseph de Kermadec [03:29:02 AM | Discuss (12) | Permalink]

JMF: A Mistake Asking to Be Re-Made
After six years of utter neglect, Sun seems interested in re-staffing the Java Media Framework. Why?
- Chris Adamson [06:02:45 PM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

A new name for Hog Bay Notebook
In fact, it's a whole new application. It's called Mori.
- Giles Turnbull [03:54:47 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Aperture on a PowerBook, Pt. 4 - User Feedback
Seems like a good time to let Aperture users comment on their experiences with this application. So let's do it here...
- Derrick Story [03:14:31 PM | Discuss (8) | Permalink]

Subversion on RubyForge
Move over, CVS. Well, not all the way over.
- Michael Fitzgerald [03:06:49 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Social, Metered, No-Cost Ad Exchange: LinkLike
Blogger? Publisher? Startup? LinkLike is a social networking web site for folks who run web sites. Its metered ad exchange service lets you trade eyeballs with your partners, boosting unique visitors. Metered means that for every user you send to their site, they must send a user to your site.
- Sid Steward [02:25:55 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Ruby on Rails v 1.0 released!
Just out over the rails list server, Ruby on Rails has officially reached its 1.0 release!
- Kevin Bedell [01:06:38 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

The Future of Telephony
I'm pleased to announce O'Reilly's new Emerging Telephony site - ETel for short. We'll be covering VoIP, Asterisk, voice and mobile applications, as well as the policy and regulatory issues that impact these important technologies. We've got some great articles, books and a new conference in this space. Check it out and let us know what you think.
- Bruce Stewart [12:40:22 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Digg for "News": Done
The story came out of the bag this weekend about my latest obsession: using collaborative intelligence, a la Digg, to find important, big N, News.
- Steve Mallett [12:10:07 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Bye Bye Beta
We're dropping the beta designation on Distributing the Future. We'll continue to experiment and add features - let us know what you'd like to see.
- Daniel H. Steinberg [11:38:17 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

There is SPAM for breakfast
There is one advantage to SPAMNets and other robots: their sending patterns are predictable and easier to deal with. In other words, will you take a side of SPAM with your breakfast?
- François Joseph de Kermadec [06:58:23 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Switch Now Or Wait?
Switch now or wait for the Intel Macs?
- Alex Raiano [05:55:14 AM | Discuss (9) | Permalink]

POST, GET, and the iTMS
After a (very) long period of hibernation, I recently resurrected an old site of mine, The Archive of Misheard Lyrics. But after populating the site with thousands of deep links into the iTunes music store, I've found them largely incompatible with the architecture of my site.
- Scot Hacker [10:25:35 PM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

When "getting things done", remember : people are not things
NOTE TO SELF: When "getting things done", remember : people are not things.
- Derek Sivers [10:10:39 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Nessus 3.0.0 Released
Tenable has released Nessus 3.0.0. I gave it a whirl, and it does seem to be snappier. Here are the major enhancements in Nessus 3.0.0 (from nessus.org)...
- Nitesh Dhanjani [04:30:59 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Why Lisp Still Hasn't Won

reddit received much praise from the vocal online Lisp community -- the developers built it in Lisp. However, a recent rewrite of the site in Python reveals one reason Lisp isn't more popular: social problems.

Introduction To Ajax
IBM is hosting a great Ajax introduction. Check it out if you are interested in Ajax and how it works.
- Alex Raiano [09:48:27 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Minding your P's and Q's with Open Source & IP Indemnification
The International Herald Tribune published an excellent artictle discussing some of the pitfalls of open source software.
- Jonathan Bruce [08:47:24 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Royalty-free music for a podcast
Worried about having to pay BMI or ASCAP fees if I used music in a podcast or video that I was thinking of making. Then I found the solution.
- Thomas A. Limoncelli [08:30:33 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Aperture on a PowerBook, Pt. 3 - DAM
Whether you consider Aperture a true Digital Asset Management system or not, its backup features are slick. Here's how they work.
- Derrick Story [07:44:17 AM | Discuss (7) | Permalink]

Blog Once, Feed Anywhere
I’d been thinking it would be nice to have my O’Reilly blogs automatically show up on my own site. Turns out there’s a free and easy way to do that.
- David Battino [03:49:02 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Learning to live with Thunderbird
Mail has annoyed me for the last time...
- Giles Turnbull [03:23:42 AM | Discuss (17) | Permalink]

Are we getting stupid?
The new trend is all about simpler, bigger, cleaner. In many ways, it's good, laudable even. It does however raise the question of whether we, as users, are giving in, getting stupid.
- François Joseph de Kermadec [02:14:54 AM | Discuss (7) | Permalink]

Why I'm optimistic about IronPython
Am I just talking out of both sides of my mouth now?
- Jeremy Jones [06:52:40 PM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

IronPython 0.9.6 released
Well, they're doing a pretty good job keeping the release cycles going.
- Jeremy Jones [06:17:37 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]