May 2007
166 posts
The Software Vault from MacLife →
…the Software Vault, formerly available only to readers of Mac|Life, the magazine, is now available to all visitors to MacLife.com - just click on the Software Vault graphic on our front page (or the image above) to jump directly to it.
“Now a days Internet has become a home to spam. Millions of spam bots crawl the...”
– Top 20 Temporary and Disposable Email Services
Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config →
…type about:config in the address bar and press Enter, and you’ll see all the settings currently enumerated in prefs.js, listed in alphabetical order. To narrow down the hundreds of configuration preferences to just the few you need, type a search term into the Filter: bar. (Click the Show All button or just clear the Filter: bar to get the full list back again.)
“It was added in jest, and not meant to be in the final build.”
– MS Spokesman, on nudity in Halo 2
“Sometimes when you are this close to the technology, you might be drinking your...”
– Miguel de Icaza, Mono Lead Developer
25 Years, 25 'Eureka' Moments →
…we’re a nation of inventors in garages and corporate labs, creating gadgets and services that delight us and occasionally drive us crazy. USA Today chose inventions that changed our lives since 1982.
Tucows Downloads - SAM Broadcaster 3.2.0 Shareware... →
This broadcast automation solution meets the specialized needs of online broadcasters. Its features include MP3 and Windows Media streaming support, dual player decks, advanced playlist rotation logic, drag-and-drop management, real-time listener statisti
Rails creator doubts Silverlight can win converts... →
In this interview, David Heinemeier Hansson also comments on open source, JavaFX, and differentiators in Ruby on Rails framework.
“Unless action is taken now, a quiet technical crisis will occur, not unlike Y2K...”
– Stephen M. Ryan
$100 Million Payday For Feedburner - This Deal Is... →
…Huge congratulations to Feedburner. The company was founded in 2003 and has raised just $10 million in capital over two rounds. Portage Ventures funded their $1 million Series A round in 2004. The $9 million Series B round was closed in mid 2005 (second close in 2006), from Mobius Venture Capital and Union Square Ventures.
Handling large data files efficiently with Java →
…Let’s assume that you must read a large sum of data from a binary file and store it in an array for further processing. Java I/O is based on streams that represent a sequence of bytes. First, you must choose a stream type. We are working with binary data, so the FileInputStream class is the correct choice.
“The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as ‘What...”
– Google CEO Eric Schmidt
“I think a lot of developers are excited about Ruby on Rails because it allows...”
– DHH
The Uyiosa Corporation →
We leverage technology, policy, and research to create world-class programs and solutions for governments, firms, and individual consumers.
Oddly Zen: Wrangling bytecode and using the memory profiler in Netbeans is making my head hurt… taking a walk to relieve stress. :-) (via Twitter / Oddly Zen)
Oddly Zen: Playing with Emma briefly, making coffee, then getting back to work… (via Twitter / Oddly Zen)
Oddly Zen: finds himself wondering if they make ‘Soyburger Helper.’ (via Twitter / Oddly Zen)
Microsoft Popfly: Yahoo Pipes for the rest of us →
…Popfly is designed to allow non-professional programmers and hobbyists to build mash-ups, gadgets, Web sites and applications using pre-built “blocks.” As of now, there are 40 of these Web-programming blocks from which they can choose, including Flickr, Windows Live Spaces, Virtual Earth and news service blocks. (More are coming from Microsoft and third parties, Fernandez said.) Popfly...
“In our minds, in my mind, it’s now played out, and SOAP is not something I...”
– DHH, on REST Web services being critical to Rails upgrade
“For me it’s a lifesaver. I never learned to type.”
– Is speech recognition finally good enough?
Microsoft Unlikely to Take Anyone to Court,... →
…Microsoft’s unwillingness to identify any of the patents it claims are being infringed by open-source technologies is a sign that the company is looking for licensing deals, not legal battles, according to several intellectual property attorneys.
“Really, this is about alignment, focusing on the platform and services and...”
– Microsoft Spokesperson, on MS Reorganization
MS Open-Source Threat →
…Microsoft executives are escalating their open source rhetoric, asserting that 235 company patents are being infringed by the Linux operating system, OpenOffice desktop applications, and other open source code.
Tweet'l - The short URLs built for Twitter →
…the ancillary and support sites that are popping up around twitter are amazing. the development community is embracing twitter wholeheartedly. what is it about twitter that makes it so appealing? the immediacy? the mobility? the community? a hybridization of all this and more? likely.
Oddly Zen: thinks the ancillary sites popping up like mushrooms in support of twitter are just fabulous… (via Twitter / Oddly Zen)
Oddly Zen: Back to the Java. Yum. (via Twitter / Oddly Zen)
“I always thought it was a wonderful song — desperate, sexy, and dark. I...”
– Michael Bublé, on Leonard Cohen’s song I’m Your Man, which he covers on his upcoming album
Rails 1.1 Cheat Sheet →
Ruby on Rails 1.1 Reference
Carnegie Mellon Adds Four More 'Bots to Robot Hall... →
…a hopping robot that revolutionized thinking about walking robots, the first car to steer itself on a coast-to-coast U.S. trip, a kit that made it possible for anyone to build robots and the fictional android Data from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” are the 2007 inductees into Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall of Fame®.
Critical Flaws Found in Java Development Kit →
…two vulnerabilities open to remote exploitation by hackers have been found in Java Development Kit, one of which could be used to take over a compromised system.
“Our strategy from everyone in the company — from Ballmer to Brad Smith to...”
– Hilf: Microsoft won’t sue over Linux, for now
“The fact that 409 people clicked on an ad that offers infection for those with...”
– Hundreds Click on ‘Click Here to Get Infected’ Ad
Do It Yourself: 12 Cheats for Independent... →
If youâre the type that likes to go it alone, here are 12 web tools that will help.
Article Submission and Distribution Service and... →
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Google Universal →
…Google Inc. said Wednesday it was combining its different Web search services into one Universal Search service that would present Web sites, news, video and other results on one page.
“The trouble is I don’t understand the language. I don’t really...”
– Judge Peter Openshaw, speaking to a London court during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws
“Over the next five years, business will become so deeply embodied in...”
– Where Will All the IT Cowboys Go?
IBM rolls out development tool for nonprogrammers →
IBM on Wednesday announced a new Web application development tool that can help users without technical skills develop online forms for automating common manual tasks like collecting and analyzing information.
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Author Sees God in Physics →
…the debate over religion has spilled into the scientific community notably over the past few months, with a number of books offering various arguments. One of the latest, The Physics of Christianity, claims physics can prove the existence of God.
“Bringo solves one of the most frustrating problems that we encounter daily:...”
– Bringo: Phone Tree Killer
Big Blue pitches the efficiency of agile... →
..another obstacle faced by agile programming has been scaling the size of programmer teams, Boehm said. While an ideal agile team has seven to 10 developers, there are government projects, for instance, that have 4,000 developers working on them where agile is not being used, he said.
“It’s certainly a lot more likely that Microsoft violates patents than...”
– Linus Torvalds, on Linux patent infringement allegations by Microsoft
“If people don’t like your software, it’s like them calling your baby ugly.”
– Jeanne Bliss, General Manager of Worldwide Customer and Partner Loyalty, Microsoft (1999-2001)
“Gates told attendees at the conference that the PC platform will continue to...”
– Bill Gates, on the evolution of the PC and Web