Love Macs? Then learn to love Macsurfer
Mac news feels like what I imagine drugs must feel to a drug addict--you can never get enough or have too much...
- Hadley Stern [03:44:43 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

My first complaint about Longhorn
I've had my first in-depth look at Longhorn this week, and my biggest disappointment so far is with Internet Explorer.
- Preston Gralla [06:34:48 PM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Another point of view on the FC2/WinXP dual-boot problem
In response to my recent article on problems booting a Wndows XP partition after installing Fedora Core 2 a couple of the Fedora developers wrote me. They defended the choice of not treating the bug as a show-stopper and also scolded me a bit for possibly giving others ammunition to use FUD against the Fedora project. Their thoughtful response deserves the same forum as my warning and complaint, so with their permission I've posted excerpts.
- Uche Ogbuji [03:22:44 PM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Frontier Being Open-Sourced
This has been echoing around the weblog universe a bit, so you might already know. But, just in case you didn't, Userland is open-sourcing their "kernel."
- William Grosso [02:13:30 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

They can't make iPod hard drives fast enough
Apparently Hitachi can't make the hard drives used in the iPod and iPod mini fast enough!
- Hadley Stern [04:28:48 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

The system, man
Red tape is a burden of the corporate world, but the free software community seems to be suffering similar problems. Is a more pragmatic approach the best way of avoiding getting swallowed by the system?
- Jono Bacon [03:59:29 AM | Discuss (5) | Permalink]

October in Munich and San Diego Paid for by SAP?
This is quite a steal: Propose a session [free registration] for SAP TechEd, have it selected by your peers on SDN and you get a paid flight, hotel and entrance fees for both SAP TechEds, the one in San Diego as well as the one in Munich.
- Mark Finnern [12:28:27 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Farewell XMLhack
After a run of almost 5 years, xmlhack is being quietly decommissioned.
- Michael Smith [11:38:21 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Ill-monikered Variables and Creative Class Naming
Have you ever found youself in a "code review" wishing your application had more inventive variable and class names? Is you system full of abstract and hard to visualize names like AbstractFactoryGuidelineMessenger or SubsystemReactionModifier? Creative naming does more than make it interesting, it enables visualization. Creative naming is the difference between interminable boredom and success.
- Tim O'Brien [07:58:54 PM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Beware Fedora Core 2 Linux if you dual boot Windows XP
The final release of Fedora Core 2 (FC2) Linux (the community Red Hat derivative) is scheduled to be released tomorrow, May 18th. But if you dual boot Windows XP, please be very cautious when installing or upgrading from FC1. There is a bug, reported as early as FC2 test 1 that can prevent you from booting to your WIndows XP partition after the FC2 install. Bugs, especially when dealing with Microsoft coexistence, are inevitable, but the very callow attitude of many in the Fedora community to such a dangerous bug is quite alarming. (UPDATED).
- Uche Ogbuji [02:01:58 PM | Discuss (8) | Permalink]

Seruku Toolbar: Version 1.1 is Doing Okay.
The shareware company I started, Seruku, and the toolbar it produces, Seruku Toolbar, are starting to get some widespread distribution. I'm very happy about that.
- William Grosso [08:19:33 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Mac vs. PC, a small cost comparison experiment
A small in-house cost comparison experience lead to some very interesting results. Sure, it's not a definitive analysis and it was done for the fun of it more than anything else... Still, I was surprised...
- François Joseph de Kermadec [06:28:23 AM | Discuss (20) | Permalink]

I'll have your spam
Please send spam to brian.d.foy@gmail.com.
- brian d foy [12:31:45 AM | Discuss (4) | Permalink]

Top 5 Reasons to Attend BSDCan

- Dru Lavigne [03:04:54 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

AppleScript Image Events
Panther's Image Events is really, really cool.
- brian d foy [11:38:24 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Web Services Interoperability and Open Source
Some assembly is required when mixing cross-platform web services, security, identity management, and open source. I'm currently firing up Axis Web Services augmented open source identity management from OpenSAML and Source ID to test federated authentication and authorization across Java and .NET components. I'll keep you posted on lessons learned.
- Chris Haddad [04:32:18 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

MT3 and a Balanced Diet.
So I've spent the better part of yesterday and this morning reading email and response to my earlier O'Reilly post. there are some good counterpoints in addition to some real rubbish. I recap and offer some potential balance.
- Timothy Appnel [08:58:51 AM | Discuss (6) | Permalink]

Linking to points within video streams
Jon Udell continues his research.
- Bob DuCharme [06:27:56 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Kite Photography

- Hadley Stern [06:18:32 AM | Discuss (3) | Permalink]

Digital Cash - Part 1
The Digital Cash protocol is my personal favorite. I still remember the first time it was introduced to me during college. I sat through the entire lecture, and to be honest, my thoughts were elsewhere during class, until after the explanation of the protocol, the professor explained exactly why the protocol was one of his favorites. The class ended after he explained why the digital cash algorithm is so very amazing, and I remember hurrying home and immediately re-opening my text book (Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier) to grasp how the thing worked. I was reminded of this algorithm recently after a conversation with a colleague about protocols and such, and I want to share it with you today, unless of-course you are already familiar with it.
- Nitesh Dhanjani [05:56:01 AM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

I don't want templates, I want HTML-making shortcuts
In my previous post I mistakenly called what I was doing a template system. But I don't want a template system. Using template files for heavy on-the-fly display logic gets ridiculous. No, I want shortcuts, inside PHP, that output the HTML I need. Here's some background on why I don't like templates...
- Derek Sivers [12:41:01 AM | Discuss (10) | Permalink]

AusCert documents Wi-Fi DoS
AusCert announces a potential denial of service attack for wireless hardware devices that implement IEEE 802.11 using a DSSS physical layer.
- brian d foy [12:57:11 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

NetGrocer promises, doesn't deliver
Are there 12 step programs for people like me who still think "E" should show up before "Commerce"? I think I have the first step already: I know I have a problem. This time I'm burned by NetGrocer.
- brian d foy [12:32:23 PM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

Public to get its birthright in wireless spectrum
It would be great to make TV broadcast spectrum unlicensed instead of just holding another auction and tying it up.
- Andy Oram [12:32:16 PM | Discuss (0) | Permalink]

Covert attempt to undermine EU Software Patent Legislation underway
I got this email from Mandrakesoft today -- it's titled: "EU Software Patent Legislation: a real threat for Linux and Open Source"
- Kevin Bedell [12:29:27 PM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]

Movable Type 3.0 and Eating.
In the wee hours of the morning today, Six Apart released Movable Type 3.0 Developer Edition. The reaction has been swift as many decry the new terms and more specifically the new fees. Searching for some reasonable level of sanity, I am disheartened and wonder how software developers like myself are supposed to eat.
- Timothy Appnel [10:31:08 AM | Discuss (64) | Permalink]

New political column posted
Posted my second political column: The Importance of Being Out
- Jesse Liberty [09:39:58 AM | Discuss (1) | Permalink]

BSD Success Stories

- Dru Lavigne [07:29:06 AM | Discuss (2) | Permalink]