Busy making things: @mc, notes, tinycast, github, links, photos.
Linux Journal posted an interview with Moshe “OpenMosix” Bar. I really like this answer:
MB: Most “clustering” companies really are cluster management companies. The reason why so few do real clustering engines is it is difficult to do them well. A few dozen Ph.D.s were done on openMosix over the last 20 years, and it shows in the quality of the code and its efficiency during operation.
It looks like I’m currently down from my listing on the top 10 for “Matt” on Google. Here are my conclusions:
I am Jack’s hypertext transfer protocol.
I saw a trailer for The Runaway Jury while in the movie theatre last weekend. I can’t say that it looked like the best movie coming out this fall, but I’m going to see it anyway. It happens pretty much every time I see a preview for a movie from a book that I have read. You’ve just got to see it.
Some of these links are a few hours out of date, but I’d like to get them posted anyway:
Russ was able to get a post up about his dabblings in Python. It’s been really interesting seeing him play with Python for the first time after so many years of Java. At more than one time, I don’t think he believed how easy getting stuff accomplished could be.
Yeah, it’s crufty. It’s just so easy to get work done though.
New technology from Computer Associates code-named Sonar could provide CA customers with better knowledge of how applications, middleware, and databases work together. But the technology–meant to enhance CA’s Unicenter, eTrust, and other software–doesn’t yet have a clear path to market.
This sounds like mostly marketing hype, but they did pick a cool name. Of course, this is completely different than Sonar by Cakewalk.
Ping!
PocketPC Thoughts notes the lack of Bluetooth PDA keyboards out there or being worked on. There are mentions of a few, but not many.
I’d like to ask a similar question: When can I buy a Bluetooth keybord that I can use with my 3650? T9 makes things much easier, but I long for the QWERTY.
Of course the more sensible yet less sexy solution would be an IR keyboard.
Version 1.0.10 of FPC has been released and uploaded to SourceForge. This will be the last 1.0.x version; we will now concentrate on the 1.1 branch, which will end in 1.2 or 2.0. The Free Pascal Compiler is a 32-bit Pascal Compiler for AmigaOS, DOS, Linux, *BSD, OS/2 and Win32; semantically compatible with Borland Pascal 7 with additional features such as operator overloading. The compiler itself is written in Pascal.
I’m sure many of us have done at least some time in Pascal or a similar language. I remember spending some time in it back in middle school. Pascal was a great learning language back then. Now I think that Python fits that role much better, but it’s nice to know that there are some free alternatives out there if I ever want to play in Pascal again.
The Financial Times via Google News:
Shares in SSL International, the maker of Durex condoms and Dr Scholl sandals, rose SSL 10 per cent on Monday after it revealed it was the target of takeover talks.
Oh, I guess that’s a different SSL than I’m used to hearing about in tech circles.
Gizmodo confirms the rumors that I heard from inside of nikon. There is a D2 coming. I had also heard rumors about a D2X, but I’m not so sure about it anymore. This camera is going to have to come in below the $1499 price point that the Canon 10D has set in order to succeed.
Leslie Walker at The Washington Post:
The “blogosphere” may never be the same after America Online releases free blog-publishing software to its 34 million members this summer.
Ack! I know my nightmare for tonight. I know the news of AOL Blogs is not new, but for some reason it just struck me.
If you start seeing things like A/S/L? in your comments later this summer, you’ll know why.
My Colo’d box is down at the moment, but I got a response from tech support about 2 minutes after I sent them an email asking about it. The box is fine but they’re having internal network trouble.
They’re on it, and they’re quick to respond. Rock on.
Note: this outage will not affect my blog and postneo.com, as they’re currently hosted elsewhere.
Update: The box is back online.
Emergic points out the Linux Journal 2003 Editors’ Choice awards:
All lists like this are subjective, but I think all in all it’s solid. Lots of open source projects, some cool hardware, and good content. Congrats all around.
Web Services Tool Kit for Mobile Devices provides tools and run-time environments that allow development of applications that use Web Services on small mobile devices. This tool kit’s JavaTM Web service run-time environment is supported on PoctketPC, Palm, and BlackBerry. The C Web service run-time environment is supported on the Palm and Symbian. What’s new in Version 2.0: Preview implementation of the JSR 172 Version 0.7 specification; C-based Web services now supported on Palm OS 5.0 and Symbian OS 6.0, 6.1; Java-based Web services now run on Palm OS 3.5.
Remember, there are also libraries available in J2ME for SOAP, XML-RPC, UDDI, XML parsing and more at Enhydra.org.
Warner Vogels is giving up on his Sidekick.
Read his entry to find out why.
Doug Kaye’s glossary is really excellent. Here’s a new entry on runtime:
The moment of live operation. Runtime is the point when a software program springs into action to perform a task.
Follow the link for more.
CNet:
Torvalds, who founded the Linux kernel project in the early 1990s, on Thursday finalized the 2.5.75 kernel, which he said would be the last in the series. The 2.5 kernel, a development project aimed at experimenting with new technologies, will be integrated into the 2.6 kernel for use in finished products.
Forward motion is good. There are many goodies in 2.5 that I can’t wait to see on mainstream Linux desktops.
I recently signed up with T-Mobile when I purchased my 3650. I signed up for the $9.99/mo 10MB GPRS plan, but today I stopped by their website today and noticed that they had changed every mention of 10MB to Unlimited!
Further details can be found on their T-Zones website.
I am one happy camper.
WiFi Networking News points to Tom’s Need-To-Know: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
WPA is designed to work in Enterprise situations with RADIUS and other authentication systems, as well as a simpler SOHO/home use system.
Anything is better than WEP.
