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[Aside] XML
XML is like violence – if it doesn’t solve your problems, you are not using enough of it. ~Unknown
[Aside] Regular Expressions
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems. ~Jamie Zawinski
Internet Privacy Law Coming?
A Virginia Congressman has promised that a broad law that will address internet privacy concerns. Three key issues (behavioral advertising, deep packet inspection, and location-tracking) seem to be at the top of the list. What does this mean for you and me?
Oracle to Acquire Sun Microsystems
Oracle, the world’s largest enterprise software company, announced in a press release this past Monday that they have entered into an agreement to purchase Sun Microsystems for $9.50 per share (a total value of $7.4 billion). I know by now this is old news, but I just wanted to take a moment to add some [...]
Google App Engine Adds Java Support
This is truly cause for celebration. Google App Engine (GAE) has officially added support for the Java runtime to their already stellar service. The announcement came yesterday, but before you run to port your applications, know that for now, only the lucky first 10,000 developers who respond will get Java support enabled.
WordPress as a CMS?
Most people who know about WordPress know it as purely a blogging platform/framework. I’d guess that most people using WordPress would probably agree with that evaluation; they blog happily and that’s that. For me, though, WordPress is much more.
Hello world!
“Hello World”. The result of the ubiquitous first lesson when learning any new programming language. If you’re like me, you’ve written more “hello world” programs than you can count on your fingers (and maybe toes?!).
