Mono in focus. Mono, which is an open source implementation of the Microsoft .Net Framework, was in focus at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 on Thursday. The technology features a virtual machine that can enable .Net applications to run on Windows or Linux and Unix, and lets .Net developers build apps for those two platforms.… Continue reading Mono in focus
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Enhancing search results with metadata
Enhancing search results with metadata. My tag fever has now infected the InfoWorld site, as Chad Dickerson and Matt McAlister have recently discussed. This opens up a bunch of possibilities. Today, for example, I tweaked my experimental InfoWorld power search to report the InfoWorld-assigned tags for URLs in the result set. Only the most recent… Continue reading Enhancing search results with metadata
Making it easy to do the right thing
Making it easy to do the right thing. You'd think that a language with only a handful of verbs, only two of which are widely spoken, would be easy to learn. Not so in the case of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, though. After more than a decade we're still sorting out how and why to… Continue reading Making it easy to do the right thing
Victorianization Update
Victorianization Update. While I was away, the Republicans have continued their push to create a neo-Victorian America with: the anti-entrepreneurial “Indentured Servitude Promotion Act“, the “American Aristocracy Tax“, and a crackdown on moral turpitude in the media Of course, Victorianization wouldn't be complete without a good dash of hypocrisy. More signs that are becoming a… Continue reading Victorianization Update
Getting organized using OneNote note flags
Getting organized using OneNote note flags. I've written recently about some of the more exotic capabilities of OneNote, but I thought I would spend a little time on Note Flags. Note Flags are one of the fundamental features of OneNote that makes the power of having an electronic notebook apparent. Oddly, although we consider Note… Continue reading Getting organized using OneNote note flags
Last Benedict shepherded Catholic countries in World War
Last Benedict shepherded Catholic countries in World War. THE choice of papal names is often scrutinised for hints on what the new pontiff might have admired in previous popes with those same names. [The Scotsman]
Cardinals choose German conservative to lead church
Cardinals choose German conservative to lead church. CARDINAL Joseph Ratzinger was yesterday named as the 265th Pope. Taking the name Pope Benedict XVI, the German cleric described as the cleverest man in the Vatican is a conservative expected to continue the strict orthodoxy of John Paul II. [The Scotsman]
Cardinals Choose a Close Aide to John Paul II to Lead Church
Cardinals Choose a Close Aide to John Paul II to Lead Church. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who served as John Paul II's hard-line defender of church doctrine, was elected on the second day of the conclave. By IAN FISHER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN. [NYT > Home Page]
Failures of Airport Screening
Failures of Airport Screening. According to the AP: Security at American airports is no better under federal control than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, a congressman says two government reports will conclude. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, and the Homeland Security Department's inspector general are expected to release their… Continue reading Failures of Airport Screening
Enterprise Linux IT: Veracity Offers Help With Linux
Enterprise Linux IT: Veracity Offers Help With Linux. “Veracity Networks, Inc., a two-year-old, information-technology firm, has formed a subsidiary exclusively dedicated to Linux support…”… [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]