House Leadership Blocks Vote on Intelligence Bill. A core of highly conservative Republicans aligned with the Pentagon moved to block a vote on a bill that would have enacted the recommendations of the 9/11 panel. By PHILIP SHENON and CARL HULSE. [NYT > Home Page]
Author: Vince Kimball
Write a Webserver in 100 Lines of Code or Less
Write a Webserver in 100 Lines of Code or Less. REAL Software programmer and tester, Jonathan Johnson, shows you the power and simplicity of developing with REALbasic by walking you through the building of a working webserver. After this tutorial, you'll not only have a pratical knowledge or REALbasic, but you'll have a cool little… Continue reading Write a Webserver in 100 Lines of Code or Less
Novell follows the Linux path to profit
Novell follows the Linux path to profit. Linux has saved the day again, this time for Novell. The company's focus on Linux paid off this week in a big way, as the company posted a profit in its fourth quarter and for the year. … [InfoWorld TechWatch]
Cat update
Cat update. The cat wants to eat. The cat wants to eat an hour early. He's quite definite on this point. So am I. Feeding him early would be the thin end of the wedge. The cat must wait until 7pm. He's retaliating, though. He's got my feet pinned up on the desk again. He's… Continue reading Cat update
New Avalon version
New Avalon version. New Avalon version: If you've got an MSDN subscription, then there's a new “Community Technology Preview” version available. MSDN also has a new introductory article open to all, where they distinguish between the Avalon runtimes (both native Longhorn and the varying backports to XP and such), the Avalon framework (the authoring process… Continue reading New Avalon version
Adam Bosworth on. . . well, everything
Adam Bosworth on. . . well, everything. This is great stuff — worth stopping whatever you are doing and reading it. I would quote a small bit of it, but it's all good. If you work in IT, I would recommend reading it every morning before work. [Chad Dickerson]
Mind-boggling Iraq war tab
Mind-boggling Iraq war tab. Read about those Pentagon estimates that suggest the war in Iraq is costing $4 billion a month? Well, add another 50 percent to arrive at the real price tag. That, according to UPI, which reports the permanent war in Iraq is costing the U.S. just under $6 billion every month, or… Continue reading Mind-boggling Iraq war tab
A Practical Example of Why Talking to Your Clients about Technology is Important
A Practical Example of Why Talking to Your Clients about Technology is Important. Mike McBride of the Life of a One-man It Department nicely sums up the problems lawyers create for their clients by (1) not understanding the technology they use and (2) not checking with their clients about technology preferences and problems. Interestingly, he… Continue reading A Practical Example of Why Talking to Your Clients about Technology is Important
Laszlo gets an IDE
Laszlo gets an IDE. IDE for Laszlo is a technology preview of an Eclipse-based development environment for creating, editing, debugging, and testing applications based on the LZX declarative mark-up language. alphaWorks : Integrated Development Environment for Laszlo So, it seems that this little company named IBM has picked up on Laszlo going open source. They’ve… Continue reading Laszlo gets an IDE
Eclipse IDE for Laszlo
Eclipse IDE for Laszlo. So the folks at IBM liked Laszlo so much, they threw out Flex and decided to go and build an IDE for Laszlo – without Laszlo having to raise one finger. They liked it so much, they did it all on their own. I can't think of a better testament to… Continue reading Eclipse IDE for Laszlo