Brad (the .NET Guy) reports that there is an RSS feed of updates at the MS Download Center. It's updated every four hours, he says. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Author: Vince Kimball
Abderaware
Speaking of Abderaware, I like its web site. Clean. No hypy marketing text. Just a focus on the product. He doesn't advertise, either, so the only way you'll hear about it is to hear about it from a friend. Which you just did. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
My brother is sticking up for me
How sweet. My brother is sticking up for me. The truth is, I told IT guys to update their servers and I got pounced on. Funny enough, today it was reported that Microsoft had trouble updating its own servers. Yeah, it's tough. Yeah, when you load patches it'll probably screw things up. Wait a second,… Continue reading My brother is sticking up for me
The Economist
The Economist. A new type of war in Iraq. The upshot: This war may not (or should not if the Iraq learned anything from the last war) be fought in the open. It will likely be fought in urban environments. Second, strong controls on civilian casualties will make it difficult for US soldiers to prosecute the… Continue reading The Economist
Googling the Library Catalog
Googling the Library Catalog. Breaking Through the Invisible Web “More and more web content, including library content, never sees the light of day. It is hidden behind proprietary database interfaces where it can't be found by popular Internet search engines. Librarians must bring the deep, invisible web to the surface so that our public can… Continue reading Googling the Library Catalog
To the crew of the Columbia – What is there to say but we are humbled and saddened by the sacrafice you made for us in the pursuit of knowledge.
Rest in peace with our thanks.
Rick D. Husband
William C. McCool
Michael P. Anderson
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon
[Matt Brown's Radio Weblog
William C. McCool
Michael P. Anderson
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Laurel Clark
Ilan Ramon
To the crew of the Columbia – What is there to say but we are humbled and saddened by the sacrafice you made for us in the pursuit of knowledge. Rest in peace with our thanks. Rick D. HusbandWilliam C. McCoolMichael P. AndersonDavid M. BrownKalpana Chawla Laurel Clark Ilan Ramon [Matt Brown's Radio Weblog]
Banks Want to Swim With Penguin
Banks Want to Swim With Penguin. Financial institutions are turning to Linux to run their back-end operations. On Monday, Reuters announces that it's porting its popular market-data service for banks to an open-source system. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
NASA Dismissed Advisers Who Warned About Safety
NASA Dismissed Advisers Who Warned About Safety. Some former members of an expert NASA panel now say that the agency removed them to suppress their safety warnings. By William J. Broad and Carl Hulse. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Commoditize Your Complements
Remember when I wrote that
Commoditize Your Complements Remember when I wrote that “smart companies try to commoditize their products’ complements?” We decided to take some of our own advice, here, so as of today, FogBUGZ can be run on top of MySQL, which is free, in addition to Microsoft SQL Server, which is expensive. We also support two more… Continue reading
Commoditize Your Complements
Remember when I wrote that
Bye-Bye, IRAs
Bye-Bye, IRAs. A bold proposal by the Bush administration would simplify tax-sheltered savings accounts. [The Motley Fool]