Monthly Archives: July 2004

The Kerry I Know

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Karl

Thomas Oliphant publishes a deeply personal profile on John Kerry in the American Prospect. The more I hear about him, the more I like him. How different that is from other candidates in the past!

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First Night Over And The Biggest News Is…

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Karl

Local weblogger Atrios’s unmasking is the biggest shared news item among many convention webloggers. Go Atrios! In all seriousness, Atrios’s story and effect are news and hopefully now that he is public, a real profile can be done on how … Continue reading →

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Blogger Convention Coverage

Posted on July 26, 2004 by Karl

Metafilter has a thread pointing to various weblogger driven coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Unfortunately it appears to have been hijacked by folks that want to flame instead of discuss the various sites to watch. So you can ignore … Continue reading →

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JavaToolbox

Posted on July 25, 2004 by Karl

A huge reference list of tools and APIs for Java development work.

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GooglePreview

Posted on July 25, 2004 by Karl

If you use Firefox, you will want this extension to enhance searching on Google.

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9/11 Commission Report

Posted on July 23, 2004 by Karl

The 9/11 Commission Report came out yesterday and a few questions are on everyone’s mind. Let me try and summarize the best I can (and feel free to correct me folks): Who is to blame? The report makes clear that … Continue reading →

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Unix’s Founding Fathers

Posted on July 22, 2004 by Karl

Almost everything we do rests on the shoulders of others. Economist.com: profies Dennis Rictchie, who invented C and helped produce the earliest version of Unix: Because computers were rare at the time, people did not have them on their desks, … Continue reading →

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alt.lang.jre

Posted on July 22, 2004 by Karl

The first in a series of articles covering alternate JVM languages at developerWorks: Get to know Jython. Why I haven?t tried this before is a mystery. I’ve used Python on occasion and this is an easy bridge for a Java … Continue reading →

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IBM Implementing a Liberty Alliance single-sign-on network for France Telecom

Posted on July 22, 2004 by Karl

IBM deal boosts Liberty Alliance (CNet).

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Flashforward’s Winners

Posted on July 22, 2004 by Karl

Interestesting concepts, useful tools, and lots of fun can be found among Flashforward’s finalists.

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