madpenguin.org: Small but mighty: little Bricolage carries a huge newsfeed. Bricolage is a content management system that has been around for ages and has quite a list of companies using it.
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NPR for technologists
If you haven’t yet, you really want to check out IT Conversations. Listener supported audio interviews and programs on technology. A great example of Podcasting too.
Outsourcing jobs to a cruise ship
Sourcingmag.com: Practical Advice & Case Studies on IT Outsourcing: “Take a used cruise ship, plant it in international waters three miles off the coast of El Segundo, near Los Angeles, people it with 600 of the brightest software engineers they can find around the world (both men and women), and run a 24-hour-a-day programming shop, thereby avoiding H-1B visa hassles while still exploiting offshore labor cost arbitrage and completing development projects in half the time they’d take onshore or offshore.”
PostSecret is just fascinating
Get a high level overview of JAAS, JCE, and JSSE
JavaWorld: Java security evolution and concepts, Part 4.
Inside Yahoo News: Aggregator brings RSS to the masses
Putting the blinders on
Metafilter: Bush administration eliminating 19-year-old international terrorism report. This year’s report happens to raise concerns over our progress in the war on terror. So they cancelled it. Sad. Very sad.
China and Japan to Meet in Jakarta As Dispute Simmers
Violent protests in China over how a textbook portrays Japan. I’ve noticed little coverage of the story: ABC News: Minister: China, Japan to Meet in Jakarta.
Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops
O’Reilly: some simple steps to take.
Do you play Freeciv?
Freeciv is a free, multiplayer, open source Civilization clone. Been around a long time. I’ve never had the time to give it a try. Any of you out there like it?