Monthly Archives: January 2008

REST vs. WS-*

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Andrew

Heh: “Now, of course, our managers want Web 2.0 and Flash and a plastic rocket and a pony.” Fantastic comment by Robert Hook on Tim Bray’s blog post about WS-Enterprise, 2008. It’s worth reading the post and the comments for … Continue reading →

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SpringSource and Covalent and Apache

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Andrew

Somehow I missed this yesterday, but SpringSource have acquired Covalent, as the January “month of M&A in OSS” continues. Ugo gives his view, as does Marc Fleury and Emmanuel Bernard. Marc’s analysis is interesting, though I think he only lightly … Continue reading →

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Encore une fail

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Andrew

Just before Christmas, in anticipation of Time Machine, I bought a Lacie 1TB disk that was on offer from MediaMarkt. It’s a monolith-style black box, with two physical disks inside that appear as one contiguous space when mounted on the … Continue reading →

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Airport down

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Andrew

Last Wednesday I got quite a shock when I opened up my laptop and tried to connect to the WiFi in the apartment: Fortunately after rebooting a couple of times, the Airport card magically reinstalled itself. Weird.

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(Open Source) software development best practices

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Andrew

Over the next few months I’m planning to post a series of brief pointers to what I see as best practices for team-based software development in an Open Source context (sometimes called Open Development). Some of these may seem to … Continue reading →

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Joost in the style of uncov

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Andrew

Don’t get me wrong, I think Joost is a great idea and there are some fantastic people there, but really: FAIL. Last year: Transformers. Only in the US. Last week: Star Trek. Only in the US. This week: MacGyver. Only … Continue reading →

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Bébé, Chouchou et moi

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Andrew

What’s not to like about a restaurant that does something so simple, so well? A great bit of steak with a delicious jacket spud, relaxed atmosphere and excellent service by a waiter who remembers you and makes you feel at … Continue reading →

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MacBook Crash

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Andrew

My MacBook Pro shall henceforth be known as MacBook Crash. Since “upgrading” to Leopard, I’m suffering intermittent but incredibly annoying lock-ups. The symptoms are that the processor usage goes up to 200% (both CPUs maxed out). I see that DirectoryService … Continue reading →

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Server hosting recommendations

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Andrew

I need to move a bunch of sites away from a server that’s due to be decommissioned in the next few weeks, so I’m looking for suggestions on where to host. My requirements (in order of decreasing importance) are: sensible … Continue reading →

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Shower

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Andrew

To start off the New Year, my shower decided to celebrate by going on strike, just under one year since it last busted. I spent most of last year failing to find a spare day when I was in Norwich … Continue reading →

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