The Cave

Dear god why?

Of course. Sadly, this is a new concept to some. But at least we don’t do this. Anymore. Hey, some things predate me, and there’s only so much you can tackle at a time. But at least this is history and not current affairs. For us.

I don’t remember if I linked this,, but if not I should have. Explains why Java is fundametally skewed and limited. As they say, the road to hell… It’s good Java was designed the way it was, especially at the time, but it’s also (one) source of Java’s long term problems. Personally I prefer my [...]

I noticed this in one of the comments regarding SOA vs. WebServices: “We have seen a lot of criticism of Web services in general recently, and even Google has stopped supporting the SOAP search API in favor of the Ajax search API.” Huh. I hadn’t heard. Makes perfect sense to me, but then again I’ve [...]

“Are we at risk of losing SOA in favour of Web Services?” by Mark Little.

Nice library if you’re doing browser Javascript work.

Me likey

Very good article regarding Microsoft’s MiniDump API. Much more than the raw API documentation will give you.

Web page to generate HTML escape sequences for, well, most everything.

Just released.

Eric Raymand’s explanation.

An article by Fermat’s Last Theorem

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. [...]

Dear god it’s small. And unimaginably cool.

How to write a standard (if you must)

Tim says Everybody who actually touches the technology has known the truth for years, and it’s time to stop sweeping it under the rug. W3C XML Schemas (XSD) suck. They are hard to read, hard to write, hard to understand, have interoperability problems, and are unable to describe lots of things you want to do [...]

Use CSS instead of script.

Good hacks to know if you do multi-browser development.