Is Apache Derby, the SQL database written in Java, the answer to allowing web applications to run offline? David Berlind of ZDNet thinks so, and he's pointing...
It's not just people who steal software who have to worry - when you buy a Microsoft product, you're buying a lifetime of fear of audit and legal persecution....
As of now the OpenDocument specification, which defines the file formats used by OpenOffice.org, KOffice and more, is now an international standard, ISO/IEC...
I don't know how much of it is just people being kind, but I've had loads of people look at my photographs and say "you should sell these". So, following my...
Yosemite In case you wonder why went so quiet over the last week, it was becuase I was staffing JavaOne over in San Francisco. It was a busy week and if you...
I've not mentioned music for a while so here's some (all the links are iTunes US), and it's showing my hidden Country side. First up is the new Dixie Chicks...
The ever-useful 3Hive got me to take another look in my music library today when they published links to music by Psapp . I already had their wonderful track...
When I was in the Bay Area last week, I did something I had been intending to do for maybe ten years. Driving along I-280, I had often noticed a brown...
I've had a few people comment that the links in the stream at www.webmink.net are a bit overwhelming so I've suspended the feed from my del.icio.us bookmarks...
The UK remembered 7 July 2005 this week, and in recognition of that I'm offering you a book recommendation. There's an unusual, independent book shop near us,...
On a whim I added a £5 CD by "Abraham" to my most recent Amazon order (getting a copy of The Long Tail , which is excellent by the way). The album is Blue For...
[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/10/roaming_regulation_plan/] According to The Register , the European Commission has finally got tired waiting for the...
You will have heard me saying over and over that I have never seen a case of someone sacked just for blogging - there's always a deeper issue and either the...
Just finished Chris Anderson's book "The Long Tail" [ UK | US ] and it was excellent. While I wondered if reading the Wired article would be enough to show me...
Tim O'Reilly highlighted the Blackboard patent dispute yesterday, and has this comment: It's a great example of someone using clear and ordinary language to...
I'm just experimenting with Writely and have uploaded two recent speeches in OpenDocument format to it. You can take a look - there's Freedom to Leave , about...
I see Amazon US has launched Amazon Unbox Video , a video sale and rental system. I'd like to try it, but they don't want my business. Despite the fact I have...
[http://astore.amazon.com/claritysystems] Just to prove I don't completely hate Amazon, I've just set up a new online store page to try their AStore service....
I expect I am just behind the times, but I just discovered Lizz Wright and now have her album "Dreaming Wide Awake" [ Amazon US | iTunes US | Amazon UK ] on...
Some verminous low-life in Michigan used my domain as the from-address of a spamcast today. The result has been my server has been receiving continuous bounce...
Key West Sunset I'm not sure if it's really a milestone, but it feels rather like it on this sunny Sunday. My Key West sunset photo just got its 100th...
The BBC has it all: Only in China: Beijing's Penis Emporium Only in America: Genetically modified hypoallergenic kittens on sale Nothing else much important...
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0807068969/claritysystems] I've actually had a book-full month of late. I just finished reading "Thirst" [ UK | US ] ,...
[http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump3?catId=400043&mediaId=26800663] This week I have been using a piece of magic, the Royal Mail postage printing service...
Radiance I missed out on visiting Mono Lake this year, but yesterday I made up for it with a bullet-speed tour of Zion and Bryce national parks and a great...
I got a free copy of Closer by Beady Belle from iTunes a long while back, and I've finally been coaxed by Last.FM to check out other stuff by this Norwegian...
My Pipex DSL service failed around midnight last night. Pipex are quoting me six days to get it resolved. Can anyone recommend a DSL servcie provider in the UK...
Funny ... I was reading a short in Strategy+Business yesterday on international competition (competition of national economies) talking about how connectivity...
Still on dial-up. Pipex has managed to move the ticket around internally but they seem no closer to actually getting someone at my local exchange to recycle...
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