Java

Erik's Pulse: 2006-05-30

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Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

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Java

Erik's Pulse: 2006-05-23

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Erik's weekly column published in the Javalobby Newsletter.

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Internet

The .EU landrush fiasco

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Bob has a great post on what he calls the .EU landrush fiasco: What happens when you match an inept registry with crafty businessmen? The answer is a really…

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Development

Why RoR won't Become Mainstream

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Cédric has a great post on Why Ruby on Rails won't Become Mainstream. No bashing, just some very compelling reasons. Bravo!

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Internet

VeriSign: a Monopoly in the Making

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ICANN has approved a deal with VeriSign to continue manage the .COM registry. This is a very bad deal for everyone. Well, except VeriSign, of course. They wi…

For more information on the economics of the deal, I'd suggest reading this post by…
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Personal

USPS Unstoppable Junk Mail

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We get most of our mail to a P.O. box, but there are a few things that we have no choice but to get at home. Our home mailbox is always stuffed with flyers,…

I find it totally unacceptable that you cannot instruct the post office…
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Blog

Popular Links

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I've implemented a way to view the linkblog's Popular Links. The page and feeds list the most popular links in the last 24 hours. The lists are updated at le…

You may have noticed that, for the last few days, all links are redirected when clicked. Needless to say that IPs are checked for dups, etc. The user agents are also matched against a list of some 400 known bots, crawlers and spiders. I'll post in…
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