I was reading this article on enabling animated pointers in Windows XP and thought to myself that it would be nice to have a Java-themed mouse cursor. I took…

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…

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Once in a while I have to use Subversion on a Linux box. Not a big deal, except for diffs. The standard svn diff output is not the most readable. Vim, or mor…

Seems like every couple years I find myself blogging about NBC's poor coverage of the Olympics. The commentators haven't improved much, but the coverage sure…

Talking about Google, some of the GMail mx proxy addresses are currently blacklisted by SpamCop.net, and probably others. If you're using a blacklist to filt…

I was reading the last edition of SD Times as it was conveniently laying out in the bathroom, and noticed the mention of a new magazine, Eclipse Review. It i…