Monthly Archives: August 2004

This is more for me than you IBM developerWorks has a good intro to Groovy. Didn’t realize it used the Java syntax and APIs with little to no syntax changes. Python has a nice CSV library.

This is nice. Through a collision of ideas, Adam Curry and Steve Gillmor, Curry created the iPodder, which checks for MP3 enclosures in an RSS feed and then downloads those MP3s and creates an iTunes playlist that can be copied … Continue reading →

I’ve been beating my head against the wall trying to find the cause of the exception listed below. I’m working with JXTA and using the bcprov-jdk14.jar library from The Legion of the Bouncy Castle. The error occurs because CryptixProperties.setProperties(…) includes … Continue reading →

I was listening to John Gage, Chief Scientist at Sun Microsystems via IT Conversations, and he describes software [clip] by Keyhole, Inc.. Unfortunately, the software is Windows only, but it is extremely cool and a little hard to describe. The … Continue reading →

Business 2.0 has a nice article on what Arthur van Hoff is doing with Tivo. I don’t know much about Strangeberry, but I always thought they must be doing something cool because 2 years ago they had a Java implementation … Continue reading →

Steve Gillmor does a good job connecting the dots between Google and Adam Bosworth. I’m not sure I’ve bought into the idea of universal client-side cache like Alchemy. For example, Bosworth makes the comment to Gillmor, “Given that it’s a … Continue reading →

So, I’m listening to the July 29, 2004 edition of Steve Gillmor and gang in which the guys ))) discuss ((( the integration of audio with blogs. I then notice this “clip” link on the IT Converstations site that does … Continue reading →