Kato Atsushi is making Japanese translations of the SVK tutorials available. These are a work in progress. Part I is up so far. Thanks Kato!
Category Archives: Remaindered
Dog The Bounty Hunter Arrested for Jumping Bail?
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From the “what the hell was he thinking” dept: Dog the Bounty Hunter arrested in Mexico for — jumping bail. I watch the show sometimes and have heard him incessantly preach to the people he captures, even accusing them of stealing his kids college money. Way to lead by example Dog!
New Book Ordered
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I just put in my order for Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising, after hearing an interview with Mary Lynn on this episode of the Agile Toolkit podcast. The book sounds quite interesting and sounds like just what I need these days.
Help Steve Jobs Dress for His Next Keynote
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Pretty funny site. Tired of seeing Steve Jobs in the same get up for his Keynote Addresses? Help him dress for the next one with items found in his “insanely great magic closet”. Flash required. Courtesy of geekculture.com
NetFlix Sueing Blockbuster for Patent Infringment
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Yet another article highlighting why I hate the patent system. Apparently NetFlix is sueing BlockBuster over patents it has over movie rentals over the internet.
Sun Hires JRuby Development Team
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Tim Bray talks about the recent hiring of the JRuby development team by Sun Microsystems. I think this is awesome. I’m so impressed with the Ruby language and would love to see it operate in a container and leverage all of the great Java components out there. Cote also talks about this over at People Over Process.
SQLYog MySQL Client Open Sourced
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Got an email this morning stating that SQLYog, an excellent MySQL client comparable to TOAD for Oracle, is now open sourced. Go grab it!
Death By Google Calendar
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I found a good article today talking about how much information one can give away just by having your Google Calendar public and outlining some not so nice ways that this information can be utilized.
FreeDOS 1.0 Released
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If you are looking for a free replacement for MS-DOS, look no further. FreeDOS 1.0 has been released.
Googles Eric Schmidt joins Apples Board of Directors
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Apples Board of Directors – Full announcement.