“Design depends largely on constraints.” — Charles Eames
Monday, 26 December 2005
Another year has gone by, and rather than cataloguing music, movies or books that I liked, here are some feeds on the Web that I enjoyed reading throughout the year. I’ll avoid repeating the obvious news, technical and blogroll...
Saturday, 24 December 2005
The useful end of RFC 3864 (at least regarding HTTP) is finally* here. When you need to know where a particular header is defined there’s now one place to do it; IANA’s Message header registry and repository have been...
Thursday, 22 December 2005
One thing I detest about many technology companies is their tendency to treat employees like overgrown 15-year-olds with no social skills. This was most evident at Java One’s “Social Event” as previously discussed, but you also tend to see...
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Wednesday, 21 December 2005
Every parent should take a flip through the OECD’s Education at a Glance*, their annual look at the state of learning in most industrialised countries. Why? First of all, it’s a wonderful way to cut through a lot of...
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005
Like a blogger trying to pump up their buzz, the New York Times declares; Australian Unrest Spreads to Other Cities What’s happened now? Have Melbourne and Brisbane been overrun by rioting yobs? No, this is what the Times is...
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Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Bloomberg calls it; In the U.S. bond market, the housing bubble has burst. Bonds backed by home loans to the riskiest borrowers, the fastest growing part of the $7.6 trillion mortgage market, have lost about 2.5 percent since September on...
Monday, 5 December 2005
Atom has finally realised its most important advantage over the various flavours of RSS — it’s a Standards-Track RFC. What does this mean? It doesn’t mean that it’s (necessarily) technically better, is easier to use, or will be more...