Pet Peeves - XML

"We are teetering on the brink of a new edition of the XML standard : XML 1.0 5th Edition to be precise. This seems like an appropriate moment to look back at the XML roller-coaster and list off some personal peeves." -- Pet Peeves - XML

Premature parameterization...

...is the square root of all evil.

RAM, Disk, RAMDisk

Does my OS take advantage of the built-in UPS in my laptop? I don't think so. Maybe it could? With so many "desktops" these days actually consisting of laptops with desk-y attachments, the UPS concept has never been so widely deployed, yet, somewhat, unnoticed. RAM was the new disk - and it will be again

Knowing Java is not knowing much

"To paraphrase John Maynard Keynes: APIs can stay impenetrable longer than your schedule can stay acceptable." -- Knowing Java is not knowing much

Emotionally yours

Emotionally yours wonders if tech branding is on the rise or fall. The rise methinks.

E-mail is for postcards

"I am reminded - in a bad way - of the relationship between registered letters and postcards. In some countries, postcards have become so hit-and-miss in terms of delivery that they are only used for vacation "wish you were here" messages. You would not use them for anything important. I fear we are heading the same way with the open, global e-mail system." -- E-mail is for postcards

Web pages seen through Chrome tinted glasses

"The web started out as pages - information - and slowly but surely the degree of dynamic behaviour behind those pages has increased to the point where the pages have disappeared in many cases. If pointing a browser at a URI causes a web server to run a program that generates a page and then throws away the page, then does the page really exist?" -- Web pages seen through Chrome tinted glasses