Cohen plays Sligo

Typical. I move to the other side of the planet and then Cohen decides to play just down the road from my house.

Executable regulations. And so it begins..in Python

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article on ITWorld about how software may provide a way to improve financial regulation.

It appears that the SEC are heading in this direction for capturing the semantics of complex financial instruments...and doing it with Python to boot.

Blog comment spam hits 100%

I stepped away from my machine for a couple of days and today I find 60+ comment spams for moderation. I have taken to using a "super quick scan" followed by "select all" and "delete" strategy.

Sigh.

Congrats to Timetric on their funding round

Timetric has announced completion of a funding round and congrats are in order. Timetric are in a very interesting space. I'll be watching it closely.

Schematron is 10. My oh my! Don't they grow up fast?

I'm shocked to find out today that Schematron is in its second decade. Amazing how time flies. Congrats to Rick.

New Jython book

Excellent: The definitive guide to Jython

nosql

Accurate or no, the moniker "nosql" does seem to have legs in describing the growing interest in non-relational approaches to data management. Some interesting presentations here