Life As It Comes
IBM Java 6 Early Release Program2 Comments
OSNews has linked to the availability of an initial drop of IBM SDK for Java 6.0.
From a security perspective, this most likely (though I have yet to confirm) represents our initial drop back on December 1st.
My Patent Application4 Comments
Sometime in the last few months, my patent application became viewable from the USPTO website:
WS-*No Comments
Check out this interview with Andrew Nash.
He’s been involved with many of the WS-* specs; he is currently the CTO of Reactivity and was formerly the Director of Technologies at RSA.
Something That You May Not Be Comfortable WithNo Comments
Searching for your phone number in the format AAA PPP-SSSS in Google (where AAA is the three digit area code and the primary (P) and secondary (S) digits are separated by a dash) could yield your phone listing and, along with it, a map to your house. If you don’t like the idea of that, there is a phone book removal form.
Poll Polling1 Comment
Loyal readers from other states,
Did you vote on a paper ballot? A punch card? An electronic ballot?
In Austin, we voted with electronic ballots. Leave a comment to let me know how you voted. I’m not sure if I like the system of electronic ballots we have in Austin, since there is no hard-copy proof of your vote that is collected in conjuction with the electronic copy. It’s not that I don’t trust the computers; it’s that I don’t trust people not to tamper with the computers. Say, for instance, that someone brought a magnet with them to the polls or that someone negligent happened to spill something liquid. Such a person could disrupt or even destroy votes as they are being cast or long after the voters have gone on their merry way. Just something to think about.