Some thoughts from teaching XSLT. Is there a gap for a little language, strictly streaming, for simple in-place text tranformations?

"XML and Web services are crucial for protecting America" Using RSS and E-Ink for general Class 4 IETMs

Going from Mandrake 9.1 to Mandrake 10.0 Community Edition was actually pleasant, even with a missing disk 3; only marred by an easily fixable Mozilla problem

The dictionary shrinks again

"It is the marketing term to call things standard these days." All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely playas. Plus ergonomic keyboards.

Sparking the Fire of Invention: Asperger's Syndrome and Standards Committees

Less worry for people doing good

Housekeeping edition

In which I try out JLint, FindBugs, Checkstyle & PMD. Gentlemen, place your bets.

Some parts of Java are in the doldrums. Open Sourcing can only deliver the benefits of 10,000 eyes when feedback and enhancements can be merged back into the code base fast. javax.swing.text.html would be a good component to slough off to a small, reactive Open Source team.