Tonight I went to the December SeaJUG meeting It was fun because our reading group here on the island decided to go all together, although we did kind of get split up due to differing transportation arrangements. There was a pretty big crowd because Doris Chen from Sun was coming to talk about Java 5. Every meeting before the speaker goes on,...

[via Jarno Virtanen] for obtaining EU funding for their work.

[via Jarno Virtanen] for obtaining EU funding for their work.

Tim Bray has reported on a dynamic languages summit that was held at Sun recently. Aside from the timing (years too late), I think that this is a very positive development. There were key implementors of multiple languages (the notable exceptions being Lisp and Smalltalk folks), the list of stuff issues/features that was discussed seems to be...

Tim Bray has reported on a dynamic languages summit that was held at Sun recently. Aside from the timing (years too late), I think that this is a very positive development. There were key implementors of multiple languages (the notable exceptions being Lisp and Smalltalk folks), the list of stuff issues/features that was discussed seems to be...

Today Jon Udell wrote about his experiences with the Mozilla calendar, which we've been using at home to maintain a family calendar between Julie's Thinkpad running Windows and my Powerbook (using iCal). We also had some discussion of iCalendar on the Seattle Python User's group mailing list this week. Lisa has already posted her comments on...

Today Jon Udell wrote about his experiences with the Mozilla calendar, which we've been using at home to maintain a family calendar between Julie's Thinkpad running Windows and my Powerbook (using iCal). We also had some discussion of iCalendar on the Seattle Python User's group mailing list this week. Lisa has already posted her comments on...

PyCon 2005 is happening March 23-25, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The Call for Papers is now online, and the deadline is December 31. I've written a bunch about PyCon since attending for the first time this year, and I'm really looking forward to itn. If you are out there working on some cool Python related stuff, this is your chance to get more...

PyCon 2005 is happening March 23-25, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The Call for Papers is now online, and the deadline is December 31. I've written a bunch about PyCon since attending for the first time this year, and I'm really looking forward to itn. If you are out there working on some cool Python related stuff, this is your chance to get more...

It did it again, so it's the fodder for today's post. Every once in a while, the Powerbook refuses to give me an unlock panel after I try to get the machine back from the screensaver/sleep. Instead, I'm treated to a very nice spinning rainbow beachball. I've tried closing the lid and opening it back up. I've tried sshing in from another machine...

It did it again, so it's the fodder for today's post. Every once in a while, the Powerbook refuses to give me an unlock panel after I try to get the machine back from the screensaver/sleep. Instead, I'm treated to a very nice spinning rainbow beachball. I've tried closing the lid and opening it back up. I've tried sshing in from another machine...

OSAF is looking for a server developer to work on WebDAV and (likely) CalDAV stuff. You'll probably be working on Slide, which means that the target language is Java, not Python.

OSAF is looking for a server developer to work on WebDAV and (likely) CalDAV stuff. You'll probably be working on Slide, which means that the target language is Java, not Python.

In his ApacheCon keynote last week, Doc Searls, talked about the role of modularity, with insights that he's gained during his year long study of Do It Yourself (DIY) IT. He drew heavily on some ideas from Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn (the reading list just got taller), particularly the contrasts between magazine vs vernacular...

In his ApacheCon keynote last week, Doc Searls, talked about the role of modularity, with insights that he's gained during his year long study of Do It Yourself (DIY) IT. He drew heavily on some ideas from Stewart Brand's How Buildings Learn (the reading list just got taller), particularly the contrasts between magazine vs vernacular...