May 2004

If you're the type who needs to know how a technology works from the inside out in order to use it effectively, you'll jump on this guided tour of the Java platform's authorization architectures. Follow along as Java architect Abhijit Belapurkar leads this detailed, behind-the-scenes introduction to two distinctly different [...]

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Big Ideas from the Computer Age O'Reilly Releases "Hackers and Painters" Sebastopol, CA–Picasso said, "Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires." Art exemplifies creative thinking [...]

How can news providers persuade customers to accept new standard formats? Does RSS threaten or present opportunity to the news industry. Jo Rabin comments on the state of standards in the news industry.http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/05/05/news.html

Randall Hyde makes his case for why learning assembly language is still relevant today. The key, says Randall, is to learn how to efficiently implement an application, and the best implementations are written by those who've mastered assembly language. Randall is the author of Write Great Code (from No Starch [...]

Looks like Google Blog is officially launced. The blog promises insight into the news, technology, and culture of Google. Looks like all the posts are from Evan Williams.
Looks interesting and will have to follow

I'm really psyched – After weeks of lamenting about not being able to go to BEA eWorld this year; I just got an opportunity to attend eWorld. I am tentatively presenting at eWorld and the session is hosted by BEA and Panacya entitled 'Business Service Monitoring for SOA'. I work for a Financial Services company [...]

Using Aspects as a test coverage tool seems a very interesting way of using AOP for something really usefull in determining the quality of code.