bitquabit – Zombie Operating Systems and ASP.NET MVCFunny, and sad… "And that is why, in 2009, when developing in Microsoft .NET 3.5 for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 on a Windows 7 system, you cannot include /com\d(\..*)?, /lpt\d(\..*)?, /con(\..*)?, /aux(\..*)?, /prn(\..*)?, or /nul(\..*)? in any of your routes." (microsoft windows software_development filenames )
Telegraph relaunches blogs, now powered [...]
Guardian: “MP paler than we might have led you to believe” « FoiblesOh dear… "The Guardian hit on an ingenious way to speed things up when searching through the MPs expense documents released last week in response to FoI requests: get the readers to do it (or “crowdsourcing,” if we’re being polite). [...] Great idea! [...]
Oliver Burkeman on the strange incidence of coincidence | Life and style | The Guardian
Oliver Burkeman nails it…”Well, here’s the thing,” Horace said. “Doesn’t it annoy you how so many self-help gurus, whenever they want to demonstrate the efficacy of their teachings, will present incredibly dubious case studies, featuring people whose lives were purportedly transformed, [...]
Charles on… anything that comes along » David v Goliath in the newsroom, and why we need new wrappers for journalismCharles Arthur on his epiphany that it's okay (if not actually good) to prioritise fast over right on the web: "To repeat: journalism is the process and publishing is the wrapper that you put around [...]
JavaFX | JavaFX 1.2 Plugin for Eclipse Release Notes | JavaFXThe team behind the JavaFX Eclipse plugin hadn't disappeared after all. They'd been working on this. (javafx eclipse plugins )
Q&A: London tube strike | UK news | guardian.co.uk"Tfl managers put a new two-year deal on the table last week of a 1% above inflation pay [...]
How Palm Designed The Pre – Forbes.com (palm_pre design )
Obituary: David Carradine | Film | The GuardianOn the subject of children's names, from the obituary of David Carradine: "A co-star in [Boxcar Bertha] was Barbara Hershey, his partner in the Kung Fu days. This was a hippie affair – she changed her name to Barbara [...]
Palm Pre review – EngadgetThree-part review of the Palm Pre. (palm_pre reviews )
Palm Pre Delivers (Mostly) on Its Promise – PC WorldVideo review of the Palm Pre — generally strong, but some glitches with the photo album and minor usability/space issues. (palm_pre reviews )
Tech Trader Daily – Barron’s Online : Palm Pre: Gushing Early Reviews; [...]
Sunday Times plans standalone website | Media | guardian.co.uk"The Sunday Times is set to launch a standalone website – and is considering charging readers for its content." (newspapers business_models media times sunday_times )
Google Wave Preview"Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. Watch the demo video [...]
