As Glynn just blogged about it, I’d like to congratulate the JDS team (and the Desktop Community) on releasing the source to the Java Desktop System on opensolaris.org. In particular, I want to mention the build instructions, which provide a very clear starting point for those interested in exploring the source and how to build [...]

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I went to a nice dinner a couple of weeks ago, to celebrate a couple friends’ visit to the Bay Area. The restaurant offered some tasting menus, so the more adventurous indulged in the six course offering, with a variety of tastes and textures. In line with current trends, flavoured foams accented between a quarter [...]

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I can see late nights ahead: there’s a lot of writing to do for work, and enough daytime interruptions and meetings to stop me from proceeding swiftly. Happily for those idle enough to read this blog, this new phase of sleep deprivation means the completion of assorted partial entries—and the release of the various pieces [...]

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Over on mediacast.sun.com, I see Bob Netherton has posted a nice tutorial from Solaris Boot Camp, entitled “Migrating a legacy RC service”. The presentation covers the hiccoughs you might run into during your first conversion, and its step-by-step approach is very soothing. [ T: OpenSolaris Solaris smf ]

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Although I have been writing a lot lately—slides, draft policies and processes, and slews of email—none of it has managed to reach my blog. I’ve been a Wall Street Journal subscriber since graduate school—skimming the paper in the morning is a habit I’ve maintained despite the hazard of having milk-sodden cereal hurled in my face [...]

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Introducing JSON JavaScript Object Notation site.

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The Grove – SMF Description for Sun Java System Application Server Jeff Bounds provides a service conversion for the Java ES App Server.

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Cornell Notetaking Method Custom PDF Generator Make your own note paper.

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Are you prepared San Francisco’s emergency prep site.

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DTrace Troubleshooting Brendan Gregg compares DTrace with other Solaris system monitoring tools.

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Like RSVP, the CBC‘s High Hat is another well-executed card game implemented in Flash. What’s interesting about High Hat is that it looks like a good candidate for playing with a physical deck as well. Maybe a good alternative to hours of War with Ben during the coming rainy winter here. Recommended.

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Pens At JOON New York – All The Best Pens In The World A fountain pen retailer.

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[Reposted from forum thread.] I’ve had a few weeks to get oriented and thought I would bring folks up to date on the work we intend to pursue in the short term. My primary concern after an initial survey is creating additional infrastructure to get currently internal-to-Sun projects and conversations out in the open, on [...]

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memcached: a distributed memory object caching system Use to speed up your dynamic Web applications.

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Mystery Bulge in Oregon Still Growing Swelling near southernmost of the Three Sisters.

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I’ve recently rejoined the team working directly on the OpenSolaris effort. The past few weeks I’ve been getting caught up on where Open is with respect to a number of areas, both technical and process. During my survey, I’ve been pleased to see how good the current technical team (“I-team”, or implementation team, in local [...]

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Citizen Corps Another citizen-oriented effort from Homeland Security.

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Jakarta Slide Apache project for a Java-based WebDAV server.

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darcs A distributed revision control system, written in Haskell.

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monotone: distributed version control A distributed version control system with no external dependencies.

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California State Parks Listings, access to reservations for California state recreation areas, reserves, and parks.

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Mercurial Distributed SCM Python-based source code management, used by Xen.

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Advanced Building Technologies Varous energy/resource efficiency techniques for buildings.

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Rainwater Harvesting Barrel-based system; nice parallel storage plumbing example.

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