Archive for December, 2006

Cingular, Samsung BlackJack, and Java MIDP Permissions

This weekend (2006-12-10) I bought a Samsung BlackJack. I took it home and tried to use Google’s Gmail Mobile application and it didn’t work. Lame. It will work when/if Google signs the Jar using Cingulars certs. Until then, I’m waiting for a registry hack or a good alternative JVM for Windows [...]

Seattle Devs: Concurrent Software Development Talk Monday 12/11/2006

Digipede Evangelista Kim Greenlee will be giving a talk on concurrency and software development at the .NET Developer Association Monday on the Microsoft campus. dan ciruli’s West Coast Grid

If I didn’t already have plans Monday, I’d be at this talk. Sure it’s over in Redmond, but it sounds really interesting.

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Javascript Debugger Statement

I’ve been working on debugging Javascript lately and found this gem from the talk “Advanced JavaScript” on Yahoo! YUI theater very interesting.

Javascript as a language spec does not have a debug statement, however all implementations do implement a debugger statement. Douglas Crockford: “Advanced JavaScript” (2 of 3)

To use this [...]

HTTP Status Code 417 Explained

417 Expectation Failed “No, you can’t have a pony.” REST for Toddlers

I seriously don’t have to work hard at all to find references to ponies.

The requirement that should be included in all RFPs

§5.11.5 The vendor shall provide a pony. cgus