Author Archives: jason

SIPphone

Posted on December 31, 2003 by jason

I recently had my first SIPphone experience. For those unfamiliar with the service, SIPphone is Michael Robertson’s (mp3.com founder) new VoIP venture, firmly focused on providing Internet telephony to the masses. I found it a solution that, despite initial configuration … Continue reading →

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Unclogging Writer’s Block

Posted on December 20, 2003 by jason

When I started this blog, I wanted it to be an outlet for my technology escapades, including coverage of the interesting topics that I encounter in and out of work. I can quite honestly say that this was not as … Continue reading →

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Smart Orange 0.3

Posted on November 24, 2003 by jason

quickSub 0.3 has just been released. Thanks go to Colin Grady (aka pr00f) for the inspiration from his work on quickSub over at Feedster.

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The SourceForge Mirage Effect

Posted on November 9, 2003 by jason

I have now started to regularly experience what I will class as the ‘SourceForge Mirage Effect.’ Let me explain this phenomenon with a common scenario: You’re working on your latest project, and would like to find an Open Source component … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Integration Patterns

Posted on October 18, 2003 by jason

Gregor Hohpe, Enterprise Integration Practice leader over at Thoughtworks, maintains the excellent Enterprise Integration Patterns website. This site, and the recently released book, provide a detailed description of common patterns found throughout Enterprise architectures. Well worth a visit.

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Java Performance Analysis Tools

Posted on October 14, 2003 by jason

This list of profiling tools is mostly a personal aide-memoire, but it may be useful to others as well. If there are any glaring omissions, or you have any thoughts about the tools listed below, please feel free to leave … Continue reading →

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A Pythonesque Approach to Spam

Posted on October 12, 2003 by jason

… otherwise known as my Spambayes experience, day 7. In my quest to resolve my spam issues (as described in a previous entry), I decided to try out SpamBayes, a popular open source Bayesian filter implemented in Python. This seemed … Continue reading →

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Returned mail: User unknown

Posted on September 26, 2003 by jason

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been on the receiving end of a considerable amount of spam email. “What’s so new about that?” I hear you ask. Well, in this particular case, I’m suffering from the results of bounced … Continue reading →

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Web Services Reliable Messaging – A Single Standard?

Posted on September 17, 2003 by jason

Microsoft has just published the presentations from their recent Reliable Messaging Feedback Workshop. The presentations on WS-ReliableMessaging make interesting reading, and, in conjunction with the joint briefing today by Gates and Mills, are clear indications of the momentum behind Web … Continue reading →

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Total Recall

Posted on September 12, 2003 by jason

The Internet Archive (home of the great Wayback Machine) have just launched the beta of their new service, Recall. What’s so special about this, you may ask? Well, think of it like Google, but where you are no longer restricted … Continue reading →

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