July

This is the archive for July, 2008.

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  • A Cuil new internet time-waster

    Forget searching for a googlewhack. With the launch of Cuil, now you can waste your time trying to find the elusive one search that shows the correct image next to a result!
    Inspired by Charles’ mini-review, I also searched for myself, and here is what I found in the first page:

    … and so on.
     
    Jokes aside, there […]

  • Apache Archiva 1.1 Released

    Good news from the Archiva project - a new version is out this week with a number of new features and improvements.
    There are about 89 fixes and improvements, particularly including:

    Artifact Uploads from the Web Interface
    RSS
    Virtual Repositories
    Timeouts for remote proxies
    New Runtime Bundle based on Jetty 6.1 and Java Service Wrapper
    Apache Jackrabbit WebDAV Servlet
    Architecture changed to Spring

    You […]

  • Philippine Open Source Summit

    Back in late June, I was able to attend the Philippine Open Source Summit in Cebu. It was another good trip, both for the conference and the opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues.
    The conference itself was very well attended, so it is great to see that level of interest in open source in […]

  • What I Value at the ASF

    I’ve been given a couple of reasons to think about what it is that I value about being a contributor to the Apache Software Foundation this year. Someone raised the question of "the Apache way" again today, and so I thought it was worth repeating my own opinions.

    I value that projects are not islands. I […]

  • Maven is going where, you say?

    Warner asks Is Maven going away?
    Gee, I wish someone had told me, considering I’ve been spending an increasing amount of time on it again recently.
    I see daily postings on either the love or hate of Maven, mostly containing no really new insight. At the risk of taking the bait, there were two reasons I thought […]