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NetSyndication.com now live

Posted December 3, 2011

After slogging (and procrastinating) for what feels like forever (but really just a little under a year), NetSyndication.com is finally live.

It's only "alpha" grade at the moment, but it shows what's coming and what the overall direction is going to be.

Everyone's welcome to open accounts and give …

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Posted in Programming
Tagged as syndication, facebook, twitter, orkut, google, craigslist, kijiji, usedvictoria, and usedeverywhere

If Oracle Wins Against Google

Posted June 17, 2011

I know this probably seems like a knee-jerk reaction, but it's not.

Plainly stated - if Oracle wins it's claims against Google (as detailed in this article), then:

  1. I will stop programming in Java. Period.
  2. I will stop programming for the Android. Period.

My reasoning is thus:

  1. If Oracle wins this, …

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Posted in Programming
Tagged as oracle, google, java, and android

Nokia + Microsoft - My Thoughts

Posted February 11, 2011

Having read the news that Nokia and Microsoft have entered into a partnership into the smart-phone market, I thought I'd offer my 2c.

First off - I'd like to address the skeptics comment that this event clearly shows that Nokia's "in-house" development of an operating system for smart-phones was a "…

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Posted in Science & Tech
Tagged as nokia, microsoft, apple, google, windows, symbian, iphone, and android

My Little (Java) World is Crumbling

Posted August 26, 2010

A relative of mine pointed me to some news articles of how Oracle is handling the various pieces of technology they inherited from Sun Microsystems. Needless to say, it's dismal.

OpenOffice - basically on the way out. OpenSolaris - killed. MySQL - serious question marks. And now they're also suing G…

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Posted in Programming
Tagged as oracle, sun, java, and google

Google's New Programming Language

Posted November 11, 2009

I learned today of Google's new programming language, named "Go". Over the next few days, I will be delving into this interesting looking language (which by outward appearances seems to inherit some of the basic structure and syntax of the C/C++/Java family of languages) and will be giving my opinio…

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Posted in Programming
Tagged as google, go, and language

Apple Had It Coming

Posted August 1, 2009

Well, Apple had it coming. Apple has been wielding their control over the iPhone store and iTunes so anti-competitively that is was bound to raise the ire of US regulators.

Frankly, Apple deserves this. They've historically been one if the loudest voices crying foul of Microsoft's business practices…

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Posted in General
Tagged as apple, at&t, fcc, google, voice, google voice, and voip
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