Schema Design Patterns: Avoiding Complexity

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/11/20/schemas.html

Using W3C XML Schema

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/11/29/schemas/part1.html
(printed version: http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/691)

And from Oracle:

• XML Schema: Understanding Namespaces
  
• XML Schema: Understanding Datatypes
  
• XML Schema: Understanding Structures
  

And from WebReference:

• The XML Schema Companion. Chapter 15: Patterns
  
• 15.9 Character Class Escapes
  

Boycott Novell - Champion of freedom or den of paranoia?

Observations about Boycott Novell:

http://www.linux.com/feature/151215

Some Productive Ubuntu Kung Fu

Book Excerpt: http://lifehacker.com/5067996/some-productive-ubuntu-kung-fu

Also in comments:

• "a good desktop blog editor" - suggestions:
  
  
  
  • OpenOffice.org with the Sun Weblog Publisher extension
    
  • ScribeFire extension for Firefox
    
  
  
• "a tip to make gnome fonts look *not* like that" - suggestion:
  
  
  
  • Open a terminal window and type sudo dpkg-reconfigure fonts-fontconfig Then choose the Native option in the menu, and log out and back in again.
    
  
  
• "Is there an app for the Mac that is like gnome-blog?" - suggestion:
  
  
  
  • http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/ I've never used it myself but I hear good things about it.
    
  
  
• "What about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo/Plugins ?"
  

MIT team designs bio-suit

News from July 2007:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/biosuit-0716.html

Spotlight turns to notebooks - Live

Live from Apple's "spotlight turns to notebooks" event - long, with comments:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/live-from-apples-spotlight-turns-to-notebooks-event/

DisplayPort versus HDMI

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/19/displayport-and-hdmi-square-off-in-uber-thorough-comparison/

An astonishingly detailed report at EDN pits the two digital-display-interface standards against one another in an attempt to discover whether we really, truly need two ways to plug things in:

http://www.edn.com/article/CA6594089.html

There's also a comparison of main features of different standards.
Included here as a screenshot:

Multi-finger MacBook trackpad gestures demonstrated on video

Steve Jobs amd multi-touch glass trackpad:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/multi-finger-macbook-trackpad-gestures-demonstrated-on-video/

Linux is Making Me Fat and Lazy

Original blog entry by Carla Schroder - I translated it into Polish and posted to LinuxNews.pl

DevX Report - New C++09 Standard

http://www.devx.com/cplus/Door/7042

• Timeline: C++ in Retrospect


• The State of the Language: An Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup


• Simpler Multithreading in C++0x


• Easier C++: An Introduction to Concepts


• Overview: C++ Gets an Overhaul


• C++0x: The Dawning of a New Standard

jQuery to ship with ASP.NET MVC and Visual Studio

Blog entry of Scott Hanselman with simple, yet effective example:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/jQueryToShipWithASPNETMVCAndVisualStudio.aspx