Monthly Archives: April 2008

Continuous Learning Curve: Javascript

I’ve avoided spending too much time delving into Javascript. My four-year switch from Windows-uber-alles (including VFP, VSS, SQL Server, Ingres, Oracle, HTML, OLE, ODBC, SCC, COM, XML, MCSE, MCSD, XSLT, DCOM, RSS, MS Office, Exchange, MAPI Bad, SMTP Good, MVP … Continue reading

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Notes from PySIG, 24-April-2008: Questions, Answers, Brownies!

Eight attendees had a great time last night eating all of Janet’s brownies, cookies, cupcakes and Ray’s milk while discussing Python, news, questions, life, the universe and everything. The April meeting of the Python Special Interest Group of the Greater … Continue reading

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The Patch Window has closed.

Over at the SANS Internet Storm Center, John Bambenek describes the increasingly grim situation for keeping machines secure. Automated patching triggers automated reverse engineering and the development of exploits in The Patch Window is Gone: Automated Patch-Based Exploit Generation. Deeply … Continue reading

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MerriLUG Notes, 17-April-2008: Dan Walsh & SELinux

Eleven people attended the April meeting of MerriLUG, the Merrimack Valley chapter of the Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group. Heather called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM, noted the that attendees were pretty much The Usual Suspects, and … Continue reading

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Notes from NH Ruby group, 15-April-2008

Eight people attended the April meeting of the Ruby Special Interest Group, http://www.nhruby.org, held as usual on the second Tuesday of the month in the meeting room at RMC Research. We lead the night off with a brief video on … Continue reading

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Notes from MonadLUG, 10-April-2008: Guy Pardoe and Joomla

Sixteen people were present for the April Meeting of MonadLUG, the Monadnock Area Linux User Group meeting, held as usual on the second Thursday of the month at the School Administrative Unit #1 main office off Hancock Road in Peterborough. … Continue reading

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YA Javascript library: Ext

Sometimes I think the community of Javascript libraries is like a high school popularity contest, with crowds swarming one cool thing before dropping it and moving on to the next. In a project last year, we started with a little … Continue reading

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Check out NetVibes!

In searching for Prototype Windows and related JavaScript libraries to let us create portlets for a portal, we’ve run into a couple of pretty impressive contestants. The most recent is NetVibes, which appears to be both the name of the … Continue reading

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CentraLUG notes, 7-April-2008: Coleman Kane and FOSS development for Windows

Eight people attended the April meeting of the Central New Hampshire Linux User Group, held as usual at the New Hampshire Technical Institute Library, Room 146, on the first Monday of the month (see below, we’re evicted until fall). Coleman … Continue reading

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Listening last week to… April 5, 2008

Backdating this post a bit, as I didn’t get it posted yesterday,… In Fresh Ubuntu, Harlem and Peter lead off this week with a conversation with Michael Ramm about productivity and GTD in “Michael from Blackbelt Productivity.” PyCon2007 had a … Continue reading

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