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Submitted by litrik on

As a counterweight to all technical books that I have read lately (mostly about Drupal and Javascript development) I have ordered a couple of non-technical books that should broaden my horizon a little bit.

"Here comes everybody" spurred my interest after Dries quoted Clay Shirky during his DrupalCon keynote session. I'm hoping to learn whether "Don't plan, co-ordinate." is really the way forward or just an excuse to be lazy ;)

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Operation in progress...

Submitted by litrik on

"Operation in progress..." and a whole bunch of "Read timed out" errors is all I get when I try to upgrade my Eclipse installation from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2.

It is also painfully clear that the current update manager (aka the 'new update manager') has problems coping with all these network time-outs. There's no way to cancel the whole update. I'll have to sit through all time-outs (one for each jar) because the update manager dialog is modal.

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Free eID reader

Submitted by litrik on

If you have a Belgian VAT number you are eligible to receive a free eID reader courtesy of Fedict.

Datanews explains that you only need to send an email to servicedesk@fedict.be and mention "elektronische BTW-aangifte", your company name, VAT number and shipping address. Easy as pie.

I couldn't find any confirmation on the Fedict site nor on the eID site but I'll request one anyway.

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Notes/Domino open source?

Submitted by litrik on

In an open letter to IBM, Ian Tree asked IBM to open source Notes/Domino. An interesting request but there is a very simple reason why this is not going to happen.

Too much work. Not enough return.

People underestimate the amount of work it takes to open source an existing code base. Stormy Peters explains in more detail what the problems are/will be.

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2008 leap second

Submitted by litrik on

Because of fluctuations in the gravitational speed of the earth, 2008 will get an extra leap second.

Apparently, leap seconds are inserted approximately every 18 months so I guess the world is not going to end. I still wonder which software breaks (and how it breaks) because of this kind of external changes.

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