I’m not really into social media. I’ve never really found it all that useful. However, I must say that I see a serious use case for using Google Wave. The part that interests me is document collaboration. For example, one thing I’d use Wave for is requirements document collaboration. Currently, [...]

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Yesterday I was searching for a way to make GMail my default email provider, so that when I click on “mailto” links GMail opens.  In Windows this is pretty easy, but I couldn’t figure it out for Linux.  So, bring on Google search.  I found this web page which explains it succinctly.  While I don’t [...]

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If you are a SOAP fan then you may want to stop reading now.  Seriously, I am not interested in a philosophical debate on the “merits” of SOAP.  Personally, I think SOAP is a horrible way for distributed resources to communicate.  The idea of SOAP being XML and hence partially readable is OK, but for [...]

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There are many browser plugins that will manage your passwords and generate random passwords for you. These are great if you have just one computer that you use. For me, I have a Linux computer at work, a laptop for work, and a home computer. There are some sites that I want [...]

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