How many text editors do you know?
Please don’t say you do everything in vi. I returned Friday from a business trip on a data loss prevention project with a client in Poland and I realized it has been a while since I posted to my blog. Totally off topic from data leakage prevention and software security, I just won a small […]
Automated hacking of Joomla Web sites
A lot has been written about Google-aided automation of hacking. There is little I can add to this topic besides some personal and practical advice. If you’re running Joomla 1.5 you may have noticed queries of the sort “powered by joomla .domain_name_extension” in your Apache access.log file. It’s almost certain you’ll find a few of […]
Solaris and real-time Java for embedded systems?
It’s always interesting to see if industry analysis stands the test of time, like Dana Gardner (formerly with the Yankee Group, now with Interarbor Solutions) who told Internetnews.com back in 2004 that “Solaris may find fertile ground in the embedded space with a combination of real-time Java and the Solaris operating system”. Hmm. Now there’s […]
Seven software development mistakes not to make in 2009
One thing that is burnt into my personal flash memory from 7 years at Intel is working in Plan 2009 in September/October. This time of year, I start thinking about how we can survive and grow the business. We all like to think we learn from mistakes, however, recent experiences reminded me that the software […]
