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v1.3 is dead, long live v2.3!

The Apache HTTP Server team recently released 1.3.42, the final release of the hugely-popular 1.3 codebase. I wrote a bit about our reasoning, and where we’re going next, in response to some questions from El Reg. A lot of people have been asking about the decision to stop support for 1.3, so I thought I’d [...]

Ada Lovelace Day – thank you Valerie!

I had some computer troubles yesterday, so I’m posting my Ada Lovelace Day post a little late. It’s still March 24th in Hawaii though, so I think I’m alright really

Like many others, I had a seriously hard time trying to decide who to write about. I’ve been so lucky in many ways, and [...]

Why I’m taking the Ada Lovelace challenge

Costigan Quist says he’s not taking the Ada Lovelace challenge. But I think he’s missed the point, and in my own rambling fashion, I’ll shortly explain why.

Before I do though, what is the challenge? Suw Charman-Anderson set up a pledge on PledgeBank, saying “I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a [...]

Technology and Miracles

I’ve been enjoying twitter for a while now – but the ease with which it allows me to write down individual thoughts means that this blog has been rather neglected.

In the last few weeks though, I’ve been thinking more and more about the various bits of technology, none of them things that would have been [...]

Get Naked!

Shane introduced me to the idea of CSS Naked Day via PlanetApache, and it’s today – so for one day only (unless I forget!), this blog is CSS-free.

I’ve been interested in the issues of designing websites that work well in non-standard/text-based browsers/readers etc since I started in uni. Although I’m not a design person at [...]

Three Medical Truths

For various reasons – broken glasses, a subdermal implant, minor investigations of an ongoing issue – I’ve been thinking about these things a lot lately. I’ve had some wonderful doctors – over the years and more recently. I’ve also met one or two doctors, and a few technicians of various shades, who could have done [...]

Geek Girl Dinners

Having been invited to a couple of these in far-off lands (ok, maybe not that far…), I was delighted when an invite to an Irish Geek Girl Dinner landed in my inbox.

It’s definitely not invite-only, so if any of you ladies are interested in joining some self-identified Geek Girls for dinner on 27th February, head [...]

It’s not even December…!

Christmas stuff seems to be all the rage at the moment – I think I’m allergic to tree-decorations in November, cos I’ve got a stuffy head and can’t stop sneezing.

An old post, from when I was living in Germany, seems to be attracting a lot of interest right now – something a bunch of Linuxchix [...]

Word of the Day

Java weenie \*Ja”va *wee”nie\, n

1. (Inf.) A wiener that tastes like coffee.

2. (Slang) Indonesian penis.

3. (Slang) An insignificant, disliked, coffee-addicted programmer.

4. (Slang) Honorary title given to community members of The Apache Software Foundation who dare and talk about their love of java at ApacheCon conferences. (see: Sanchez, Wilfredo; Magnusson, Geir; Pony, I Want a; Lightning [...]

Only two things in life are certain…

neither of which make very good topics of conversation…

I’m currently “in between” jobs – there are a couple of tempty employers interested in me, which is a nice position to be in. Unfortunately, hiring processes can be slow at times – so I’m waiting on a formal offer from the more local one before I [...]