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Pure Java Subversion (SVN) Client Library

How long before Subversion completely takes over from cvs. With tools like Pure Java Subversion (SVN) Client Library coming along I don't think that day is far away.

Thanks to techno.blog("Dion"): Pure Java Subversion (SVN) Client Library via Java Buzz Forum - Pure Java Subversion (SVN) Client Library

Lasso - Souk

This is the future for Identity and web applications (others too) Lasso - Souk is a Python implementation of the Liberty Alliance protocols built on top of Lasso which is a library that can be called from a variety of languages including Java and PHP.

Liberty is a great idea and free tools like Lasso will make it much more widely used by web applications from smaller companies. It is something Sun have pushed a lot.

Found via PyPi

Blog Torrent - Simplified bittorrent by Downhill Battle

Blog Torrent - Simplified bittorrent by Downhill Battle looks like a great way to make it easier to get going with BiTorrent for publishing your files.

Trans Canada Human Powered Speed Record HPV

I have written about Greg Kolodziejzyk and his Trans Canada Human Powered Speed Record HPV. before (42: New fast recumbent Trike) but

Simon Willison: Eclipse download hell

This Simon Willison: Eclipse download hell is so true, I have considered downloading Eclipse several times but

Quixote and WSGI

Some really good news for anyone interested in WSGI is in Diary for titus: WSGI, Quixote, SCGI, QWIP, and SWAP.

The Cost Of Database Independence

I read The Cost Of Database Independence and was not impressed

#57591: Security Vulnerability With Java Plug-in in JRE/SDK

Link: #57591: Security Vulnerability With Java Plug-in in JRE/SDK.

velorution has moved

For anyone who uses velorution (one of the most interesting cycling related blogs)

Firefox 1.0 hits 6.1 million downloads

I think it is pretty impressive. That is 6.1 million downloads from mozilla.org in 16 days. Note that apparently the SpreadFirefox campaign now has over 40,000 members. I reckon that is pretty good going.  Mind you it is a pretty good browser which helps ;-)