Sam Ruby: Continuations for Curmudgeons:

"This essay is for people who, in web years, are older than dirt.  More specifically, if there was a period of time in which you programmed in a language which did not have garbage collection, then I mean you.  For most people these days, that means that you had some experience with a language named C.

It is a pretty safe bet that - despite your deep technical background - you find that you have some genetic defect that makes it completely impossible for you to understand articles with titles like Continuations Made Simple and Illustrated.  And for some reason, that bothers you.

If so, then maybe this article is for you"...

According to this JISC Press Release: International Standards in Access Management: The Key to the Future UK universities are to be encouraged to adopt Shibboleth:

"13th April, 2005. Security, privacy and trust are cornerstones of our interaction with the Web, as much in our learning, teaching and research as in our everyday lives.  Accessing web resources, email accounts, library borrowing information, or on-line copies of lecturers’ notes, all depend upon effective access management procedures.  If these procedures are to be effective across educational and research institutions worldwide, then international standards have to be defined and implemented.

An announcement today by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee) marks a key stage in the adoption of the developing international access management standard for education.  New technical developments and evolving needs of institutions and users have led JISC to adopt Shibboleth as the standards based architecture for access management in the communities it serves."...

Class! Tartan Trivia - Windaes Twa Thoosan:

"Micro$oft wants to help YOU in 'Weegieland. Don't be forced to use confusing Anglicised software. Due to be released soon, the 'Weegie Edition of Windows 2000, entitled Windies Twa Thoosan'"...

IDF 2005 Wireless USB Demo : Gizmodo:

"At the Intel Developer Forum Japan 2005, a couple companies conducted demonstrations of an interesting new technology — Wireless USB. The fun part about Wireless USB is the transfer rate, with the same maximum 480Mbps speed as USB 2.0"...