Monthly Archives: September 2005

[bxmlt2005] Panel: Standardization — positive impetus or market restraint?

Posted on September 12, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

The day sets off with a panel discussion headlined “Standardization: Positive impetus or market restraint?” The panelists are: Norman Heydenreich, a director of Microsoft Germany Hans Kauper, PSI and BITKOM Wolf-Dieter Lukas, Ministry of Education and Research Andreas Luxa, Siemens … Continue reading →

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Berliner XML Tage 2005

Posted on September 12, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

I’m at Berliner XML Tage 2005, an annual XML and Semantic Web conference in Berlin. It has a local focus, most of the attendees and many of the talks are in German. Usually there has been a fair share of … Continue reading →

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The secret to getting absolutely everything you want

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

The only thing you have to do to get whatever you want, is to be willing to do whatever it takes! Both a truism and a profound wisdom. Paraphrased from here, and the one-sentence summary of this book.

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Understand the downsides, and then do it anyway

Posted on September 11, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

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Trusted Computing

Posted on September 10, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

An absolutely amazing movie. (Via Martin Pittenauer)

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My first Ruby program, and converting Evolution maildirs to mbox

Posted on September 10, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

The Pragmatic Programmers famously recommended to learn one new programming language every year. Last year I learned AppleScript (page in German). My plan to learn Objectice C this spring didn’t work out for lack of time, but now I got … Continue reading →

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RDF and web applications

Posted on September 8, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

If you work with pie-in-the-sky technologies like this semantic web stuff you might have read about on this blog, then you need some kind of grounding to keep you connected to reality. You need some kind of compass that points … Continue reading →

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Scoble interviews The Bill

Posted on September 8, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

Scoble interviews Bill Gates (WMV, biiig file) This is good stuff. He doesn’t actually say anything surprising, but watching this is fun. Bill is a nerd. Interesting body language. Too expensive clothes. You don’t get to see stuff like this … Continue reading →

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OMG!!!1 My server got hacked

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

It’s 2:32 in the morning. I just spent two rather unpleasant hours cleaning up after I noticed that my webspace got broken into. So what happened? Apparently, about two days ago, the attackers exploitet a vulnerability in PHP’s XML-RPC support … Continue reading →

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Dave Beckett goes to work for Yahoo

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Richard Cyganiak

Dave Beckett is going to work for Yahoo. This opportunity will allow me to apply my skills, experience and knowledge of RDF, semantic web and software development into Yahoo!’s systems and rich content. The media group covers Yahoo! News, Sports, … Continue reading →

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