photo of the first bug

Actual photo of the first Bug - thanks to Prof. Mehran Sahami of Standford University & Smithsonian.
A short apocryphal story as told by Prof: In 1945, there was a lady by name Grace Murray Hopper ( click here to learn about Adm.Hopper ). She first woman admiral and was stationed at Harvard University.  who was from the Navy, working on Mark II Computer (it was those of Huge Vacum Tubes and relays). One day, they noticed that the Computer was working on fits and starts . So they opened the Computer and actually walked inside the Computer, to find a moth shorted-out between two relays. So she removed the moth and preserved the moth in her log book. The above photo is from the logbook kept at Smithsonian ( Smithsonian photo of first Bug) .

Excellent Free JavaScript/XML /XSLT/FO editors

Found Excellent editors to edit XML/XSLT/FO editors
All the editors mentioned below are free (some editors do do not make available all the features in the freebie version).
XMLSpear: http://www.donkeydevelopment.com/#features
XMLFox: http://www.xmlfox.com/ Another free XML Editor. Some of the features are not available in the freebie version.
Editx: Excellent Free XML Editor, cool Features http://free.editix.com/ Requires you to buy, in order to use do FO Translations, XML and other features

For FO Translations:
RenderX: http://www.renderx.com/download/personal.html

Microsoft:
Any mention without Microsoft XML Editors is incomplete (Not that it has any cool features). You can also use MS Word to create /Edit XML documents.
XML Notepad: Microsoft XML Editor

JavaScript
Yaldex: http://www.yaldex.com/Free_JavaScript_Editor.htm

Last but not the least,is Oracle JDeveloper - although I am yet to go through it completely and one which I intend to make my favorite - to download goto:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/jdev/index.html

"Paid" Editor:
Of course, there are other "paid" version of XML Editor, which have superior features, some offering fully functional "trial" versions. I have listed below a couple of them:
XMLSPY http://www.altova.com/simpledownload2c.html?gclid=CMrz8q37zqACFYd-5QodfEqp5Q
oXygen: http://www.oxygenxml.com/

XSLT, FO & Others

FOP: Other Resources
I stumbled upon this excellent collection on XSLT, FO and other resources including Java (thanks to Rodolfo Raya of IBM - to visit his page click here )
Of course, I should thank Michael Morrison too, since he had mentioned about about apache.org in his book.

» IE8 - What you need to know :: CSS, JavaScript and XHTML Explained

» IE8 - What you need to know :: CSS, JavaScript and XHTML Explained

Interesting article by Estelle on CSS/JavaScript & XHTML

Web Servieces Tutorials | bpelworld.com

Links I found useful for learning BPEL/Web Services

BPEL/Web Servieces Tutorials | bpelworld.com

BPEL Tutorial from Oracle – Manipulating XML Documents in BPEL
BPEL Tutorial from SearchSOA
Web Services Tutorial from w3Schools.com

OPN PartnerCast - Download free podcast episodes by Oracle Corporation on iTunes.

OPN PartnerCast - Download free podcast episodes by Oracle Corporation on iTunes.

Watch/Listen Oracle Partner Podcasts using the above Link.

Overview \ Processing 1.0

Overview \ Processing 1.0

Interesting to learn to about Processing software. (it is a software that can be used to produce Visual Arts).
Enclosed below a short synopsis about Processing (lifted it from about page)

"Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing quickly developed into a tool for creating finished professional work as well."

For example the following apps was developed using Processing Software.

Cool apps, it displays on the bottom the data points in the Venn Diagram. Clicking on any of the venn diagram changes the data displayed in the bottom.You can get more information about the above twitter app at Jeff Clark'sTwitterVenn apps and about Processing here.

Tamil transliteration by Google - cool

I saw this cool feature -tranliterater - in google which types in Tamil (or any other language), simply thrilled! ஒன்லி ப்ரோப்லேம் இஸ் தட் கூகிள் சீம்ஸ் டு திருன்ச்ளிடேரடே எவெரி வோர்ட். பீல்ஸ் லைக், சிங்கிங் ஓனே ஒப் ரஹ்மான்'s சாங்.
wonder how many would be able to read the above sentence!

New Product from Oracle

Oracle® has finally entered the food world! After drinking Gatorade and other energy drinks for years, Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle®, got this idea while racing for the America cup, in the Mediterranean. Viola! Oracle ® Organic drink. Studies were conducted on two groups, one which drank 3 bottles of Oracle ® Juice and the other drank plain apple/orange/lime juice. Those who drank 3 bottles a day of Oracle ® juice, learnt Oracle ® products at least 2 times faster. The savings in terms of spending on learning at Oracle ® University, software, and books is estimated to be, 52.75%. Learn Oracle®! Drink Oracle ®! Earn more!

This is a spoof on Oracle. Link to original article I read is here. I have no knowledge whether this is an Oracle product or not.None of statistics presented are true. I have written this article with tonge-firmly-in-the-cheek.

Oracle wins America Cup

And Oracle wins America's Cup Again (Second year in a row). Congrats, guys, keep it up!

The Challenge is all the more difficult, since the winning team sets the rules for the next cup, making it all the more difficult for challenger teams to take it away.

CGI-BIN

Found an interesting site which teaches CGI-BIN - check it out

in reference to: CGI Scripts - Learning to Publish (view on Google Sidewiki)