--- title: links for 2007-03-08 date: 2007-03-08T05:28:31Z modified: 2007-03-08T05:28:31Z permalink: "https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/03/07/links-for-2007-03-08/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1441 categories: - Links timestamp: 2007-03-08T05:28:31Z tags: - Links --- - [Bradford on Baseball: I’m Mr. Cold Miser](http://bradfordonbaseball.com/2007/03/im-mr-cold-miser.html) this, to me, is the future of sports coverage; blends the best of the blogging and beat writer worlds into one nice package – big fan (tags: [baseball](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/baseball) [blogging](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/blogging) [RedSox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/RedSox) [RobBradford](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/RobBradford) [EagleTribune](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/EagleTribune)) - [Photo Matt » OpenID on WordPress.com](http://photomatt.net/2007/03/06/openid-on-wordpresscom/) this is, as many others have said, outstanding news – i was wondering what Simon was doing when he left Yahoo, apparently this is it – cool (tags: [OpenID](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/OpenID) [SimonWillison](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/SimonWillison) [MattMullenweg](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/MattMullenweg) [WordPress.com](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Wordpress.com) [identity](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/identity)) - [Simon Phipps, SunMink: LiveMink: Miguel de Icaza](http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/livemink_miguel_de_icaza) Miguel remains one of the more interesting folks in the industry, to me; great interview from Simon (listen to his answer re: would they create Mono if Java had been open sourced) – as an aside, i thought it was mig-ELLE, rather than mig-WELL (tags: [migueldeicaza](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/migueldeicaza) [SimonPhipps](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/SimonPhipps) [LiveMink](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/LiveMink) [podcast](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/podcast) [interview](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/interview) [Mono](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Mono) [Java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Java) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [Novell](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Novell)) - [Web Development Technologies – Miguel de Icaza](http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Mar-06.html) excellent piece from Miguel on potential web platforms (tags: [migueldeicaza](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/migueldeicaza) [tedleung](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/tedleung) [WPF/E](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/WPF/E) [Java](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Java) [Flash](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Flash) [open](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/open)) - [$100 per user for wireless access??? | MuleSource Blogs](http://blogs.mulesource.com/?p=50) “Recently we got the bombshell from our [previous] venue that they charge an initial $650 wireless set-up fee, then $100 per user.” – this is unconscionable (tags: [wireless](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/wireless) [hotels](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hotels) [nickelanddiming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/nickelanddiming) [MuleSource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/MuleSource) [conferences](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/conferences)) - [38 Pitches](http://38pitches.com/) curt schilling’s blog; ok, i’ll watch (tags: [curtschilling](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/curtschilling) [redsox](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/redsox) [blog](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/blog)) - [Schedule Change? | alexking.org](http://alexking.org/blog/2007/03/06/schedule-change) i hope this is unnecessary; i’d prefer to simply reduce the amount of email i have to answer, via whatever mechanism that might be – late night is typically my most productive time slot – plus, i *hate* getting up early (tags: [schedule](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/schedule) [sleeping](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sleeping) [earlyriser](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/earlyriser) [alexking](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/alexking)) - [Mariners | Open season in Blog-ville if M’s lose | Seattle Times Newspaper](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2003604772_kelley070.html) methinks someone feels threatened by the USS Mariner (tags: [USSMariner](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/USSMariner) [blogging](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/blogging) [sports](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sports) [journalism](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/journalism)) - [christopher baus.net | 2007-03-07 | The Canvas Cafe Closing](http://www.baus.net/canvas-closing) “The cafes which support us laptop jockies should devise alternative business models. They aren’t just selling coffee and food. They are selling space, bandwidth, and power.” +3, if you throw in bars (tags: [bars](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bars) [coffeeshops](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/coffeeshops) [businessmodels](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/businessmodels) [connectivity](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/connectivity) [subscriptions](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/subscriptions) [economics](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/economics)) - [zx’s diatribe on all things Open-source (and Eclipse): What sucks about Eclipse?](http://mea-bloga.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-sucks-about-eclipse.html) it’s always good to know where you need to improve; +1 on look and feel, and add in the issue that the online update mechanism doesn’t handle dependencies (tags: [Eclipse](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Eclipse) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [bugs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/bugs) [complaints](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/complaints) [sucks](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/sucks)) - [Zend Technologies » Blog Archive » We’ll Know One When We See One](http://blogs.zend.com/2007/03/07/well-know-one-when-we-see-one/) good take on the “open source company” debate from Mark; like the invocation, in particular, of Justice Stewart’s concurring opinion – wish i thought to phrase it that way (tags: [markdevisser](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/markdevisser) [Zend](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Zend) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [company](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/company) [debate](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/debate)) - [MaineToday.com | News Update: Oakland body update](http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/009985.html) this tragegy has shades of “The Colorado King” by Stephen King (tags: [StephenKing](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/StephenKing) [ColoradoKid](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/ColoradoKid) [body](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/body) [Maine](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Maine)) - [TheOpenForce.com: ZendCore 2.0 Integrated with MySQL 5.0](http://www.theopenforce.com/2007/03/zendcore_20_int.html) “The trick is to use the right language and tools for the right job. You might not want to write a compiler or operating system in PHP, but it’s equally valid that you probably shouldn’t write a web site in Assembler.” – can’t be said enough (tags: [righttool](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/righttool) [PHP](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/PHP) [Assembler](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Assembler) [MySQL](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/MySQL) [zackurlocker](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/zackurlocker) [speed](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/speed) [performance](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/performance) [agility](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/agility))