Monthly Archives: June 2007

Attn. VW Credit

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Josh Peters

Today I got a phone call from someone claiming to be VW Credit (and she very well may have been a rep. but read on). She told me that my June payment never happened and that she needed a checking … Continue reading →

Posted in authentication, best-practices, customer-relations, identity, privacy/secrecy/security | 7 Comments

A Handy-Dandy XML Shortcut

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Josh Peters

I’ve been reading a lot on RDF lately in an effort to better understand how to keep from creating a brand-new resource format that no-one else will ever use for any web projects I work on for my job. During … Continue reading →

Posted in web, xml | 3 Comments

Immigration

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Josh Peters

This past weekend there was a religious discussion that I tried to duck out on as best I could. No, it didn’t concern Jesus or any religion of that sort; I’m talking about politics here My wife’s grandpa was talking … Continue reading →

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Baseball Must Be Stopped!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Josh Peters

Well, Major League Baseball has officially gone off the deep end.  Apparently fantasy baseball is a bad thing in their eyes, because the players don’t make money for the use of their names. I hope this goes to trial because … Continue reading →

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Safari for Windows

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Josh Peters

Well, today Apple announced Safari for Windows. There’s a lot of surprise on the web regarding this, and a lot of folks seem confused as to why they would do such a thing. It’s not about iTunes, nor is it … Continue reading →

Posted in apple/mac/ipod, programming, web | 2 Comments

Migrated to Dreamhost

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Josh Peters

Hopefully nobody noticed anything, but I’ve nearly finished migrating to Dreamhost. I forgot to export my existing WordPress install, so I had to do some SQL export/import magic, but I think everything’s back okay.

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I’m Wrong About WADL

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Josh Peters

I’ve changed my mind about REST needing WADL. Joe Gregorio puts it best when he explains that the strength of REST lies in its dependence on MIME types (or XML Media Types if you’re not down with Internet mail lingo). … Continue reading →

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Yes, REST needs WADL

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Josh Peters

Sorry Aristotle but I think history tells me that REST needs a WADL-equivalent. The Atom Publishing Protocol is a great example of a REST application being defined by something other than HTML forms. Why shouldn’t APP have a contract that … Continue reading →

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