The European Union fines Microsoft the record amount of 899 million EUR.
Big Lazy Sysadmin notices that at current EUR2USD conversion rate that’s about 1337 
1337 Fine For Microsoft
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Makumba – Java RAD Framework
Makumba is a web RAD framework written in Java. I helps you create a database-centric application in almost no time. It’s been used and developed mostly by BEST and it provides a quick way to kickstart a J2EE project. That’s cool!
OTOH, coffee poured over laptop’s USB generates “USB device not recognized” errors. Not so cool!
James May Hits The Ditch
You know James May from Top Gear. He’s the calm guy: “Captain Slow”.
So it’s a bit unnerving to hear he took a dive into a ditch. At least he did it in style: in a Rolls Royce Corniche!
James brings to his defense the argument that it’s probably not the best car for handling, with a strong personality and initiative. But still, the car wouldn’t have made it so far (it was a ’72 model) if it’s only goal was to dig into ditches.
WordPress Stats Helper Plugin v0.2, Internal Options – Based Cache Details
Version 0.2 of the WordPress.com Stats Helper Plugin is out. Among the main changes:
- internal, option-based, cache for data fetched from wordpress.com
- added possibility to not display post views count (when using either as a function or as a widget)
- capped post list to a maximum of 25 items
Andy expressed some serious concern when I first asked him to review this plugin: it was using wp_cache for data fetched from stats.wordpress.com. By default the cache is not enabled in wordpress (you have to manually set a variable in wp-config.php). He suggested I use the options to emulate a cache for my plugin. Here’s how I did it: Continue reading
