Valgrind 2.2.0: Memory Debugging and Profiling
For tracking down memory leaks and other performance issues, the ease and flexibility of Valgrind may make up for slow runtimes.

Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons
You might think of Gentoo as a bleeding-edge distribution for development workstations, but the simple packaging system can make it a good choice for any production system that needs to stay up to date.

Book Review: Linux Unwired
Technical errors and already out-of-date advice mar the usefulness of this guide to wireless protocols.

What's Your i-Name?
Catching up on where the early seeds of the grass-roots identity movement have taken hold.

Emacs Mode for GDB
A graphical user interface is an essential part of any modern debugger. This mode provides one, without losing the power of Emacs.

Clients on The Server Side?

It looks like TSS has become more interested in the client.\ this week. First they link to one of three sites (mine was one) that has been commenting on rich web apps. Then there is a Swing MVC rehash for your enjoyment.

Opinion: Worries about "rich web applications"
There has been a lot of talk recently regarding rich internet applications, especially with products like Flex and Laszlo. Frank Carver has some worries. He opinines that although the browser isn't perfect, it has become the recent defacto standard. Often in UIdesign the "pure"best way doesn't win as people have been trained in another. What are your thoughts?

Java GUI Development: Reintroducing MVC
Finding the MVC in Swing can be difficult. Andrus Adamchik discusses how you can add a separate MVC layer on top of Swing, treating Swing components as a "view". Scriptable dynamic bindings are used inside this layer for declarative component assembly and communication between various related application parts.

[ 31 Dec ][ News ]: Web Chat : Solving the Device Fragmentation Proble
Introducing the only mobility development tool with built-in features tohelp you quickly and easily solve device fragmentation problems --NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.0. Join us in a live web chat with theengineers who created this module and find out how it can shorten yourdevelopment cycle and get your application to market faster.Title: Solving the Device Fragmentation ProblemSpeakers: Greg Crawley, Adam Sotona, and David Kaspar , SoftwareEngineers for the NetBeans Mobility Pack, Sun MicrosystemsDate: Wednesday, January 26, 2005Time: 9:00am PST/17:00 UTCRegister today : http://see.sun.com/Apps/DCS/mcp?q=STDG27TG55H332

Book Review - Open Source Software: Implementation and Management
The next time someone asks you how to introduce open source into an organization, suggest this book as a starting point.

Geotagging Web Pages and RSS Feeds
Providing geographic metadata in Web sites and syndicated feeds can provide users with the ability to search easily for services and articles based on location and proximity.