On the Making of Gorillas
I was struck by Nicholas Carr's post about Wikipedia dominating search results Try it for yourself - google a few topics off the top of your head Odds are the first page of...
On Long Transactions
It was with great interest that I read that PostGIS 113 supports long transactions Except there is one problem - if you dig into the documentation you'll see it does no such...
Its the data stupid!
Let's say you've been tasked with integrating several applications in your organization A quick Google later and you're overwhelmed with different opinions about the right...
A Community for REST
One of the great ironies of the Web is that a huge number of technical people refuse to believe what is right in front of their eyes The Web is the world's most diverse and...
Restful Rails Revisited
Anyone interested in making Rails a bit more restful should check out the current thread on the Microformats [Rest](http://microformatsorg/mailman/listinfo/microformats-rest)...
Need Help on HTTP Status Code
Imagine the following situation: You have an HTML sign up form for a userOne of the fields is for the user's emailThe user fills in the data and POSTs the response to the...
Data and Reality
Every artistic endeavor strives to capture some slice of the world around us You might be trying to create as realistic a portrayal as possible, or maybe you're after a highly...
REST Leading To Rails
From 2000 to 2004, Peter and I drove the development of GE Smallworld's InternetApplication Suite which made is possible for customers to put their complex-GIS applications onto...