Esoteric programming languages

Esoteric programming languages [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language] are programming languages designed as a proof of concept, or as jokes, and not with the intention of being adopted for real-world programming.…

Adding a zip filter to Web Services

Adding a zip filter to web services [http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WebServiceZipFilter.asp] (C# WebServices) – Passing large amount of data through web services can become a hugh bottle-neck in WAN application architecture … , this is one solution for downsizing the network costs. [via Scott Galloway [http://www.mostlylucid.co.uk/…

Sun's Looking Glass

Project Looking Glass [http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/index.html] by Sun is the new 3D user interface engine (screenshots [http://wwws.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details.html]) for Java applications. Are we catching up to Avalon [http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/?//longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/…

TeraGrid vs Distributed Computing

“After three years of development and nearly a hundred million dollars the TeraGrid [http://www.teragrid.org/] has been running at or above most peoples expectations for such a daunting project. On January 23, 2004 the system came online and provided 4.5 teraflops of computing power to scientists across…

VS 2005 Overview

Visual Studio 2005 Product Line Overview [http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/productinfo/productline/default.aspx]; highlighting the differences between the Express, Professional and Team System products.…