06-Feb-2006

It's a boy!

Alberto Molpeceres in Linking Paths día a día announces the release of DimeHoteles.com, a portal for finding and reserving hotel rooms at the best prices. It has been developed using Java Server faces, AJAX, a lot of XML and a PostgreSQL database.

IBSN: Internet Blog Serial Number

jasm in chochurro announces that the IBSN reserved for the blog is 8-404-1804-01. The IBSN (Internet Blog serial Number) is a number to identify web logs on the internet and consists of 10 digits. The site where they are assigned is IBSN : PaginaInicial.

Mutations and Java

Rincew in La luna ilumina por igual a culpables e inocentes posts a link to µJava Home Page, a mutation system for Java programs. It automatically generates mutants for both traditional mutation testing and class-level mutation testing. µJava can test individual classes and packages of multiple classes. Tests are supplied by the users as sequences of method calls to the classes under test encapsulated in methods in separate classes.

The SGAE closes Frikipedia: surreal

Javi Moya in ... hmmm ... posts a short article about how the SGAE (The Spanish general society for authors and editors, equivalent to the RIAA in the US) has started proceedings against Frikipedia (an on-line encyclopedia of humour) for articles that it considered offensive (see Frikipedia in Wikipedia). Currently, Frikipedia is down but further information can be found on the American equivalent UncyclopediA. The Spanish paper 20Minutos posted an article on Friday:The SGAE accuses Frikipedia of wounding its right to honour.