Or, 24 ways that is. If you’re were sleeping through december month, or maybe too busy handling your mother-in-law, you might have missed 24ways, the ajax/web2.0 advent calendar. The idea is simple; every day they would release a new ajax/web related article. The articles are written by different authors, who are probably considered experts in their field. It recently struck me how ingenious this is from a marketing point of view.

This is a first .. I’ve gotten lots of spam over the years, but this is the first “domain renewal”-like notice I’ve gotten from a false source. It’s got my domain name, in addition to the real domain registrant info (my name, address, etc.).. It looks like a bill, an annual fee that needs to be paid. However, it does say in small letters: THIS IS NOT A BILL. This is a solicitation.

Most of the time I’m pretty proud to call myself a Java programmer. When people ask me what programming language I work with, I usually answer Java even though I’ve probably been doing more PHP5 than Java lately. But every now and then I get a question from a client asking where he or she should download the latest version of the Java runtime. I wish I could offer them something else than java.

I finally updated the design on the phpODP page. It looks so much better now – not strange, considering the old design was, well – old. And even when it was new it wasn’t all that great. Have a look at it here.

SVN is a version system that replaces CVS (cause it’s better). I’ve been using it for quite a while, and have been kind of addicted to it. Since I haven’t yet set up my own server at home, I started looking around for SVN hosting – when I found this one which is free. I just registered but it looks great so far. You can create a project with multiple users.