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For all of Java’s authentication/security API’s, there is actually no way of verifying a user’s password with the underlying operating system. We wanted to support this kind of authentication in FishEye, so I sat down one weekend and cooked up in C some win32 and Unix code to verify usernames/passwords, added a dash of JNI and then topped it all nicely with a simple Java interface.

First Post by Brendan. Very astute use of diagrams, with a self-referential half-twist pike. Score: 9.1 (level of difficulty: 8.5).

As I hinted at the other day, we have been secretly working on some killer products, and we are now ready to release them.

If you are into XP, then you really need to be into XP… if you know what I mean. That is why I’m so excited about our new PairOn product. Love the one you’re with baby, love the one you’re with.

But of all our new product line-up, it is The Commentator that I love. If only we had this tool while creating The Commentator, we could have saved so much time!

So FishEye finally goes 1.0, and I’m all full of heady yay-for-going-one-dot-zero-ness.

Some people have commented that FishEye 1.0 has been a long time coming, but the secret is that we have also been working on a killer tool that will revolutionize the way you write code. And if you are into XP, then we have got some sweet, sweet gear for you too.

I can’t comment much more at the moment (shhh… secret squirrel), but look forward to some big announcements from us in the next few days.

We all thought that was cool. But Wright wasn’t done yet.

Spore: If they sell it, I will buy it.

If you are at SDWest drop by and visit the Cenqua boys in booth 419. Any builder’s crack is guaranteed to be well covered. (No relation to the scam with the same number *wink*)

Some spam just makes no sense. Why — oh why — would someone go to the effort of mass-sending the following email:

From: "Neateye" <****@aol.com>
Subject: Gouranga
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:47:29 -0000

Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ....
That which brings the highest happiness!!

A quick google on “gouranga” reveals this and this. Ah, so either this is religious spam (damn Krishna’s, get out of my airport and inbox) or some sublime GTA ad. Or more scarily: both.

Did I mention in passing that we took JAG out to dinner on Monday? If you haven’t met James, I can tell you that he fits the definition of a “good bloke” perfectly. Well, some combination of a good bloke and an uber-nerd: loves his food, can knock back a beer, and his resume alone could hold up his half of any nerdy conversation.

Gosling on Stallman:

Oh, I think he is a nutcase.