Vista feels great

19 years ago

I have been "dog fooding" Windows Vista for some time now. It has not been without pains. However, recent builds…

Technical Directory post at University of Newcastle

19 years ago

Just saw an announcement about the e-Science group at Newcastle is looking for a technical director. With so many going…

A book recipe

19 years ago

I have been trying to persuade Jim to let me blog about our book for some time now. I thought…

Comments on “Names and addresses” – a different view

19 years ago

In case you don't follow the comments on my blog, there is an interesting exchange under my previous post on…

Optimistic Concurrency

19 years ago

I've been looking at synchronization-related concepts lately. It's been really nice to revisit some ideas/concepts from my PhD years (e.g.…

“Names and addresses” – a different view

19 years ago

I have discussed the issue of identity, naming, and addresses for large-scale distributed systems in the past (e.g. "Loose-coupling through…

CCGrid07 Call for Papers

19 years ago

I really need to start saying "no" to Program Committee invitations :-) Here's another one (PDF) I am on for…

Yoga!

19 years ago

This morning I went to my first yoga class. It was fantastic. Since I've been going to the gym almost…

Green card

19 years ago

As of today I am a permanent resident of the US. That was fast! (Around 10 months since I came…

Newcastle team in the finals of the IEEE Service-oriented Computing Contest

19 years ago

Well done to the Newcastle team of students and to Aad van Moorsel for managing/supervising this fantastic effort. Back in January, I…