document.write('<ol class="tumblr_posts">\x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=301" class="tumblr_link" >Over half of US top 100 websites fail Yahoo&rsquo;s performance test</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Reflexive/music-catch" class="tumblr_link" >Cute game - Music Catch</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Reflexive/music-catch" title="Nice way">Nice way</a> to pass a little time.</p>\x0a<p>The developer of the game is <a href="http://www.reflexive.com/" title="Reflexive.com">Reflexive.com</a>.</p>\x0a<p><a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram">Vasudev Ram</a> </p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065" class="tumblr_link" >Python voted favorite scripting language by Linux Journal readers</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p><br/>Saw <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065" title="this news" target="_blank">this news</a> (you&#8217;ll have to scroll down a bit down the page at that link) via a post on <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce" title="comp.lang.python.announce" target="_blank">comp.lang.python.announce</a> which is an interesting resource for info on what new stuff (like releases of Python-related software) is happening in the Python world. The post was by <a href="http://holdenweb.com/" title="Steve Holden" target="_blank">Steve Holden</a>, one of the veterans of the Python community.</p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram" target="_blank">Vasudev Ram</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/j-ajax4/" class="tumblr_link" >Very good article on Google Web Toolkit - pros and cons</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>Just saw <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/j-ajax4/" title="this article" target="_blank">this article</a> on <a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks" title="IBM developerWorks" target="_blank">IBM developerWorks</a> - a very good article on the <a href="http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/%20" title="Google Web Toolkit">Google Web Toolkit</a> - gives a small tutorial and talks some about its pros and cons.</p>\x0a<p>Interestingly, apart from mentioning a few cons (not just pros), it also has a link (see the Resources section of the article) to a blog post by a blogger who thinks that the GWT and similar approaches - of eschewing JavaScript by allowing the developer to write in another language and then translating that to JavaScript - are not good, and giving reasons why he (that blogger) thinks so.</p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram" target="_blank">Vasudev Ram</a> </p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://status.twitter.com/" class="tumblr_link" >Useful - Twitter Status Blog</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://status.twitter.com/" title="This blog">This blog </a>gives updates on the status of the Twitter service. Should be useful to regular Twitter users who want to check why Twitter is down, when it may come up again, etc.</p>\x0a<p>Got to know about via <a href="http://fredwilson.vc/post/36440509/bijan-the-twitter-status-blog-is-now-powered-by" title="ths post">this post</a> on one of <a href="http://avc.blogs.com/about.html" title="Fred Wilson">Fred Wilson</a>&#8217;s blogs.</p>\x0a<p>Incidentally, the post says that the Twitter Status blog is powered by <a href="http://tumblr.com" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a>. </p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram">Vasudev Ram</a> </p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://summize.com/about" class="tumblr_link" >Innovative: Summize and its search API</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p><a href="http://summize.com/api" title="The Summize Search API">The Summize Search API</a></p>\x0a<p>About Summize (excerpt from their site):</p>\x0a<p>&#8220;Summize&#8217;s mission is to search &amp; discover the topics and attitudes expressed within online conversations.</p>\x0a<p>Our home page currently features realtime conversations on <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a>. Also check out <a href="http://labs.summize.com/">Summize Labs</a> for prototypes that harness conversations within blogs and reviews. Additional sources of online conversations are coming soon!</p>\x0a<h2>About Twitter Search</h2>\x0a<p>Twitter is a fascinating new source of realtime recommendations, opinions, and buzz. We index Twitter&#8217;s <a href="http://twitter.com/public_timeline">public timeline</a> in realtime, thread together associated tweets, and give you the search tools to dig in. Check back often as we continue to explore Twitter-based summization.&#8221;</p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram">Vasudev Ram</a></p>\x0a<h2></h2>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1418&amp;tag=nl.e589" class="tumblr_link" >Open source competition &#039;made Microsoft stronger&#039; - MS Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>According to this <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1418&amp;tag=nl.e589" title="ZDNet blog post">ZDNet blog post</a> by Mary Jo Foley, talking about his speech at the Sanford Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference:</p>\x0a<p>- Microsoft&#8217;s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said that <strong>it often takes a strong competitor to truly galvanize Microsoft</strong>.</p>\x0a<p>- &#8220;<strong>Microsoft has built up a culture of crisis</strong>,” Ozzie told conference attendees.</p>\x0a<p>He acknowledged that <strong>Google is a &#8220;tremendously strong competitor&#8221;</strong>, and <strong>said that, unlike Google, many open-source programmers aren’t beholden to shareholders</strong>.</p>\x0a<p><a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/05/is_open_source.html" title="This contrarian view from InfoWorld writer Savio Rodrigues">This contrarian view from InfoWorld writer Savio Rodrigues</a> is also interesting.</p>\x0a<p>Heavy stuff &#8230; :) </p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram">Vasudev Ram</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=460" class="tumblr_link" >Free Sysinternals Windows utilities now available online, 24/7</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>Seen on ZDNet.com.</p>\x0a<p>I&#8217;ve used the Sysinternals utilities some, myself, and particularly like the AutoRuns tool. It allows you to remove a lot of autoloading crud that tends to slow down your PC&#8217;s bootup speed over time, as you keep installing various software apps. Works pretty well.</p>\x0a<p>Excerpts:</p>\x0a<p>&#8220;If you troubleshoot Windows PCs for fun or profit, then chances are you’ve used one or more tools from Sysinternals. Microsoft bought the company and its amazing library of diagnostic, troubleshooting, and management utilities in 2006, and the collection has been continually updated ever since. It’s also still completely free.&#8221; </p>\x0a<p>&#8220;The new service enables you to execute the most recent version of any Sysinternals tool directly from an Internet-connected PC, without having to hunt for the executable file and manually download it first. To access the complete library of tools, use either of these methods from a Windows-based PC:&#8221;</p>\x0a<p><a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=460" title="Read more here.">Read more here.</a> </p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises">Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/node/703050/print" class="tumblr_link" >&quot; The Faces and Voices of Google&quot;</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>Article on FastCompany.com about the spirit at Google.</p>\x0a<p>Interesting one &#8230; <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/node/703050/print" title="read it">read it</a>.</p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram">Vasudev Ram</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://jugad.livejournal.com/2008/05/28/" class="tumblr_link" >World&#039;s first programmable newspaper</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <p>Saw this recently. It&#8217;s about the reported plans of the New York Times to provide an API for its content, for developers to use. <a href="http://jugad.livejournal.com/2008/05/28/" title="Read more here" target="_blank">Read more here</a>.</p>\x0a<p>- <a href="http://www.dancingbison.com" title="Vasudev Ram" target="_blank">Vasudev Ram</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a</ol>');