• Flickr Photo Download: How to build a cheap ringflash
  Do it yourself ringflash. To do!
  (tags: Photography HOWTO Flash photo DYI todo)

• Understanding the pros and cons of the Waterfall Model of software development
  “This article provides a quick and dirty introduction to the model, explaining what it is, how it’s supposed to work, describing the six phases, and why the model can fail.”
  (tags: Software development IT Business architecture process webdev Agile)
• Goodbye Froogle; Hello Google Product Results In Web Search
  “When people search for products on Google.com, the system will present them with another search box so that they can refine their query”
  (tags: Google Search shopping)

• Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet – Cheat Sheets – ILoveJackDaniels.com
  “The Regular Expressions cheat sheet is designed to be printed on an A4 sheet of paper and live by a designer or developer’s desk, to make life a bit easier.”
  (tags: regex programming reference tips development)
• Trezr.com: The best sale and discount items, coupon codes, and money-saving tips
  It’s like digg for cheapos like me
  (tags: shopping deals web2.0 recommendations Search tools)
• Neuros OSD – The Neuros Technology Wiki
  Hack this: “The Neuros OSD is the first open source, Linux-based, embedded media center. It records video from any source and links your PC, entertainment center, and portables.”
  (tags: PVR dvr Video tv Hardware opensource media Linux Audio tech Technology tivo)

• The Future of IT in Large Corporations
  Software as a Service (SaaS) has become one of the fastest growing segments of the IT sector because it provides organizations with ‘turn-key’ software solutions that can be implemented quickly
  (tags: IT software Business Enterprise architecture services webservices)
• The 50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music on Blender.com
  “6. Madonna’s British Accent” … LOL
  (tags: Music humor list culture funny)

• A Services Oriented Architecture for Competitive Advantage
  The presentation is from Jaime Sguerra who is the CTO of Guardian Life Insurance. Jaime “led the deployment of Guardian’s award-winning component based and services oriented Enterprise Architecture, which reduced development costs by 32%, and increase
  (tags: SOA architecture Technology services webservices Enterprise Business)
• 12 Steps to SOA EAC Keynote (PPT)
  PowerPoint David S. Linthicum used during his Keynote at EAC regarding his 12 Steps to SOA
  (tags: SOA architecture Technology services webservices Enterprise Business)
• White Paper: 12 Steps to Implementing a Service Oriented Architecture (PDF)
  This 12-step Guide describes how to start implementing SOA by David Linthicum
  (tags: SOA architecture Technology services webservices Enterprise Business)

• The Long Tail of Tags
  the long tail of tagging… need to apply this to my tag cloud
  (tags: longtail tagging delicious powerlaws socialsoftware)

• Go2Web20.net – The complete Web 2.0 directory.
  Every Web 2.0 company on the planet all on one page (too bad it’s flash based)
  (tags: web2.0 web20 software Social bookmarks Business VC Web reference directory)

• XML Storage Models: One Size Does Not Fit All
  “Choosing the right XML storage model for your application can mean the difference between success and failure”
  (tags: Oracle XML architecture Data DB)
• System One – enterprise collaboration service
  “…provides a holistic strategy perspective that enables organizations to be more successful, adaptive and flexible in today’s ever-changing market environment full of fragmentation and increasing commodities.”
  (tags: Business Enterprise Collaboration community CMS productivity management KM information semanticweb socialsoftware Social software Search Research Wiki web2.0 Blogs)
• SEO Egghead: 21 Great SEO Tips From Google’s Matt Cutts
  Mostly common sense Search Engine Optimization tips, but worth a read
  (tags: SEO Google tips Search)
• Treehugger: Reelight: Electrodynamic Bike Lights
  “Mount a couple of high-powered, neodynium magnetic arcs to your spokes, and every time these whiz past the LED lamps secured to the tip of your forks, electromagnetic induction generates light.” Cool!
  (tags: Cycling Mountain_Biking gadgets)
• Brad Choate: OSCON: Subversion Best Practices
  summary of an OSCON session by Ben Collins-Sussman & Brian W. Fitzpatrick (Google employees)
  (tags: svn tips programming development productivity webdev)

It is my pleasure to announce the birth of our second son, Sylvan James Hatch. (We just call him “Van”)

Van was born Friday, September 8th at 3:10 PM, weighing 6 lbs, 11 oz at 19 ¼ inches. He and his Mommy are at home and doing very well. Nate enjoys showing his new baby brother all his trucks and cars. Pinto of course loves his new pack member.

• Introducing Spring JDBC – frequently the best introduction of Spring in an organization
  “Lucas Jellema has posted a blog entry titled “Introducing Spring JDBC – frequently the best introduction of Spring in an organization”. As the title suggests it explains how to get started using Spring to replace unwieldy legacy JDBC code.”
  (tags: Java springframework spring tips tutorial)
• Inside Architecture : The architecture that people fight about
  “You also want to measure architectural capabilities of the apps, across the portfolio. For example, distance between the current load and the maximum load (as expressed by a percentage of max load), as a measure of scalability. System X is running at 26%
  (tags: architecture Business software development IT Technology Enterprise)
• Dr. Dobb’s | The SPAMMED Architecture Framework | September 7, 2006
  “Enter the SPAMMED Architecture Framework (SAF). SAF identifies the steps and activities you need to design, model, and build successful architectures.”
  (tags: software architecture development SOA IT Technology Business)