‘Re: git versus CVS (versus bk)’ - MARC
A remarkably objective (for Linus) comparison of CVS and git. Not that there’s any contest, to be honest.

• Who is preventing the release of Java 1.7?
  A cautionary tale to anyone who thinks that opensourcing automatically frees software (make sure you read Neal’s response).

• HTML5 presentation
  Beautiful interactive overview of HTML5

• iPhone/iPad development, by jwz
  This is why he sells beer.

• INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX Structure (Windows)
  When extending interfaces, it’s sometimes wiser to use “2” as a suffix.

• C | //File ISBN Validation System
  Who knew validating an ISBN number was so hard?

• DataMapper is inherently broken
  This is actually a great illustration of the benefits of checked exceptions

• Bruce Eckel is Wrong
  Checked exceptions are a good thing, learn to use them properly.