Sigh. I know that I've written about DB2 UDB enhancements at V5R2 again and again and again, but here is Port of Entry by Kent Milligan. This one is definitive.

Get started with Castor JDO - the basics of working with Castor JDO, an open source data-binding framework in 100 percent pure Java.

Cameron Laird and Kathryn Soraiz's Yes You Can talks about generating PDF, specifically from Python.

It lead me to Etymon™ PJ Classic, though, an open source Java library for PDF generation.

Today is the UK's National Slacker Day! If only I'd known, I wouldn't have worked so bloody hard this morning. ;-)

Via Metafilter.

From football stadiums to hospitals, daily life in Ulster remains blighted by historic hatred, an interesting piece by David McKittrick in today's Independent.

The peace process is working - so far as the number of murders go, the figures speak for themselves. But there is a long way to go...