Roethlisberger, Leinart Don't Like Each Other...?

Well, well...apparently Mr. Roethlisberger and Mr. Leinart do not get along. Maybe that'll make the Stillers-Cardinals game this season a bit more interesting. Aside from all of the other interesting side-stories to go with that game.

Hmm...I might have to separate these two guys' jerseys in my closet to help keep the peace.

[via The FanHouse]

JSON + Java...fixed (Geek Post Warning!)

I thought it would be nice to finally post something related to what I actually do for a living...and more to the point, along the lines of the actual title of this blog. So here's a 'microcode' post for everyone to enjoy.

I have been messing around with JSON in a Java environment (coding up servlet front-ends to our software components which would talk in JSON instead of the usual SOAP), and I leveraged the excellent JSON in Java library from json.org. But I quickly noticed that the XML utility in that library - which converts a well-formed XML string to and from JSON - was a bit broken, in that it ignored/lost XML attributes. So I took some time to debug and fix it (since we do need correct XML attribute support when dealing with namespaces). Works great, and I can now go back and forth seamlessly between XML and JSON and vice versa. Sweet.

[via JSON in Java]

John Edwards isn't the only Web 2.0 candidate

Seems that the '08 Presidential candidates are really striving to leverage the internet more and more. The latest news snippet to cover this phenomena available via TechCrunch.

Ron Paul this time...a candidate who I really like (for a Republican).

[via TechCrunch]