Unicodes and some other interesting stuff at Joel On Software

HTTP Authentication (RFC 2617) (Local HTML cache)

How to read papers

See JavaWorld, DeveloperWorks for a fair number of interesting and useful articles

Metacrap When and why metadata is rubbish

Versioning Web Services (and other interfaces)

What Working Software is to different people in different circumstances. Things to consider to make it.

Errors and Alarms - reporting status

Throwing Exceptions from Web services (specifically through Axis). AstroGrid wiki page

Don't get carried away with generic or generalised solutions.

Yet another variation of a Sample Java Coding Style

Code Reviews and how to run them

Reinventing the wheel, or assembling the right wheel for the job?

Creating Service Interchange formats