Very cool news from Mike - the Flash Remoting server for Java is out in beta 3. One of the cool things about this beta is that it is now possible to install it on any Java Application Sever - thats what I call platform independent.

What does that mean? Well, among other things, you can now use Flash Remoting on OSX using Apache and Tomcat. You can get ColdFusion MX running on OSX, but it is not currently the easiest process in the world.

<regular nagging>
We will see a platform independent version of the Flash Communication Server soon too, right? Right? Please?
</regular nagging>

Oh, and if you want - you can try to sign up for the Flash Remoting Java beta.

[Via Mike Chambers]

Grub is a cool new project that relies on you and me taking part in keeping the search engines updated.

The project is based on open source software, and is in early beta - with clients available for a few of the most common Linux distributions, Windows and as source code ready to be compiled to any *nix system.

So why would you want to waste your cpu and bandwidth on helping someone make a more updated web? Well, when you run a Grub client, you get to have your own websites indexed into the database at each and every scanning you do - which allows you to be certain that your part of the web always stays freshly updated.

They don't have any deals with the major search engines yet - but if everyone comes on-board that will certainly happen. I am also looking forward to being able to really see some cool statistics of when people update their websites :-)

Grub has the clients here, and the FAQ there.