Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
01nov2005
dvi2bitmap is a utility to convert TeX DVI files directly to bitmaps, without going through the complicated (and slow!) route of conversion via PostScript and PNM.
Chat Room That Built the World, “In the past few years, some of the most revolutionary software emerged not from Silicon Valley startups or high-powered universities, but from a humble online chat room.” IRC rocks.
The Bottoms Up RDF Tutorial by Shelley. Good read.
How the Intelligent Chip Works—The Definitive Explanation, nuts: “The Intelligent Chip should be put back into the packing case after using, because the packing case can protect the quantum material of the Intelligent Chip, preventing them from leaking.”
Could you write a novel in November?, Micah Dubinko asks. I, for one, couldn’t—despite the ideas.
runit is a UNIX init scheme with service supervision.
Tomorrow night, will you be with me when the moon is bright?
Tomorrow night, will you say those lovely things you said tonight?
— Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Night
The BBC’s programme catalogue (on Rails), “Ajax, feeds for everything, tags, full read-only REST API including FOAF for all contributors, and it’s all run with Ruby on Rails.”
Spaceframe Sculpture Kit, reminds me of an old toy.
The first images taken with Sony cameras can be found by googling for “DSC00001.jpg”. Enjoy.
Rant vs. Rake, a comparision by the Rant author.
‘05 Proving To Be Worst Newspaper Year Since Recession, it’s evolution, babe!
OpenBSD 3.8 released, featuring a nice song again.
Uhus finest-assorted Weblog Droppings, cool.
Schlechte Karten für arme Kinder, PISA-Ländervergleich belegt: Soziale Selektion im deutschen Schulsystem hat sich weiter verschärft.
Euruko videos, finally they are there! (Featuring me too ;-))
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won’t you take a ride on the flyin’ spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond’rous apparition provided by magician.
— Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Maus-mp3, absurd, aber interessant.
After -Ofun: Thoughts on Code Optimization, Part 3 by Geoff Broadwell.
Noboto No. 12, _why says: “Friends, I just got to meander inside the coolest podcast.” Awesome.
Env, man!, a Programming Environments Weblog by Luke Gorrie.
Diseases of the Rich by Thomas Crampton. Example from the commenters: “Opium addiction.”
Programming style, Jean Claude-Wippler says: “People who see my code tend to jump up in total disgust.” An apology.