Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
20nov2007
Tokyo Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. It’s the successor to QDBM.
How Many HTML Elements Can You Name in 5 Minutes?, neat test. I knew 45 elements, and forgot stuff like TITLE and all the table stuff even…
We’re gonna live in Century City
Go ahead and give in, Century City
Like modern men, modern girls
We’re gonna live in the modern world
— Tom Petty, Century City
Eliminating existentials, finally, by Oleg.
rcov 0.8.1, with compatibility with Ruby 1.8.6-p11[01], intentional testing with RSpec, etc.
What Would Leslie Do?, a new section at 43 Folders. In rememberance of Leslie Harpold.
Enough With The Lists, by Richard Ziade. Full ack.
Harry Potter and the Order of Typography, by Jon Hicks. “After seeing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix my lasting impression of the film was the gorgeous attention to detail to type style. From Daily Prophets to Weasly products, the loving care with which typefaces where chosen or drawn is to be praised.”
The Mysteries of iCal, Revealed!, “One of the minor yet shiny new features of Mac OS X 10.5 is that iCal’s dock icon now shows the correct date even when iCal is not running. Some assumed this to be hard-coded functionality in the dock, but a few brave souls – well, one, being me – decided to find out.” WJW.
Soft security is not weak security. The idea is to protect the system and its users from harm, in gentle and unobtrusive ways.
HappyGirl, by Roman Kamyk. “Have you ever needed to express your love every minute? If your beloved use computer you can install her this application that will articulate your feeling every now and then (even when you are absent). Makes your girlfriend or wife happy, so it makes you happy :).”
Postmodern Programming, excellent papers by James Noble and Robert Biddle. These are a must-read for every serious developer, but please take your time and read them strictly in order! (And the first section of the 3rd paper deserves to be printed out and framed.)
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
— Tom Petty, The Waiting
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, is a tropane alkaloid drug with muscarinic antagonist effects. “When combined with morphine, it produces amnesia and a tranquilized state known as twilight sleep.”
The Vi Gang Sign, and the relationship to “The Shocker”.
The Monad.Reader Issue 9, the Summer of Code special, is now available.
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