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10jan2006

Apple’s Intel MacBook Pro on engadget. “It’ll run Windows. We think we’re in love.” Ugh. See also, Steve Jobs keynote live from Macworld 2006.

#ruby-lang
12:24 <manfred> The _real_ problem with python is that it's used by frustrated C programmers. Ruby is used and developed by people who love languages.

Apple MacBook Pro, the name sucks, and the architecture too… :-( But you are highly welcome to mail me your old PowerBooks.

MWSF ‘06 Predictions by John Gruber. Now, let’s see what’s true.

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CIMG7727 by Mink

Gnash is a GNU Flash movie player. Till now it has been possible to play flash movies with proprietary software. Gnash is based on GameSWF, and supports many SWF v7 features.

Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) is, in short, the solution for Mac and Windows users who want to use Xiph formats in any QuickTime-based application, e.g. playing Ogg Vorbis in iTunes. Wow.

elf’s Apple PowerBook G4 Journal, that’s a great idea.

I’m Leaving Las Vegas
Lights so bright
Palm sweat, blackjack
On a Saturday night
— Sheryl Crow, Leaving Las Vegas

OSCON 2006 will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon July 24-28, 2006. A Call for Participation.

Debugging Expect by Cameron Laird, “Expect continues in 2005 to solve the important problems it addresses better than any other tool.” I totally forgot about it, actually. :-P

IHT Blog Launched!, Thomas Crampton announces.

Document or Perish by Steven Douglas Olson. “Very few of us have heard of Thomas Harriot, yet there is evidence that he actually used a telescope before Gailileo did.”

The Mathematical Atlas, a gateway to modern mathematics.

Don’t Invent XML Languages, Tim Bray says. He’s right. But if you still need to, read On XML Language Design.

#ruby-lang
18:15 <mixonic> we are living the age of fanaticism :-p mac nuts, jihadists, right wing politics
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IMG_1741.jpg by Saalt

Scratch is a new programming language that lets you create your own animations, games, and interactive art.

A GUI Library For Lisp On OS X, Christopher Roach introduces LTK.

And yeah yeah god rolls great
Yeah yeah god smells good
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
What if god smoked cannabis?
— Weird Al Yankovic, What If God Smoked Cannabis

Joel Raymont goes C#, worse is better. ;-)

From Cavern to Tank: The Cost of Oil by skyknight. This is about lives, not dollars.