July 2008
137 posts
R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 - Columns by PC Magazine →
Before the Eternal September, but after the Great Renaming,
Eli Bendersky’s website » Python insights →
Linux.com :: PostPath cracked Exchange protocols... →
PostPath is a drop-in Microsoft Exchange alternative based on the open source Postfix MTA.
Esquire to geeks: hack our e-paper magazine cover... →
Cheap ePaper based cover in October. This should be fun to hack.
Scrabulous highlights the failure of American... →
the case highlights the failure of American copyright law in another way: the length of copyright granted under the Sonny Bono Act and the Copyright Act of 1976.
lupoleboucher: Project Orion: space battleships... →
Python Package Index : byteplay 0.1 →
byteplay lets you convert Python code objects into equivalent objects which are easy to play with, and lets you convert those objects back into living Python code objects.
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Will Language... →
To Tim Bray, director of Web technologies at Sun and the co-author of XML (define), not only is an era of language proliferation upon us, the sole way an enterprise can cope is to be open.
Chemical & Engineering News: Science & Technology... →
For Food Network host Alton Brown, science plays more than a cameo role
Warp Speed Engine Designed : Discovery News :... →
It is possible to travel faster than light. You just wouldn’t travel faster than light.
js-hotkeys - Google Code →
jQuery.Hotkeys plugin lets you easily add and remove handlers for keyboard events anywhere in your code supporting almost any key combination. It takes one line of code to bind/unbind a hot key…
Mark Guzdial's Amazon Blog: Alan Kay on How We... →
only 20% of American adults can read a well written important ideas essay (they used Tom Paine’s “Common Sense”), and understand it well enough to discuss it, write about it, criticize it, advocate…
S.F. computer tech had turned life around →
Fans of L.E.D.’s Say This Bulb’s Time Has Come -... →
PEP 3099 -- Things that will Not Change in Python... →
Getting Things Done When You're Only a Grunt -... →
Views of Jupiter - The Big Picture - Boston.com →
some of the best photographs of Jupiter and its larger system of rings and moons, as seen by various probes and telescopes over the past 30 years.
Using Metaclasses to Create... →
A metaclass is a something thatâs responsible for creating a class, much like an ordinary class is responsible for creating an object. When Python executes the following statement,
Foo Hack » Routers and Ethics →
As software and hardware engineers, if our defaults put users in an unsafe situation, where their credit and savings are placed at risk, then weâve failed them, and weâve acted unethically.
Does Fructose Make You Fatter? - Well - Tara... →
High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener used in many processed foods ranging from sodas to baked goods. While the ingredient is cheaper and sweeter than regular sugar, new research suggests that it…
Common Lisp Quick Reference →
Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Why Johnny can't add →
People who understand math and science, however, find the current package of salary and working conditions unattractive and find work elsewhere, leaving Americaâs children to be taught math by the…
Michael Alan Miller » Questions you can’t ask →
Questions you arenât allowed to ask in modern political debate and polite society, that should be asked
Seth's Blog: I need to build a house, what kind of... →
I want to write a novel. What word processor do you recommend?
Python benchmarks | Gentoo : Intel® Pentium® 4... →
How many times faster or smaller are the Python programs than the corresponding PHP programs?
The trouble with software people - 7/24/2008 - EDN →
The iPhone instead ended up with a control signal with ultrafine steps and smooth dimming. Way to go, Steve. Donât take any guff from those software bosses.
Revenge of the Nerds →
If you look at these languages in order, Java, Perl, Python, you notice an interesting pattern. At least, you notice this pattern if you are a Lisp hacker. Each one is progressively more like Lisp.
The Python Paradox →
Java programmers are dumb
Python for Lisp Programmers →
Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins →
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Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy... →
By the reckoning of Economy.com, enough houses are on the market to satisfy demand for the next two-and-a-half years without building a single new one.
Exclusive Interview With Doctor Who's Steven... →
Hugh Trevor-Roper's 'The Invention of Scotland' -... →
The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine... →
An Ethernet port connected to an online database is designed to let users save favorite recipes for specific beans. Made of stainless steel and copper, a single Clover typically takes several hours…
Why Alto →
Subject Why Alto Organization PARC
Coding Horror: Building Tiny, Ultra Low Power PCs →
Integers in PHP, running with scissors, and... →
PHP is not able to handle unsigned integers, and converts values over 2^31 to signed. So if your IDs go slightly over 2 billion, and PHP decides to treat them as integers, you’re in trouble.
Welcome – slydial →
Telephone service that allegedly forcibly dumps directly into a person’s voicemail, avoiding talking to them.
arduino_spooky_projects_class3.pdf... →
The 8 ball problem →
The 8 ball problem, the puzzle almost all developers gets wrong! Given 8 balls and a scale identify the one heavier ball using the least number of weighings.
The Breakfast Manifesto - The Coffee Junkie's... →
A Brief History of Dangerous Ideas →
Dangerous ideas are the ones that subvert the existing hierarchy of control, not just the ones that shuffle people around in the same old chairs.
Jailbreak: Get Your Computer Online Using Your... →
This is actually a pretty slick tether method.
Free Phone at Burning Man →
Lost in Space | Articles | Features | Fortean... →
What really happened to Russia’s missing cosmonauts? An incredible tale of space hacking, espionage and death in the lonely reaches of space.
ATOzTOA: Effective Use of VIM - Part 2 →
sernaferna: Beautiful Code: False Optimizations →
Science News / Decoding The Quantum Mystery →
Signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein’s worst fear
Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on the Asus Eee PC... →
AUFS ( Another Union File System ) Root File... →
Aufs allows the creation of a root file system on a read only flash device that feel just like a hard disk.