Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
30oct2005
Usable Ruby folding for Vim, explained at eigenclass.org.
Wow! Mike Cohn’s new Scrum diagram, nice one.
Technology Snake Oil Part 6: Drowning in Tools, Neal Ford says: “Instead of monolithic tools, we need very cohesive, modular tools. The Unix guys got it exactly right.”
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language by Benjamin Whorf. Since everyone is talking about this, you may as well read the original.
Converting LR to LL by Ryan Davis.
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
— Bob Dylan, Blowin’ In The Wind
Wyjec is a general-purpose expression language with simple prefix notation. Interesting mix of Lisp and Tcl.
phc is a compiler for PHP that will translate PHP code directly into Linux assembly code. Sorry, I just need to link that. :-P
XMille is the classic game of Mille Bourne for X Windows. A card game against the computer in which each player tries to reach 700 or 1000 miles in a hand. True classic.
What’s Ajax? (PDF), a “web 2.0” cheat sheet by Amy Hoy.
Tumbletumble by Jack Mottram is a place for fancy modern tumblelogging. Finally someone who gets it. Welcome!
Beep Speek on The Wiki. “I would buy an Alarm Clock if the alarm made a sound like a dog getting ready to throw up. This sound ALWAYS wakes me up instantly!”
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. — Clarence Darrow
Parsing Techniques—A Practical Guide by Dick Grune and Ceriel J.H. Jacobs. “This 320-page book treats parsing in its own right, in greater depth than is found in most computer science and linguistics books.” PDF available.