Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
16feb2006
The First Mac OS X Virus? , it’s actually a trojan based on a fact that long has been known (making an application look like a non-executable file).
Der Balken im Auge, von Peter Mühlbauer: ” Die Zensur durch die Religion vom “Geistigen Eigentum” ist weniger sichtbar, aber umfassender als die Zensur durch traditionelle Religionen.”
Unimperative is a very small functional language, defined using a strict subset of ISO C++ syntax, making it compilable on any standards compliant C++ compiler. Cute.
Haskell video lectures online, yay!
Fission for Program Comprehension, by Jeremy Gibbons. Interesting.
It’s a day off, it’s an off day
It’s a Budweiser, Budgetel, Bukowski kind of night
I only got what’s on my back, guitar and a back pack
My soul is intact
— Dan Bern, Black Tornado
The Variance Trap, “Let’s create a simple model of a project, and run a simulation of how variance affects development speed.”
Over two orders of magnitude faster with YARV, yay for algorithmical optimization, check it out!
Where is the Cost of Complexity in Program Design?, chromatic asks. (Also features a nice Python stab.)
Hacking the XML in Your TiVo, by Bob DuCharme. Makes nice stuff possible.
We have to reinvent the wheel every once in a while, not because we need a lot of wheels; but because we need a lot of inventors. — Bruce Joyce
Functions and subs in a threaded world, Dan Sugalski discovers microthreads.
Develop Your Lateral Thinking, by Jim Stallard. Now if that approach worked in school. ;-)
Circles Are Awesome, nothing new to the geometrically sound one, but nice for teaching.
Zuckerwattenhürden, Lydia, heiratet man nicht sowieso aus steuerlichen Gründen?
Manners for IRB implement Why’s ideas of a better #inspect.
Oscars and Felixes, by Jim Bumgardner. Nice analogy.
Pandora is a simple web document and application platform written in Ruby. Sounds like a Wiki with executable sites?
Maybe I should get into politics
Maybe I should get into smuggling or porn flicks
Maybe make a list what I love and hate
Maybe start wearing a suit just like Tom Waits
— Dan Bern, I Don’t Know Who I Am
Israeli group announces anti-Semitic cartoons contest!, “We’ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!” Actually, a fantastic idea.
LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. Awesome idea and be sure to see the video.
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