Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
15feb2007
Lowering: A Static Optimization Technique for Transparent Functional Reactivity, by Kimberley Burchett, Gregory H. Cooper, and Shriram Krishnamurthi. “We present a static analysis that guides the sound application of this optimization, and we present benchmark results that demonstrate dramatic improvements in both speed and memory usage for real programs.”
The Water Integrator was an early analog computer built in the Soviet Union in 1936. It functioned by careful manipulation of water through a room full of interconnected pipes and pumps. This machine was capable of solving non-homogeneous differential equations.
Is It Worth Being Wise?, essay by Paul Graham. “A few days ago I finally figured out something I’ve wondered about for 25 years: the relationship between wisdom and intelligence.”
And you know that its beginning,
And you know that its the end
When once again we are strangers
And the fog comes rolling in.
— Tom Waits, Strange Weather
Programmable water, WJW.
Programming Language Stories, by Reg Braithwaite. Funny.
SimpleHttp aims to reduce the complexity of Net::Http while providing the most commonly used (by me) http functionality. Nice.
What Firewall Rules?, Kristy Westphal says: “As I prepare to do an audit of my own firewall rules, I’d like to remind everyone that this is a must-do annual exercise for your networks.”
I’ve seen all the highlights,
I’ve been walking all around
I won’t make a fuss, I’ll take a Greyhound bus,
carry me away from here:
Tell me, what have I got to lose?
— Tom Waits, Virginia Avenue
Funky Little Shack, neato.
We Have a Winner (for January) at the “How Rails made me a better programmer”-contest, Pat Eyler says. And it’s me! *g*
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