Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
07nov2007
RSpec impressions from RubyConf, by Pat Maddox.
Quicksilver goes open-source, I don’t use it anymore…
Greatest Copy Shot Ever Written, by Nick Padmore at A List Apart. “Anyone can be a copywriter, but the best copywriters actually think about what they’re writing.”
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’.
— Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’
Graceful E-Mail Obfuscation, by Roel Van Gils at A List Apart. IMO, I just write my mail address in clear, I get enough spam anyway.
OLPC Moves into Mass Production, pondering to get one. The dollar is so low…
MochiWeb is an Erlang library for building lightweight HTTP servers.
An Analysis of the Excel 2007 “65535” Bug Overview, excellent analysis by Chris Lomont, who actually reverse-engineered and disassembled what’s going on there.
langpop.com, another pointless language popularity site.
Memory, ecstasy, tyranny, hypocrisy
Betrayed by a kiss on a cool night of bliss
In the valley of the missing link
And you have no time to think.
— Bob Dylan, No Time To Think
The Subjectivity of Wine, on giving wine experts red-colored white wine. Lovely.
The Forgotten Ruby Web Frameworks, list by Sebastien Auvray.