March 2004
March 26, 2004
Panther, Python, and CoreGraphics (via) I didn’t realise Apple shipped special custom Python modules with OS X.
TrailBlazer (via) Finally a browser that does something innovative with the history feature.
Conferences with Macs
Three reasons Macs make excellent companions to geek-centric conferences:
[... 226 words]Turning the Tide. Noam Chomsky has a blog!
March 27, 2004
It’s only going to get worse
This analysis of the spread of the witty worm is fascinating for a whole bunch of different reasons.
[... 395 words]How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary (via) Debugging and social skills in the same document.
What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic (via) On of those problems you really want to be able to ignore.
HTTP 101. What everyone should know about HTTP.
“It’s All Bad News” (via) The situation in Iraq, from a freelance reporter living there since April 2003.
Omit needless words, codified
I continue to try to improve my writing. “Omit needless words” is all well and good, but identifying needless words can be a difficult task for the untrained eye. Paul Ford’s Passivator bookmarklet highlights adverbs and passive verbs, both of which can indicate weak writing.
Contact Information (Ftrain.com). This made me smile.
March 28, 2004
Me as a Ninja. I guess I must have made a good impression :)
Macworld: Panther Secrets Declassified (via) A whole bunch of useful Panther tricks.
March 29, 2004
Memories Of An Internet Less Cluttered With Crap (via) “Every Blogspot site has had my nuts on it.”
Desktop Manager for OS X (via) Virtual desktops for Panther.
Vow of Silence. Inspirational.
Revised image replacement (via) Dave Shea collates all of the image replacement techniques in one spot.
Phishing attacks hook more and more victims. “...between 1 percent and 5 percent of recipients responded to recent attacks...”—like shooting phish in a barrel.
PHP 4.3.5. Lots and lots of bug fixes.
Why Do Java Developers Like to Make Things So Hard? (via) Entertaining rant about complexity in APIs.
James Carville. I saw him today in a local restaurant.
March 30, 2004
Ian Lloyd’s SXSW photos (via) Cue music from Reservoir Dogs.
Dogging Craze Has Brits in Heat. I leave the country for four months and it turns in to one big orgy.
Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail. WTF!? It’s not even April 1st yet.
March 31, 2004
Most frightening ATM ever (via) Thankfully it didn’t drive off with my card mid-transfer.
How E-Voting Threatens Democracy. This needs to be the biggest story of the year.
PHP and Apache 2.0
For as long as Apache 2 has been stable, the PHP manual has carried this strongly worded warning:
[... 274 words]Drag and drop with Javascript. Two alternative libraries discussed in my latest SitePoint blog entry.