March 2005
March 1, 2005
Iceberg 1.1.4 (via) Free application for creating OS X installation packages.
JavaScript and domain specific languages. My latest musings on SitePoint.
Penny Arcade on kottke.org. The differences between the web comic and weblog communities are fascinating.
LugRadio Live
The guys over at LugRadio (nice new site, see Stuart’s blog for gnarly implementation details) have announced the details of their long hinted-at Linux event, LugRadio Live. I’m pretty excited about it; word on the grape vine is that they’re booking some really cool speakers, but they’re completely committed to keeping a grassroots feel to things. The 15 minute lightning talks should be a lot of fun (I’ve tentatively offered one on Firefox extensions) and it sounds like the atmosphere will reflect that of the show—irreverent, fun and with a trip to the pub afterwards.
[... 128 words]Scratch Weblogging Software (via) Who needs HTML? Post by MetaWeblogAPI, read by RSS.
March 2, 2005
Again, a newspaper PDF experiment is fatally flawed. Adrian nails the reason PDF editions will always play second fiddle to the real web.
Wired: The Book Stops Here. Truly excellent, in-depth article on Wikipedia from Wired.
blo.gs: for sale. Rats. blo.gs powers my blogroll. I hope the API doesn’t go away.
Adding Persistent Searches to Gmail (via) Brilliant greasemonkey hack.
Relaxation Ranking Passage Retrieval. Steve Green explains Sun’s passage search technology.
March 3, 2005
Magic Quotes Headaches. A nice roundup of why magic quotes is the worst PHP feature ever.
Providing Application Access to SQL Data in Apple Remote Desktop 2 (via) Interesting—Apple’s Remote Desktop 2 runs off a PostgreSQL database.
Developing Java Applications on Mac OS X with Eclipse. Nice introduction.
Flying Meat: FlySketch. Really neat OS X application—lets you draw over part of your screen, then save the drawing.
Photos of assorted baby animals. My favourite is the Tern.
March 4, 2005
Problems with Trac? Switch to FSFS
I’m head over heels in love with Trac, and have been for about 6 months now. It really is best-of-breed software: it neatly integrates a wiki, a simple bug tracker and a Subversion repository browser with clean markup, a nice default design and a learning curve for new users that can be measured in minutes. No wonder it’s started to show up all over the place.
[... 350 words]Eric Meyer gets spammed in person. Just too funny.
March 5, 2005
Don’t Talk To Me Anymore! The BBC are closing some of their message boards. Unsurprisingly, the associated communities are very upset.
March 6, 2005
Controlling iTunes by rocking your PowerBook (via) Cunning Python/AppleScript hack that interfaces with the new motion detector.
Search Engine Strategies New York. Eric Meyer is a stranger in a strange land.
NS 8 Beta review. Danial Glazman gives it to thumbs down.
NS8, part 1: I need closure. Blake Ross on Netscape 8’s many usability snafus.
The strength of edition (via) Brian Hamman defends “digital editions”—not a position you see very often.
March 7, 2005
Bad laws won’t stop the bombers (via) Explaining the motivations behind the UK’s scandalous new anti-terror laws.
Anabasis. Jeremy Dunck finally set up his domain name.
Greasemonkey Stole Your Job (and Your Business Model) (via) “It’s so meta” in the comments made me chuckle.
Are Confirmation Dialogs Harmful? (via) Undo beats confirmation dialogs every time.
From the archives of The Scotsman. In 1865, newspapers were formatted much like blogs.
The on-demand blogosphere. I get a bit-part in a Jon Udell screencast! This actually ties in to my final year project...