Simon Willison’s Weblog

SSH ControlPath/ControlMaster. How to get OpenSSH v4 and above to re-use an existing SSH connection for multiple sessions, dramatically speeding up connection start times.

# 11:53 am / ssh, torchbox, nickburch

__builtins__ usage. Avoid using __builtins__ if you want your code to be compatible with IronPython.

# 3:22 pm / python, ironpython

Introducing Operator. New microformat detecting Firefox extension, developed at IBM and released by Mozilla Labs. Examples are from Yahoo! Local, Upcoming and Flickr.

# 4:36 pm / extension, firefox, ibm, microformats, flickr, mozilla, mozillalabs, upcoming, yahoo

The Rise of a Web 2.0 Technology Stack (via) “Enterprise Mashup Server”—because Web 2.0 wasn’t enterprisey enough...

# 6:57 pm / mashup, enterprisey, web20

Ten Web 2.0 APIs you can really use. An excellent collection.

# 7:01 pm / web20, apis, web-services