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Jeff Barr on Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey for "Enterprise Application Integration".
Despite the odd name, Greasemonkey embodies a very cool and somewhat unique concept, something that I am starting to think of as low-budget, client-side application integration. In the late 90’s, “EAI” or Enterprise Application Integration, was all the rage. Companies that had the need to make disparate applications work together would spend tens of thousands of dollars on complex, fragile software to make it happen. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn’t. When it didn’t, they would call in armies of even more expensive consultants.
Now, I’ll be the first to say that Greasemonkey in its present form isn’t quite ready to replace expensive, commercial EAI software. However, I do believe that it belongs in the enterprise developer’s tookit of possible solutions, and I also believe that Greasemonkey will gain features, power, and respect over the coming months and that now is the time to learn more about it.
objc_msgSend. Crazy hardcore optimization story.
Review: The Impact of Inequality (via) Fascinating.
Another practical use for JavaScript closures. Create private methods by hiding them in a closure.
Migrate apps from Internet Explorer to Mozilla. Surprisingly comprehensive guide to browser differences.
Software Carpentry. Greg Wilson’s course on software development skills.
Django Reference (cheat) Sheet. This is great!
Manhole cover on Wikipedia (via) Way more interesting than it should be.
[Greasemonkey] A whole other kind of monkey. Help Aaron test the new, hopefully secure, Greasemonkey.
Google Moon—Lunar Landing Sites (via) Be sure to zoom all the way in for a Wallace and Gromit like revelation.
Django: The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. I helped develop this. Start with the overview. I’ll write more later.
BBC—OpenSource (via) “For the BBC, open source software development is an extension of our Public Service remit.”
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on the London terror attack (via) Watch the clip. It’s a fucking outrage.
London Will Fucking Twat You In A Minute, Son. This post, and the associated community, is the best thing I’ve seen all week.
Quotes of the day. A great collection of quotes from Londoners.
X2V. XSLT to change hCalendar and hCard in to iCalendar and vCard.
Perl, Python, PHP, LAMP get mad play on latest Gillmor Gang (via) Ryan has transcribed the highlights from Dan Bricklin.
I got a First! Unflattering photo of me looking shell shocked.
Google Firefox Extensions. Google Toolbar, Google Send to Phone and Google Suggest.
Three Blind ICMP Attacks. Three ICMP vulnerabilities and their solutions.
From floors to mud... BBC Outside Broadcasts’ account of covering Glastonbury.
My Roskilde Festival 2005 photos. I had a fantastic holiday.
Fuel For The Web. Ajax makes the front cover of Information Week.
Blake Ross: The new Firefox tag line (via) Blake claims this is a true story. If it is, wow!
Mayor of London—Mayor’s Statement, 7th July 2005. Worth reading.
Wikipedia: 2005 London transport explosions. I’m OK (I’m not in London), as is everyone I’ve been in touch with.
lesscode.org (via) Ryan Tomayko’s new project, promoting light weight development methodologies.
Tribute to a Friend. Nigel McFarlane did more for Mozilla documentation than anyone else I know of. He will be sorely missed.
Scripting Media Types (via) JavaScript finally has an official mime-type (or several)—application/javascript looks like the best bet.