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Python Cookbook: Use generators for fetching large db record sets. Nice generator example.
PONGMECHANIK (via) Crazy German hardware Pong clone.
Are poker ‘bots’ raking online pots? (via) Poker bots fleecing newbies on gambling sites.
Mac Geekery (via) Tips for hardcore Mac geeks.
if (gBrowser) { var google = new Platform(); }. Matt May speculates on hard drive search and Google’s 32 billion dollar market cap.
Google Browser mention in Bugzilla. The bug has since been deleted.
Interview with BBC R&D Dirac Developer Thomas Davies (via) With discussion of the new open-licensed Dirac codec under development at the BBC.
More evidence of a Google browser. Kottke’s Google Browser roundup.
Will Google Launch A Browser? They’ve registered gbrowser.com.
George Monbiot: Their beliefs are bonkers (via) I really, really hope that this isn’t accurate.
Journalism Under Fire (via) Outstanding speech by Bill Moyers.
The Rapture Index (via) Whoa.
Why online newspapers require registration. Rick Skrenta says it’s due to competition with print ads and spam.
Implementing Piped List in CSS (via) Simple, effective border trick.
The Sun Does Not Shine Online. Paper losing 90,000 readers a day to their free web edition.
Net security threats growing fast. 30,000+ PCs a day are being compromised for botnets.
Tkinter Tricks: Using Complex Numbers to Rotate Canvas Items. Smart use of Python’s complex number type.
CSS 2.1 Index. The best way of browing the CSS spec. Even better with TypeAhead find.
My llama photos. I think it’s a llama; it might be an alpaca.
UI Patterns and Techniques (via) Patterns for User Interface design.
A9 and Google Local. Remote scripting features heavily on these two recent high profile site launches.
Pirate Riddles for Sophisticates (via) It be that day again, yarrr.
Projection Stylesheets. Jim Wilkinson writing on the css-discuss wiki.
Flickr iPhoto Plugin 0.7 (via) Flickr just got a whole lot easier to feed things to.
Introducing Myself. Michael Moncur takes up the reigns at the JavaScript weblog.
zipdecode (Java Applet). Type a zip code (try 66044) and watch the USA get narrowed down. Brilliant.
Pollster, Schmollster. Jonas on why the polls don’t accurately reflect the population.
Firefox Plush Toy. Awww!
James Tauber: The Inverse Law of Bug Complexity. “The harder a bug is to track down, the simpler the fix tends to be.”
43F Interview: Alcor, Developer of Quicksilver. Q&A with the Quicksilver guy.