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Martin Fowler on Closures. They really aren’t that complicated once they’re explained well.

# 9th September 2004, 7:51 am / closures, martin-fowler

paramiko: ssh2 protocol for python. The SFTP support has a very pleasant API.

# 9th September 2004, 6:06 am

Personnel Foul—Fred Kaplan. The problem isn’t so much the structure of the CIA as it is the quality of their employees.

# 9th September 2004, 2:27 am

XML.com: Automated Tree Drawing: XSLT and SVG. Includes a recursive text parser in XSLT. May cause your brain to melt.

# 9th September 2004, 2:14 am / svg, xslt

LJWorld.com: Bank robbed in south Lawrence. All of our reporters are armed with camera phones.

# 8th September 2004, 10:49 pm

Safari Menu Bar Tip. Command click right on the text in the title bar.

# 8th September 2004, 9:32 pm

PostgreSQL startup items for MacOS X (via) Thank you! I’ve been wanting this for months.

# 8th September 2004, 6:06 pm / macos, postgresql

OS X Security Update 2004-09-07 (via) Plenty of important fixes; a must-have.

# 8th September 2004, 3:45 pm / macos, security

Joel on Software—It’s Not Just Usability. More social software design thinking from Joel.

# 8th September 2004, 1:31 am / usability

Sell Side Advertising: A New Model? Intriguing: ads spread virally, publishers pick the ones they like.

# 8th September 2004, 1:26 am

The Science of Word Recognition (via) Microsoft’s Typography site is a diamond in the rough.

# 8th September 2004, 1:12 am

LazyChat. I’m trying this right now, AIM: heknuks

# 8th September 2004, 12:38 am

Successful Lisp (via) Free online Lisp book.

# 7th September 2004, 9:11 pm

Extending Columns. Smarter columns with smart backgrounds.

# 7th September 2004, 4:32 am

Year of Python. Completely off topic, but wouldn’t it be fun to have a geek calendar based on programming languages?

# 7th September 2004, 1:06 am

Why a CSS Website Layout Will Make You Money (via) I hereby declare Trenton Moss the most prolific author on the web.

# 7th September 2004, 12:46 am

Is Multiply simplifying the world? Maybe in one sense... Well dodgy: multiply.com can “import” your Orkut / Friendster profiles.

# 7th September 2004, 12:28 am

Why I don’t recommend Firefox. The average user needs more mollycoddling.

# 6th September 2004, 9:49 pm / firefox

Missing Keystrokes in OS X (via) Emacs style keybindings are available in all Cocoa apps.

# 6th September 2004, 9:20 pm

Brits turning into computer buffs. Personally I find it shocking that only 75% of adults have used a computer.

# 6th September 2004, 8:54 pm

The Curse of Dick Cheney (via) With material like this, how can the Democrat campaign be so weak?

# 6th September 2004, 8:34 pm

Why does anyone put up with this? Windows spyware is completely out of control.

# 6th September 2004, 6:24 pm

Bye-bye CVS. I’ve been Subverted. I didn’t know about “svn diff -r PREV”.

# 6th September 2004, 5:32 am

Hook Scripts in Subversion. Running a script before or after a commit.

# 5th September 2004, 8:14 pm / subversion

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