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IE Objectifier (via) mod_action + XSLT + PHP = neat hack.

# 20th August 2004, 10:45 pm / xslt

Apache Module mod_actions. Channel all requests for a specific file type through a CGI script.

# 20th August 2004, 10:44 pm / cgi

New design for mozilla.org (via) Even nicer than the last one.

# 20th August 2004, 7:33 pm

manipulator :: personal work. Photos of monkeys, by a celebrity photographer.

# 20th August 2004, 3:42 pm

Using Nicecast to send any audio to AirPort Express. A $20 shareware app and a clever workaround.

# 19th August 2004, 7:59 pm

XML.com: Identifying Atom. The hidden complexity of URIs is fascinating.

# 19th August 2004, 4:08 am

Google Search: “hypertext links to this site, you must contact”. More dumb linking policies than you can shake a stupid stick at.

# 18th August 2004, 5:54 pm

CocoaBooklet. PDF as a global printing format for OS X gets even better.

# 18th August 2004, 9:58 am

Python in Air Traffic Control (via) Python goes mission critical.

# 18th August 2004, 6:13 am / python

RealPlayer 10 for Linux (and thoughts on Real). Russell Beattie has something nice to say about Real!

# 17th August 2004, 9:53 pm

Brain Hacks (via) I am SO looking forward to this.

# 17th August 2004, 7:46 pm

Enter The Matrix. The most incredible user interface I’ve ever seen.

# 17th August 2004, 7:35 pm

FOXSports.com’s ludicrous link policy. In brief: send our legal department a letter first.

# 17th August 2004, 5:44 pm / law

Neighborhood Hazard (or: Why the Cops Won’t Patrol Brice Street) (via) Entertaining story about a guy, his motorcycle and a psychotic squirrel. I like squirrels.

# 15th August 2004, 5:24 pm / funny, squirrels

Pastor jailed for murderous text messages (via) “A Swedish pastor has been jailed for life for faking text messages from God to get his nanny-lover to murder his wife and try to kill the husband of a second mistress.”

# 14th August 2004, 8:17 am

Olympic Games 2004 Hyperlink Policy (via) Yet Another Asshat Linking Policy.

# 14th August 2004, 7:49 am

Amendment No. 7 to Form S-1 (via) aka the Google Playboy interview, made public by the SEC.

# 13th August 2004, 11:34 pm

Job Vacancy: Web Developer (in Bristol). An opportunity for a recent graduate.

# 13th August 2004, 5:52 pm

6. Writing programs to use Aspell. Full documentation of Aspell’s pipe based API.

# 13th August 2004, 5:35 pm

Python Cookbook : spell checking. And here’s how to do it (“ispell -a” worked for me).

# 13th August 2004, 5:35 pm

8 quick ways to fix your search engine. Suggesting the correct spelling of search terms is a good idea.

# 13th August 2004, 5:34 pm

Jon Udell: Pub/sub, tags, and human filters. Maybe del.icio.us style labels scale better than I thought.

# 13th August 2004, 5:34 pm / delicious, jon-udell

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