Items in Nov, 2003
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Metakit (via) Relational, object oriented, tree structured all in one database # 30th November 2003, 7:14 pm
Well-Designed Weblogs. Each of these designs makes me seethe with jealousy # 30th November 2003, 1:01 am
<LocationMatch> Directive. Is it wrong of me to get excited by this? # 30th November 2003, 12:54 am
Disinfopedia (via) The encyclopedia of propaganda—not quite sure what to make of this one # 30th November 2003, 12:50 am
Unusable Web. Keith’s superb web design guidelines # 30th November 2003, 12:46 am
New IE Holes Discovered. 7 new vulnerabilities, all currently unpatched # 30th November 2003, 12:45 am
Debuggers are a wasteful Timesink (via) It’s more a case of “don’t use them until you really have to” # 30th November 2003, 12:44 am
Repartitioning with Knoppix
I’ve been long bemoaning the fact that if you want to repartition your hard drive to install Linux as a dual boot with an existing Windows system the most frequently recommended method is to buy a copy of Partion Magic. You would have thought the open source software world would have provided a free alternative by now.
[... 217 words]Create your own South Park Character (via) Fun fun fun # 28th November 2003, 10:37 pm
Page and Brin’s Blog (via) Moderately amusing # 28th November 2003, 10:04 pm
Windows-to-Linux roadmap (via) Useful looking series from IBM # 28th November 2003, 4:43 pm
Why BitTorrent is a game-changer (via) Digital video is the killer app # 28th November 2003, 4:23 pm
The rootkit recently found on debian.org. I won’t pretend to understand the C code, but it’s cute that it’s released under the GPL # 28th November 2003, 5:54 am
Can Google Grow Up? (via) It’s tough at the top, and it’s going to get tougher # 27th November 2003, 5:34 pm
Javascript Compression (via) Nearly halves the size of getElementBySelector.js # 27th November 2003, 4:49 pm
Minor spam victory. I’ve deleted the spam comments now but they were pretty amusing # 27th November 2003, 4:46 pm
Google vs. Evil (via) “Don’t be evil” # 27th November 2003, 4:24 pm
Dotcom Memories (via) It’s all about the M&Ms # 27th November 2003, 3:42 pm
IXR 2.0
Harry Fuecks has been hacking on my XML-RPC library, and has released a new version with some significant changes. His article on phpPatterns describes the changes and provides a link to download the updated code. He’s made a bunch of interesting architectural changes which take advantage of a number of useful PEAR classes, including HTTP_Request which provides support for proxies and authentication, two frequently requested features.
[... 127 words]Font Size: No Happy Medium. Sometimes I just wish for ignorance # 27th November 2003, 1:35 am
vi Complete Key Binding List (via) Very useful # 27th November 2003, 1:24 am
The rsync algorithm. The glorious technical details # 27th November 2003, 1:03 am
Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Rsync. Great Rsync tutorial # 26th November 2003, 8:18 pm
Tears for Istanbul. I wish I could write like this # 26th November 2003, 8:10 pm
Quake done Quick. Quake in 12 minutes 23 seconds # 26th November 2003, 8:08 pm
Super Mario Brothers 3... in 11 minutes. Wow. Reminds me of Quake Done Quick. # 26th November 2003, 8:07 pm
The End of RSS (via) Even with caching, RSS simply doesn’t scale # 26th November 2003, 4:58 pm
How to freeze Python classes (via) Fun with __setattr__ # 26th November 2003, 4:45 pm
MS-Word is NOT a document exchange format (via) Don’t lock in others # 26th November 2003, 4:14 pm