Ryan Tomayko's Linkblog
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2004-10-09
The Browser Wars Are Back? » yes. they are. IE is the new Netscape 4.7.
2004-10-07
Senate Shelves Induce Review » First major blow to Induce Act :)
When (n<0) won't do. » beautiful, beautiful code.
2004-10-06
F*ck Big Media: Rolling Your Own Network » just.. wow.
Writing Bugfree software » nice..
Fast, Easy Database Access with Python » Some good ideas here. Would have been nice to fold some of the classes into a module..
2004-10-05
Is Bush Wired? » That would be an improvement. I thought he was a robot.
WordPress, Tagging, and a Critique of Hierarchy » LaughingMeme: tags for wordpress.
playground/lowerito.py » Quick hack to convert all tags to lowercase.
Linux cannot compete with Longhorn » History of WinFS (hint: OFS)
Wired: The Long Tail » Excellent article on the huge edge-case media market.
Doom 3 for Linux Released » 'bout time.
Ten Commands Every Linux Developer Should Know » ctags/etags, strace, fuser, ps, time, nm, strings, od/xxd, file, objdump
2004-10-04
Linux@DUKE: urlgrabber: A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber » Hey! I wrote that..
Python Web Modules » where tf did this come from?
Yahoo! News - Man Mistakenly Cuts Off Penis, Dog Eats It » owe
Is God a Taoist? » Excellent.
2004-10-03
Shell (sh,ksh,bash) scripting in 20 pages » "A guide to writing shell scripts for C/C++/Java and unix programmers"
Common REST Mistakes » Some good tips on building RESTful web services.
2004-09-30
TRAMP User Manual » A remote file editing package for Emacs. Uses ssh/scp.
Ed, settle down. And please don't call it "WS-mess"... » ... there has been a recent round of "glowing reviews from analysts". What could possible go wrong?
Connie Rice: Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates » Mind-blowingly fucked up.
2004-09-29
Ohio Kicks Nader Off Ballot » Grrrr. This seems like a silly technicality to me.
ACLU and EFF strike down part of PATRIOT Act » "BooYAH"
Adam Bosworth: What is the platform? » Bosworth gets it..
Python Quotations, page 1 of 10 » "I prefer (all things being equal) regularity/orthogonality and logical syntax/semantics in a language because there is less to have to remember. (Of course I know all things are NEVER really equal!)"
WDG HTML 4.0 Element Reference » One of the nicer reference sheets for HTML 4.0.
Using inline frames (iframe elements) to embed documents into HTML documents » Everything that you can possibly know about iframes.
The Crusade Against Evolution » Wired's five page look into the "intelligent design" vs. darwinist evolution debate. Ohio seems to be the battleground.
Why Your Code Sucks » because it isn't mine.
The history of Pi » Brought a tear to my eye..
2004-09-28
Python __special_attributes__ » Beware! Danger lies ahead...
Top 50 Agenda Setters 2004 » With bios and notes.
Premature Generalization » I've always wondered if this was a recognized issue. Premature Generalization (or Abstraction) is like Premature Optimization but is about having too many abstractions in OOP systems.
Bloglines Web Services API Documentation » A nice, simple HTTP/XML based API for bloglines. I hope this trend continues.
New Induce Act Alarms Foes » New draft of Induce Act looks like old version of Induce Act.
Programming Language Popularity » Ouch. Python's clicks/dollar ratio is horrible!
Technology Review: Sir Tim Berners-Lee » Nice profile on TBL followed by a brief Q/A on semantic related stuff.
2004-09-27
HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication (RFC 2617)
QuixoteCookbook » Cookbook area of the Quixote Wiki. Lots o' topic specific howto's.
Cool URIs don't change. » Notes on good URI design.
Developing Web Applications with Quixote » Condensed version of everything you need to know about using Quixote. (From PYCON 2004).
REST for Quixote » Some code and theory on developing RESTish stuff under Quixote.
Quixote » Python web framework that rocks.
Rural Kids Print, Bind and Read » so cool..
$6000 Answer Bounty... » It's to the point where people have to pay people to ask politicians hard questions! $6,000 to the first person who can get Bush to answer how many times he's been arrested. via:boingboing
The ‘Web’ in Web Services » Mark Nottingham wondering why WS-Transfer (HTTP wrapped up in SOAP wrapped up in HTTP bwhhahaha) didn't get more heat from the opposition.
Caching CGI generated content on Apache » Various methods of caching dynamic content.
The New York Times - Does the Patent System Need an Overhaul? » we need more press like this..
No Joke: Daily Show Viewers Follow Presidential Race » People who watch Daily Show know the issues better than those that don't.
2004-09-26
delicious extension for mozilla firefox » Finally..
Floatutorial: Step by step CSS float tutorial » Floating images and other objects using CSS.
2004-09-24
How to Write Unmaintainable Code » "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. -- Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound."
Strong Typing » A piece on the difference between static typing and strong typing. Hint: static typing sucks, strong typing is valuable.
2004-09-23
Dear Laura.. » Breaking up w/ PowerPoint.
Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark
Final Warning. Vote for Bush, Feel the Wraith. » "This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God."
SOAP Problems » A big list of problems with the current WS stack. Contains pointers to mailing-list discussion on various issues.
Are Web Services receding? » Simon St. Laurent noticing the recent WS-Opposition.
The Google Browser, Reloaded » Some more speculation about a Google Browser.
Synergy » "share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems" via PhotoMatt.
2004-09-22
Red Hat Executives Blog: The Latest Joke from Redmond » Red Hat Exec Michael Tieman's comments on Microsoft's weird move into the open source mindview.
IT Conversations: Lawrence Lessig - Free Culture, Chapter 1 » Doug Kaye reads the first chapter of Lessig's "Free Culture"
IT Conversations: Paul Graham - Great Hackers » Audio from Graham's Great Hackers presentation at OSCON 2004.
IT Conversations - New Ideas Through Your Headphones » Kind of pissed no one told me about this. A bunch of audio of really smart people talking about important geeky stuff.
A complete guide to WS in one, short paragraph » Sean McGrath backing Tim Bray on the Loyal WS-Opposition.
WS-Pagecount » The legs the Loyal WS-Opposition is standing on. (Tim Bray)
Joe Joins Loyal WS-Opposition » Joe Gregorio on Tim Bray's "The Loyal WS-Opposition" post. This might end up being a real committee or something.
2004-09-21
Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power » "US Christian fundamentalists are driving Bush's Middle East policy."
e^(i pi)+0 = -1 » Euler 0wnz jo0
10 Things to Do in Cleveland Before You Die » I can die in four things...
EmacsNewbie » Super useful tips on diving into Emacs.
2004-09-20
Google Groups : jslaves » Delicious Developers: "A point of rendezvous for developers "standing" on the platform provided by the del.icio.us API; i.e. those who are slaves to Joshua."
On Semantics and Markup » More goodness from the archives of Tim Bray.
2004-09-19
Google Labs Aptitude Test » 21 Reason's Google will never hire me.
Binary- it's digitalicious! » ASCII to Binary converter. Does Hex and Octal too.
Help the Googlebot » Tips and techniques for helping Googlebot. If you are a symantic markup perfectionist, you probably already have most of these right.
Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19 » Arrrrr!
The Loyal WS-Opposition » Tim Bray on WS-Sanity: "So here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to stay out of the way and watch the WS-visionaries and WS-dreamers and WS-evangelists go ahead and WS-build their WS-future."
2004-09-18
US Patent Office: Information on Disclosure Document Program » A Disclosure Document is official documentation of an art or work and can be used as a prior-art claim if you get sued for patent infingment. These are muuch cheaper than patents but last only two years.
How to fight software patents - singly and together » Stallman on fighting patents and patent reform.
US: Korea Cloud Not From Nuclear Blast » Massive mushroom cloud spotted near a Noth Korean nuclear testing facilities. But don't worry, we don't think they're letting off nukes or anything.
Slashdot on Origins and Misuse of the Word Piracy. » The article is "SVP : More Video Anti-Copying Technology" but the comments on "piracy" are hilarious.
Obsessively detailed map of Springfield » Map Homer's daily route from home to moes, to work, to moes, and then back home.
Emacs Notepad » A bunch of extremely useful notes on hacking emacs. (Ftrain.com)
2004-09-16
GNOME: We've overtaken Windows, bring on Apple » Title is a bit misleading. GNOME feels they have reached Windows' level of functionality (I'd agree) and are now shooting to bring the featureset in line with Apple's OS X.
Don't Mess With Librarians » I'm convinced that there's some kind of weird link between hackers and librarians.
2004-09-14
2 Column Tableless Layout » Methods for creating a 2-col layout using CSS.
Markdown Syntax Documentation » Syntax Reference for the Markdown text markup grammer.
2004-09-13
Magical Macintosh Key Sequences » Collection of poorly documented OS X key-sequences.
Python Built-in Functions » List of built in functions (i.e. non-module) in Python.
2004-09-12
Copyright Proposal Induces Worry » Katie Dean with an update on the Induce Act non-sense. Short version: dickhead copyright officials help dickhead senators reword Induce Act.
The DRM Debacle » Tim Bray on DRM and its consequences. I'd love to see more of the popular bloggers jumping in and educating people on this. You have the medium!
2004-09-10
Web Colors: html color names, hexidecimal values, hex codes » Color name chart with hex codes and overlays.
XML/XSLT/CSS/JavaScript/ Treeview component.. » ..that rocks. Quite possible the only javascript treeview I'd ever consider using.
Building a Large-Scale E-commerce site with Apache and mod_perl » Disects the components of a large scale e-commerce site run on Apache/mod_perl with some Berkeley DB and Oracle thrown in for good measure.
ModPython Wiki » A wiki.... About mod_python..
mod_python - Integrating Python with Apache » Nice article on how mod_python integrates with apache. Goes into significant detail on non-CGI type stuff you might want to do.
2004-09-09
Goban » Hey tkington! I noticed this come in on my OSX del.icio.us feed.
The Atom Syndication Format 0.3 » I know it says 0.2 in the URL and PRE-DRAFT in the title but this as normative as you can get with the 0.3 feeds in the wild.
GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual » Goddam this is more shit than could ever possibly fit in my brain.
Wrestling HTML » XML.com: Dealing with tagsoup HTML in Python.
Jetspeed 1.5 API » Jetspeed 1 Enterprise Portal 1.5 API
J2SE 1.4.2 » Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.4.2 API Specification
2004-09-08
Slashdot | Dive Into Python Book Review » Congrats Mark!
Save Betamax - National Call-In Day September 14 » "We're organizing a call-in day to Congress on September 14 to oppose new legislation that would undermine the Betamax decision (INDUCE Act)."
The Right to Read - Richard Stallman » "Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong--something that only pirates would do."
CSS Directory » Silly amount of links to CSS resources of all shapes and sizes.
Richard Stallman, you light-hearted optimist you » There are a few arguments that almost all politicians are sensitive to: "For the children", "For the poor starving artist", "For the public good", "For the almost extinguished animal/plant".
2004-09-07
The Underground History of American Education » Entire book online. Looks like evidence of some huge educational conspiracy.
Two of Seven Millenium Problems may have been solved » That's 2,000,000 USD, btw..
2004-09-06
Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours » Free book on picking up Emacs.
Password generator bookmarklet » Generates per-site passwords based on a master password and the site's domain name.
The Age of the Essay » Paul Graham on how to write an essay.
2004-09-02
Wotmania Recent Theories » Wheel of Time theory submissions.
2004-09-01
Python Cookbook : Simplest useful thread-pool example
Ruby vs. Python (comp.lang.python) » An honest and objective comparison of Ruby and Python.
Wikipedia Reputation and the Wemedia Project » Nice summary of the recent wave of crap swirling around wikipedia. No one can quite believe an open and free culture can produce quality factual content.
Many-to-Many: Folksonomy » Clay Shirky on Folksonomy
classification? » Article on simple free-text classification systems such as those found on del.icio.us.
2004-08-31
ANSI SQL-92 Standard » It took me 30 minutes to find this. That's just plain wrong. Further, it might be illegal (ANSI does mail orders).
Scimitar - A Python implementation of ISO Schematron » Uche Ogbuji. Compiles schematron schema to python.
2004-08-30
free culture » Must watch flash presentation (with audio) of Prof. Lawrence Lessig's speech on free culture at OSCON 2002.
The Adventures of ACTION ITEM! » I've had these exact discussions 1000 times at work with the marketing types. Who knew they could be so exciting?
2004-08-29
GmailFS - Gmail Filesystem » "..provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium." - Maybe I will be able to put these 7 Gmail invites to good use after all.
XML Path Language (XPath) » W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999
2004-08-28
Coral: The New York University Distribution Network » A distributed P2P web cache thingy that looks cool. Need a bookmarklet to generate the URLs.
Python's super Considered Harmful » This is more documentation than I've ever seen on super.
2004-08-27
The secret diary of William Clark » What really happened on Louis and Clark's trip.
The Rise of "Worse is Better" - Richard Gabriel » Old and still very valid. What's the best mix of Simplicity, Correctness, Consistency, and Completeness is software design? Describes MIT and "NewJersey" approaches.
Stylegala Bulletmadness » A bunch of nice bullet images best used to style UL tags using CSS.
Quicktime: John Kerry on Daily Show (whole show) » I watched this clips on comedycentral.com last night and wasn't all that blown away.
2004-08-26
Jon Stewart and John Kerry Transcript » Transcript from Aug 25, 2004 Daily Show with John Kerry
Richard Feynman: The QED Lectures » Real audio of outstanding Feynman lectures on QED
The INTERCAL Resources Page » which stands for "Compiler Language With No Pronouncable Acronym", obviously.
Lisp in Python » :)
Apache Web Serving With Mac OS X » Six part series on OSX's built in Apache httpd configuration.
XSL Transformations (XSLT) » W3C Recommendation.
Copyright Bill Needs Big Changes » Note: Follow and support Katie Dean (wired reporter). She has consistently and reputably covered every significant technological rights issue since 1999.
2004-08-25
A New Program for the Enterprise » OMFG Python is reaching critical mass.
Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims » "The ad contained a graph comparing the cost in US dollars between Linux running on two z900 mainframe CPUs and a Windows Server 2003 image running two 900MHz Intel Xeons chips." Since when are mainframe chips only 10 times more expensive than x86 chips?
Seriously: Kerry on Comedy Central (washingtonpost.com) » Kerry picks The Daily Show over 60 Minutes, Nightline, and NBC Nightly News for first interview since Swiftboatgate.
Waving a pirate flag » Björk supports file sharing.
DOOM 3 Classic » The original DOOM ported to DOOM 3 graphic engine.
HDTV, DVD, Hard Drives and the future » Fixed media will die. Another reason copy-limit DRM can't work.
Emacs reference card » Single page printable version available.
2004-08-24
TAL/TALES & METAL Reference Guide » SimpleTAL reference.
CSS2 - Tableless forms » More ridding of tables..
JBoss panties around ankles, again. » Hani breaks the story of JBoss' astroturf campaign.
Commons-io: By retards, for retards » Hani disects commons-io
JRoller: Continuing a fine tradition of sucking » Hani on upgrading to new version of JRoller.
More inmates running the asylum » Hani on JSR-170..
Paul, meet Hani.. » Don't worry he does this to everyone..
The BileBlog » Ahh.. Hani's back. I'll run through and back fill my favorite bile.
Twilight Zone: Planet of the Apes » Planet of the Apes "re-imagined" as an episode of The Twilight Zone.
The Time Travel Fund[tm] » "...we pay the future to come and pick you up.."
2004-08-23
Backdoor dynamic languages » Ted Leung explores recent developments that seem to suggest that both Sun and Microsoft might be thinking about hijacking Python. If Jython and IronPython grow large followings, the library support has split three ways: Standard Python Libraries, Java Lib
2004-08-22
Why Software Should Not Have Owners » Richard Stallman - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Fortress Maximus: The Transfan's Wet Dream » I would have literally killed for one of these.
New, unpatched Windows XP will be wormy within 20 minutes of being connected to net » haha. just horrible.
2004-08-21
2004-08-20
Red vs. Blue : Primer on Real Life vs the Internet » Must watch! Y O U M U S T W A T C H !
Appeals Court Rules For Grokster » "...the question is, does the statutory monopoly that Congress has given you reach out to that something new. And that's a very debatable question. You don't solve it by calling it 'theft.' You have to show why this court should extend a statutory monopol
The Joel on Software Forum - Explain why emacs is popular? (Not a troll) » After using Emacs for three years, I think I finally need to learn how to use it. This has some good pointers.
Ted Kennedy mistaken as terrorist, thrice denied flight » Looks like John Gilmore just got a new pal.
2004-08-19
Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition » A beautiful mish-mash of what works on the web. Hits Last Call WD.
P2P Services in the Clear » Get your share on!
CSS Filters (hacks) » Looks like the periodic chart of the elements for CSS hacks.
Identifying Atom [xml.com] » atom:id will use URIs (hurray). markp explains why.
Bad Gas - Striking a Lynndie » "The image has shocked, sickened and outraged people. But more importantly, it has captured the imagination of young men and women up and down the country who don't give much of a shit about anything."
Google.rss - Serves you Google's search results as RSS feed. » This could be really really really big.
2004-08-18
Simon Willison: Site specific stylesheets in Mozilla » The saga continues.
Colloquy: IRC Client » Solid OS X interface.
Nopaste » A solution to paste flooding IRC channels. Paste code to this website. The paste stays for 24 hours. Neat. It's kind of fun just browsing the Recent Pastes.
2004-08-17
TerminalColors » Modify the RGB values used for ANSI colors in Terminal.app.
Answers (about the web) for young people [Tim Berners-Lee] » You gotta love TBL.
What Happens When You Buy a Post Office on eBay » postoffice.ebay.com
Don't Copy That Floppy » "Two kids committing the carnal sin of copying a game onto a floppy disk.."
Why specs matter » Mark pretty obviously prefers morons to assholes.
2004-08-16
It's Just the 'internet' Now » What about God?
WebStack » Wish more people would get behind Paul on this one.
2004-08-15
Python Programming FAQ » Frequently asked questions on the Python programming language. I didn't see "Why does Python rock so hard?"
Shirky: Situated Software » Apps rarely need to scale, so don't spend time making them scalable. The more specific software is to a problem domain, the more successful it will be. Software that tries to do too much usually sucks.
max-width in Internet Explorer » More hacks for trying to get IE to do the right thing.
QuickTopic - Instant Discussion Space » Thinking about using this for my comment system. They have an XML-RPC API but it isn't documented on the site.
2004-08-14
Blog Interrupted » Some lady that throws away mail for my very own Sen. Mike DeWine got fired because she kept an anonymous X-Rated blog about relations w/ FIVE upper staffers.
Python 2.3 Quick Reference » 80% of what you need to find when coding in Python.
2004-08-13
WEBoggle » waste time here.
The Python Paradox » More Python love from Mr. Paul Graham.
Interviews with Case of Office Space
In Search of a Browser That Banishes Clutter » New York Times talking about people moving away from IE. It may finally be happening...
2004-08-12
Stu Nicholls | Doing it with Style » "This site documents my attempts at understanding and exploring the possibilities of CSS."
When machines breed » "...he helps machines design themselves, using principles borrowed directly from biological evolution."
Resistance is Futile » Bill points out the inevitability of the Pythonification of the world.
Implementing REST Web Services: Best Practices and Guidelines
2004-08-11
Ohio LinuxFest » Conference for Linux enthusiasts of all kinds. Right down the street from me at OSU.
Extreme Democracy » Applying Extreme Programming (XP) techniques to government and politics.
Hacking Mac OS X Panther » Sample chapters from book I need to buy.
'Cable A La Carte' TV Picks Up Steam » My cable bill would be $5/month. I watch Comedy Central, C-SPAN, and Cartoon Network. The 50 shop-at-home channels are kind of cool though too. I'd hate to lose those.
Novell and IBM to Implement XForms in Mozilla
2004-08-10
fark 106684 » "Photoshop what the classic Nintendo games would have been like had they been owned by Microsoft originally."
macosxhints - All macosxhints Panther hints » 431 Total
Dear Media, my fake beheading video 0wn3d J00 » "Our hearts go out not only to the families of those who have died as a result of international terrorism, but to the soldiers who have also bravely died for my right to speak freely."
Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks [safari.oreailly.com] » "..this book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Panther-specific components that you may find challenging."
Bumper-Sticker Computer Science » "Of all my programming bugs, 80% are syntax errors. Of the remaining 20%, 80% are trivial logical errors. Of the remaining 4%, 80% are pointer errors. And the remaining 0.8% are hard." --Marc Donner
The seder's grab bag » This much sed will eat your brains!
What is Mac OS X? » This document attempts to give a hacker over-friendly answer to the question "What is Mac OS X?".
Turning The Tide - Noam Chomsky's Weblog » One of my heros is now just another blogger like the rest of us. :)
Five Things You Probably Didn't Notice in The Shining » "If the wood moves, it's because he decided he wanted it that way. Can you possibly conceive of it as an accident? Do you think Stanley Fucking Kubrick didn't notice that the wood moved? Everything in the film is on purpose. There are no mistakes."
2004-08-09
itunes2rhythm.py » Python script to convert iTunes xml database to rhythmbox xml database.
Big Business Becoming Big Brother [wired]
First look at MSN blogs » Microsoft outsourcing work on MSN blog site to second graders from local elementary schools. Save the children, fsck the standards!
"Software Developer" vs. "Software Engineer" » Difference between Software "Developer", "Engineer", "Architect", and "Programmer". Me, I tend to prefer "Software Assassin" or "Digital Pimp" or somesuch..
Delicious Address-barlets » "The del.icio.us social bookmark system completely replaces my in-browser bookmarks with the addition of the following Keymarks (or Searchlets or Address-barlets or whatever you call them)."
2004-08-08
DokuWiki » No frills wiki that looks good has a short requirments list (grep, find, etc.)
Radio-Locator » "We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world."
Bitstream Vera Fonts » Free-as-in-speech fonts including Sans, Serif, and Monospaced faces. These are great use-everywhere fonts.
2004-08-07
NPR : Group's Ad Blitz Questions Kerry's War Stories » "Kerry's campaign has come under fire by a group of GOP-linked activists who question his wartime conduct in a television ad. NPR's Mara Liasson reports."
2004-08-06
The Science Behind Dim Mak Death Touch » I've always wished I could kill people with my bear hands.. "Includes dim mak history, theories, techniques, and the medical science behind dim mak, kyusho, pressure points, and vital points."
Urban Ops: Combat Mission 101 » Civilian Combat Training with real guns!
Patents and Linux [ongoing] » Tim Bray on all the recent news about linux's 283 patent infingements.
2004-08-05
Brain in Vat » "The scientific reason for keeping a brain in a jar is keeping a brain in a jar."
John Kerry's real tech agenda » Damn, this is turning into a lesser of two evils race..
2004-08-04
what is 'the flow'? » "So with this tutorial I hope to lay out the concept of the flow, and why understanding it will give you a greater grasp of CSS."
Dispatches From Fallujah » Why would anyone volunteer to be an infantryman? By Owen West.
Bush Discusses Economy in Struggling Ohio Cities
The Case Against George W. Bush » By Ron Reagan
macosxhints - Get the most from X! » OS X Hacks. Forum type format.
2004-08-03
Brad Choate: OS X software inventory
MacMod - Your Mac Mod HQ » Hardware mods.. Spooky!
2004-08-02
Fink » The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X.
The X-Philes [goer.org] » List of XHTML Sites
2004-08-01
Various Ways of Cooking Plantains
Gallery of Stupid XSL/XSLT Tricks
Paul Prescod's REST Resources » More in depth info on REST.
Web Service the REST Way » Good intro to REST.
Transcript of interview with Cory Doctorow » More Doctorow: "I mean, books are printed on substrate that is so fragile that it burns when it comes into contact with oxygen. We actually use that substrate to wipe our asses with. This is not robust, archival material. This is the very definition of ep
Calendar Popup Widget » You can never have too many of these to choose from..
Shizzolated Microsoft Research DRM talk, and shit. » Can't beat it wit' a stick.
http://markie.biz/ » Da' Biz!
Nuclear Elephant: File Sharing Experiment
Thomas H. Huxley Quotes » "Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."
Proper XML Output in Python [xml.com] » On entity substitution and whatnot..
W3C members: Do as we say, not as we do » "...only 21, or 4.6 percent, of 454 member sites Karppinen could access passed the W3C's own HTML validator..."
Prepare for the transition from HTML forms to XForms » Uh oh..
2004-07-31
2004-07-30
EFF's Letter to United States Senators on Induce Act » "I write today to express the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)'s opposition to S. 2560, a measure premised on the misguided notion that the dilemmas currently facing the music industry can be solved by holding the threat of more lawsuits and more unce
Dark Corners » Most articles beginning with "occasionally I still discover some obscure feature of Python that displays surprising behavior" are usually worth reading.
2004-07-29
It's so del.icio.us » Pythonic interface to the del.icio.us REST APIs.
How to Remove Internet Explorer » Installing Linux might be a bit easier..
Michael Moore/O'Reilly Showdown at Convention » Transcript of a fat kid and moron on the playground (from the Drudge Report 2004).
donwave.gif » If only I still took acid..
2004-07-28
Chander: Verizon's Solution In The Napster Debate » FindLaw's Writ:
History of the English Language » Cool
Boing Boing: Xeni on NPR: INDUCE Act update » Good starting point for Induce act opionions and information.
NPR : Proposed 'Induce Act' Could Outlaw iPods » Day to Day: technology reporter Xeni Jardin talks about a new U.S. Senate bill, the so-called "Induce Act," that could outlaw devices such as iPod portable music players and other technologies that critics say "intentionally induce" copyright infringement
BayStar-SCO Agreement Falls Apart, Legal Action Threatened » "In the first quarter of 2004, SCOsource realized only $20,000 and in the last quarter the revenue from IP licensing came to a mere $11,000."
Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
d.sankey.ca » TODO: copy (gratuitously) this sites organization.
2004-07-27
Notes on Axis fault handling » Axis fault handling is essentialy undocumented, at least anywhere I could find. I spent the better part of the last two days experimenting so I could understand how to properly do some error handling.
2004-07-26
The 9/11 Commission Report » *Full* HTML Version.
The Induce Act Spells Trouble » "No Matter What You Call It, the Inducing Infringement of Copyright Act Spells Trouble"
Frequently-Asked Questions about sed, the stream editor
How to be a Programmer » A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
2004-07-24
Weblogs Compendium - RSS Readers » Bunch of News Readers
Just Fucking Google It » I need to send this link to my mom..
Who Owns Your Browser? » Will anti-circumvention apply to normal web content? Is it ethical to modify the style or functionality of a website with tools like browser extensions or user stylesheets? Does anyone care?
Doctorow's Microsoft DRM Talk Teaser » Excerpts from Doctorow's Microsoft Research DRM talk.
2004-07-23
HTML 4.0 Entities » Entity Declrarations / Decimal and Hex values for important unicode code points.
"My Beef With Big Media" by Ted Turner » wow.
XHTML Frequently Answered Questions
Monkey Apes Humans by Walking on Two Legs » Isn't this how "Planet of the Apes 3" started?
Am I missing something » Why all the anonymous blogs? Wusses.
An Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning
The 9/11 Commission Report » HTML Version
Copyright Bill to Kill Tech? [wired.com] » Hatch introduces bill to bring back telegraph, horse and buggie, and hoolahoop.
Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (Introduced in Senate) » Add to beat up when seen in street list: Mr. Hatch, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Frist, Mr. Dashle, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Boxer
URL Rewriting Guide - Apache HTTP Server
mod_rewrite - Apache HTTP Server
2004-07-22
Dive Into Python » will buy..
Crowds Flock To See Jesus Image In Window » Click the "Click here for a larger image" button. :)
Introducing o:XML [xml.com] » Oh God, please no. XML is not fun to program in!
A Chat with ALICE » Corporate robots still suck..
ColorWhore » Rockin color picker.
Blogging: A world stuck on itself [news.com.com.com.com]
2004-07-21
Installing libxml2, libxslt and the Python bindings on OS X [James Clarke]
XML on the Web Has Failed [xml.com] » "Syndicated feeds are wildly popular, but they're not a success for XML. XML on the Web has failed: miserably, utterly, and completely."
I dream of Gmail [dive into mark] » "If your web site doesn’t work in Lynx, your web site is thoroughly, thoroughly fucked."
Everything I need to know about EJB I learned from watching Bugs Bunny
Cory Doctorow: Microsoft Research DRM talk
FirefoxExtensionHowTo » Wiki rockin with info on Firefox Extension development
CensorZilla » (hold belly).. hardy har har har..
Python Types and Objects » Good detail on Python's new style classes..
JavaScript Toolbox - Calendar Popup To Select Date
PyAIML (a.k.a. Program Y) - A Python AIML Interpreter » ALICE for python
2004-07-20
bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search engine (bittorrent)
New Ant 1.6 Features for Big Projects
Longhorn follow-up: Quentin Clark Interview » Jon Udell's outtakes from an interview with Quentin Clark (director/WinFS)
Simon Willison: Site-specific extensions » "Pop-up blockers have only scratched the surface. Let's see some innovation." -- Users should control much more of their browsing experience.
Python main() functions » Guido, getopt
The del.icio.us REST API » Will implement pythonic interface to..
XML.com: XML Source Highlighting » Need to get this in the blog.
Truth and beauty » Hmm..
path Python module » A first class path object for Python.
Waking Up Is Hard To Do » I'm not the only one.. This could be a real disorder.