Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Right. I want to, but I really can’t get to it.
ClothRed is in dire need of help. Your help.
I simply don’t have the time, or will–truth be told–to begin work on ClothRed again. The code’s become foreign to me, way too foreign, and I have to get back into the thick of things, to write [...]
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
@Montaignejns They will, and they probably won't. Won't be a democracy (like the US, or .de), either. But it will be a little bit more free. in reply to Montaignejns #
@Montaignejns That's for the Iranian people to decide. in reply to Montaignejns #
Should've been in bed hours ago. Re-reading Cathedral & Bazaar by ESR is [...]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Links for December 30th
The Master, The Expert, The Programmer –
The Old New Thing : How do I minimize a group of windows in Windows 7 from the taskbar? –
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
@steveklabnik cue Bismarck on sausages and policy, and how you never wanna see either being made… in reply to steveklabnik #
Jeez.. Using Chrome on Google Wave instead of FF3.5 makes a world of difference re. speed. #
@N3W_Media Same to you, even though it's still 2 days in reply to N3W_Media #
@N3W_Media Suit your [...]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Links for December 29th
Leaked: Homeland Security’s Post Underwear Bomb Airplane Rules – airplane security – Gizmodo –
Growthology: Why Should Complexity Imply Fragility? –
Learn the Na’vi Language –
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
@jm It's still above his previous occupation. in reply to jm #
@peterc Depends on where they were married. If it was in, say, the UAE, it *is* newsworthy. Otherwise, not so much. in reply to peterc #
@peterc Sounds an awful lot like "reddit". Puts me off, but what do I know? in reply to peterc [...]
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
@jm It's still above his previous occupation. in reply to jm #
@peterc Depends on where they were married. If it was in, say, the UAE, it *is* newsworthy. Otherwise, not so much. in reply to peterc #
@peterc Sounds an awful lot like "reddit". Puts me off, but what do I know? in reply to peterc [...]
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
What is an “Appliance”?
In this context, an appliance is a ready-to-run virtual machine. No set up to speak of required.
But why? Isn’t it easy to install Ruby wherever you like?
That is very true.
However, the Ruby ecosystem is very *NIX centric. Not everyone has the luxury, or time or ability, to setup and maintain a [...]
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
I’m used to being shafted as a Ruby and Windows user. The Ruby community is quite *NIX centric.
Speaking of which: Praising “open” and using Macs, makes a hypocrite at best, and an idiot at worst. Use OpenSolaris, *BSD, or Linux if you want to be open in spirit. Or, like me, stop bothering, and use [...]
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
Links for December 26th to December 28th
Wu Yongwei’s Programming Page –
Difficult languages: Tongue twisters | The Economist –
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