Theocacao: Preview of Versions SVN Client
Bookmarked May 31st, 2008 at 11:31 p.m.
Scott previews "Versions" - a native Mav SVN client. Looks fantastic, event to a command-line weenie like me.
jcalderone: Incompatabilities between classic and new-style Python classes
Bookmarked May 31st, 2008 at 7:40 p.m.
Good to know
An Interview with Jacob Kaplan-Moss - Creator of Django — The 42 Topics Blog
Bookmarked May 30th, 2008 at 6:14 p.m.
Shabda's been interviewing all the core Django devs; this week it was my turn.
oEmbed
Bookmarked May 29th, 2008 at 11:08 p.m.
An API for getting "embeddable" versions of content from another site. Super slick and simple, illustrating perfectly how to design an API: solve one small problem at a time.
Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments
Bookmarked May 28th, 2008 at 9:31 a.m.
I wish my physics teacher had been this cool.
AJAX Libraries API - Google Code
Bookmarked May 27th, 2008 at 12:05 p.m.
Load popular JavaScript libraries off Google's servers - this'll make caching and speed issues irrelevant. Still, I'm not sure exactly how I feel about 'google.load("jquery")' -- seems brittle.
Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bookmarked May 26th, 2008 at 3:53 p.m.
Short version: if you are buying a car in eastern Kansas, you'll save nearly a grand by driving to Missouri.
Annals of Innovation: In the Air: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Bookmarked May 26th, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
"The genius is not a unique source of insight; he is merely an efficient source of insight."
etckeeper
Bookmarked May 25th, 2008 at 11:44 p.m.
"etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, or bzr repository." Neat.
2008 Honda Fit - Interior Gallery - the Official Honda Web Site
Bookmarked May 25th, 2008 at 9:30 p.m.
"Alpaca sold separately"
Twitter-proxy: Any Interest? « Assetbar: drinks and recipes
Bookmarked May 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 p.m.
Read down a bit for a really good explanation of why Twitter's such a hard problem: "[...] that giant processing & delivery effort ... was caused by 3 users, each just sending one, tiny, 140 char message."
LJWorld.com / Self-made Champions: The 2008 season in retrospect
Bookmarked May 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 a.m.
Retrospective of the Jayhawk's 2008 season with all sorts of slick design by Richard. Awesome.
White Glove Tracking Compilation Video White Glove Tracking Compilation on Vimeo
Bookmarked May 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 a.m.
A great compilation video of some of the results of the white glove tracking project. Really awesome stuff... I love the Internet.
OpenSignals: Videos: DEVONthink Pro Office 1.5 for the Mac
Bookmarked May 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 a.m.
Some videos of a ScanSnap/DEVONthink workflow. Dunno if I want to shell out for DEVONthink, but this looks pretty sweet.
Star Wars Kid: The Data Dump - Waxy.org
Bookmarked May 22nd, 2008 at 8:29 a.m.
"Be warned, this is more detail than you'll ever want about the origins of the Star Wars Kid meme and how it spread. You don't care about this level of detail."
Palimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless life | 43 Folders
Bookmarked May 21st, 2008 at 10:35 p.m.
I just got a ScanSnap (woo!) and now I need to figure out the best way to use it. This might fit my needs, but more likely I'll end up writing some Django app to manage all the documents.
research!rsc: Lessons from the Debian/OpenSSL Fiasco
Bookmarked May 21st, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.
By far the best analysis of the Debian/OpenSSL bug. No pointed fingers, and lots of good lessons for the future.
Emulating ActionScript's "with" statement in Python
Bookmarked May 20th, 2008 at 9:13 a.m.
Stack hacking for fun and profit.
Roger Ebert's Journal: I admit it: I loved "Indy"
Bookmarked May 20th, 2008 at 8:55 a.m.
This is why I love Ebert. You'd think that after a lifetime of reviewing films he'd be jaded cynical about something as big as "Indy". It's easier to grumble and hate; Ebert's awesome because he *loves movies*. By the way, I can't wait to see this flick.
comcast-must-die
Bookmarked May 19th, 2008 at 9:30 p.m.
Just for you-know-who at Plaxo: this site details some reasons -- there are many others -- why I no longer respect your employer.
Plaxo - Permanently Delete Your Plaxo Account
Bookmarked May 19th, 2008 at 9:28 p.m.
See my previous link for context. Took me some time to find this link, so here it is in case you, like me, want absolutely nothing to do with Comcast.
Comcast to Acquire Plaxo; Pulse to Become Central to Creating Unified “Social Media” Experience Across the Web, the TV (and more)
Bookmarked May 19th, 2008 at 9:27 p.m.
In related news, I'm now a member of one fewer social networking sites. Comtastic!
random($foo): Web 2.0 Expo Presentation Rundown
Bookmarked May 19th, 2008 at 11:04 a.m.
Gotta watch these -- they look awesome.
Amazon.com: Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell: Books
Bookmarked May 19th, 2008 at 8:21 a.m.
Gladwell's new book has a title and a ship date. Ordered!
Open GPS Tracker
Bookmarked May 18th, 2008 at 3:09 p.m.
"The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tracker responds to text message commands, detects motion, and sends you its exact position..." Awesome.
Dropbox - Home - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.
Bookmarked May 18th, 2008 at 9:05 a.m.
This looks fantastic. Can't wait to get in on the beta.
Jeff Varasano's NY Pizza Recipe
Bookmarked May 18th, 2008 at 8:41 a.m.
The most rediculously obsessive pizza recipe on the planet.
Sun Rise/Set Table for Reykjavik
Bookmarked May 7th, 2008 at 1:05 p.m.
Twenty hours of daylight, baybee!
Accessible UK Train Timetables
Bookmarked May 5th, 2008 at 12:34 p.m.
Far superiour to the National Rail website, with easy URLs to boot.
