January 2009
31 posts
Since 10.5.6, Safari can't maintain sessions →
I knew something was up. If you run anything that embeds webkit and uses NSURLRequest, then Safari can’t maintain new sessions between application cycles.
December 2008
38 posts
Untrusted Certificates →
Uhh, this is terrible. Absolutely terrible. What good is the SSL system if Comodo does this?
Scheme Cookbook →
Joel says, "Don't leave the industry." →
I’m not a big Joel fan, in fact I think he’s something of a hack. But in this case he definitely nails it. Basically, programming and software engineering is one of the few jobs that America has a…
Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for False... →
The shear between rational people and fearful people is growing.
Why you should support Mac OS X and Linux →
Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star →
Looks legit, but we’ll have to see. This isn’t the first fusion claim, hot or cold, that we’ve seen this decade.
Calif. family finds $10,000 in cracker box, Crazy... →
Uh, whoah. Moral of the story: No matter how unsafe you think banks are you’re almost better off with your money there. At least it’s insure. Does this woman not understand FDIC insurance?
“Man Sleeping on Train” Vipper Challenge | Sankaku... →
Wow. Wow. Look at these people go. This is basically Photoshop hero.
Japan Public Sleeping Returns →
I guess in Japan it’s just totally cool to fall asleep. Like anywhere.
“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a...”
– Wired interview of Steve Jobs
Blocks in Objective-C →
Exciting
Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley →
I’ve heard a lot of this stuff from people involved in the valley, and I’ve observed some of the consequences. I agree it needs to change.
Maopost.com - Personalized Oil Paintings →
Oh man, they’re expensive, but that’d be pretty damn awesome to have in my cube.
More: Systems Programming with PLT Scheme →
Another amazing piece of tutorial/documentation for the PLT Scheme project. People in the edgist world need to start taking this project seriously. Any language that can, as an introductory concept, make a web-server should be considered serious business.
Researchers create graphite memory only 10 atoms... →
If this work is confirmed, it’s going to replace flash very quickly. The performance specs are amazing and any technology based off of carbon is superior.
Watch3n’s Viral website has ridiculous animations in webkit. When is firefox going to support these?
WatchEver since 2003, I’ve always wanted a menu that sticks out of the corner of the page. Originally I did it with a Java Applet (don’t laugh, it was 2003!). But the crazy thing is, it’s just a bit of css. No javascript at all!
Something like this will be part of my upcoming github page.
Aegisub: If programming languages were... →
This piece isn’t particularly original or funny. The only reason I mention it is that it’s demonstrative of how sloppy and poor some people’s understanding of other languages is.
The fact that that neatly echos people’s understanding of foreign religion is a neat coincidence, I don’t think the author was being that subtle.
tortoisegit - Google Code →
Can we stop complaining about git’s usability now, please?
Damage to a New Macbook Pro falling 3ft onto... →
Impressive durability, but man that’s never gonna buff out.
Scientists extract images directly from brain →
Image evolution →
Genetic algorithms were always my favorite things in college. I even did some work with them for St. Jude Medical CRMD when I was an in intern there.
The code is beautiful, simple, and there is an elegant resonance with nature in this algorithm.
Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Turn General Motors... →
Can’t help but LOL at our fail.
The Great Ruby Shootout (December 2008) →
This is the kind of realistic look I’ve been espousing lately. JRuby does fantastically well.
Watch
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WatchThis is the slideshare of my presentation on the “Basics of Erlang” talk at Microsoft. The screencasts didn’t come through at all, but I’ve also published the raw keynote file if you’d like to see the screencasts as well.
For those of you without keynote, I’ve posted raw links to the screencasts I used in order:
“Process creation time is constant and...
WatchSource upload to Vimeo from my new FlipHD. This thing is just incredibly good, I really am excited about it.
(Click the HD button.)
Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » HTML5 Media... →
I am so far behind the times. Holy crap, that’s an amazing video widget that’s all just CSS and a few licks of javascript. Beautiful.