Archive for April, 2008
del.icio.us/dossy links since April 21, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Monday, April 28th, 2008del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since April 21, 2008 at 09:00 AM:
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A summary explanation of Mark Dowd’s incredible Flash vulnerability exploit. This is what real genius is made of. I envy.
Yossi Kreinin praises Tcl and so should you!
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Yossi Kreinin writes a very fair and positive blog entry about why he can’t believe he’s praising Tcl. In response, I left this comment on his blog:
I’m so glad you’ve put aside language bigotry and evaluated Tcl fairly–when you do, it’s easy to see how convenient it can be for some tasks.
Of course I’m biased, but I also think Tcl is a fantastic language for developing web applications-thus, my affinity for AOLserver.
When you reduce web development to the simple process of “consume bits from a data source, transform strings, output bits to a network socket” … Tcl’s simplicity really makes rapid development a breeze, coupled with AOLserver’s library of Tcl procs to ease some common tasks.
I hope more folks give Tcl a fair shake, given it’s one of the oldest and arguably the most mature scripting language out there.
Even if you have no interest in Tcl, do read Yossi’s blog entry about it. He really takes a close look at what makes for a good embedded scripting language and that’s useful for anyone who is building an application today that needs such a thing.
Tags: programming, Yossi Kreinin, Tcl
A Buzz Lightyear … dildo?
Monday, April 21st, 2008My wife went to a swap meet tonight, where folks bring things they want to get rid of and exchange it for stuff that others are trying to dump. As a goof, she saw this and knew I’d want to blog a picture of it:
Yeah, seriously, WTF is that? Is that really a Buzz Lightyear dildo? I don’t think this is what Buzz meant when he said, “To infinity, and beyond!” Hell, look at his crossed arms and disinterested look as he tries not to look downward.
Of course, this is one of those stupid “turn it on and the top spins around with lights” toys, but if you flick the switch and hold the top, the shaft rotates … hello?! Even my 8 year old daughter asked me, “Daddy, what’s the green thing at the bottom do?” All I could do was shake my head sadly and say, “Nothing, honey. Now go upstairs and brush your teeth and go to bed.”
You just can’t make this stuff up.
Tags: Buzz Lightyear, toy, dildo
del.icio.us/dossy links since April 14, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Monday, April 21st, 2008del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since April 14, 2008 at 09:00 AM:
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SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition = $49.95.
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David Case (no relation to Steve Case) wrote a remarkably accurate and detailed article on AOL’s recent history and sad mishaps.
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November 6th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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November 5th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
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November 5th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
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November 5th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I would paraphrase what Terrence said a bit: Most users expect that when you change your password, having known the ...
November 5th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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