Links published in November 2006
Abstinence message goes beyond teens
I’m thinking of applying for federal funding now; I’ve been abstinent for most of this year.
Get a job, you!
Preferably with us :)
Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
Need to read this in-depth sometime when it’s not 4AM.
Apache Module mod_asis
How have I gone this long without knowing about this?
Resizable Reloaded - A reusable component for resizing elements
Jack Slocum is the Chuck Norris of JavaScript.
Valve Time
I need to start using these in estimates.
THE OFFICIAL .LA REGISTRY
Apparently the nation of Laos, in the grand tradition of Tuvalu, has sold access to its ccTLD — in this case, to the city of Los Angeles. From the about page:
Declare your love for your city, your business, and of course for yourself. Where else in the world could self-gratification become a way of life?
Also, I freakin’ love that faso.la is registered and lists its nameserver as doremi.faso.la.
Aaron Sorkin Visits a Dental Hygienist.
DENTAL HYGIENIST: You sleep now.
Print or Fish
The sales staff arrived in the office at their normal time and were greeted with an unbearable smell and some rather unusual orders from their boss: load up their car with herring and get to selling. Roy joined them and left a message for the president, “we’re out selling whatever customers will buy.”
Hooray for ethics!
School Bus Plunges Off Alabama Highway
No comment.
(Via Nathan)
It’s a Wonderful Presidency
GEORGE: Yes! Ha-ha, we’re at war! Merry Christmas, everybody! We’re at war!
How To Subclass The JavaScript Array Object
It’s not the prettiest thing in the world, but it does provide a way to extend/subclass JavaScript’s builtins without interfering with any other code that relies on them.
More Accurate Wikipedia Warnings
To meet Wikipedia’s quality standards, this article may require cleanup.
Specifically, this article should be written in coherent English by someone who attended school and graduated with a GPA over 1.7.
(Via Mark Pilgrim)
DIFRWEAR
“Faraday Caged Apparel”
Dabblers and Blowhards
Old, but good. So very, very good.
Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do. Even not-so-great paintings - in fact, any slapdash attempt at splashing paint onto a surface - will get you laid more than writing software, especially if you have the slightest hint of being a tortured, brooding soul about you. For evidence of this I would point to my college classmate Henning, who was a Swedish double art/theatre major and on most days could barely walk.
What American accent do you have?
I’m normally not a big quiz person, but I liked this one.
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.”
(Via Bill de hÓra)
Now Playing
Have I mentioned that Clay Bennett is one of the best in the business?
A Meditation On the Speed Limit
A group of students get on the freeway and drive within the posted speed limit, with dangerous results.
The S stands for Simple
So many wonderful things in this dialogue, I had a hard time picking out a favorite:
Dev: (Reads XML Schema spec). Saints preserve us! Alexander the Great couldn’t unravel that.
(Via reddit)
Twilight Princess receives a 9.9…
So, apparently one of our game reviews got Dugg and we didn’t notice.
Most priceless moment:
Who the F is Lawrence.com? LOL
Python quotes
So much joy.
Bill Meyer, RIP
Joel remembers the man who got him started.
The Problem Is, The Zune Is Brown
Spot-on, plus a hilarious video.
RailsVsDjango
Interesting comparison.
Java Is Free
What else is there to say?
Test your musical skills in 6 minutes!
I scored 80.6%.
(Via Jeff Croft)
Thinking Machine 4: Play the Game
A nifty Java chess applet that shows you what the computer is thinking.
No you can’t have a pony
Best use of “schadenfreude” tag EVAR.
How the news breaks
Jacob explains the Rube Goldberg device which presented our audience with election results last night.
Django AJAX integration!
Go download it now!
XML in Firefox is a Major Problem
For the record, overriding author-supplied style information by default, in this particular case, isn’t so bad. But refusing to expose the option of using author-supplied style information is So Bad.
BUG: Load Method Fails to Load XML Documents over SSL Connection
Squirreling away for future reference.
(Via lessrain blog)
Efficient JavaScript
Nice article from Opera detailing a variety of (mostly not specific to Opera) ways to optimize your JavaScript.
(Via reddit)
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
Today’s random interesting thing found via Wikipedia. Be sure to “listen” to one or two if you have the time.
(Via Wikipedia)
Army Times: “Time for Rumsfeld to go”
Well, that’s one side’s November Surprise out of the way.
Cleaner Callbacks With Partial Application
Good intro to some of the useful functional-programming tricks you can do in JavaScript, including currying and an example implementation of map.
(Via Simon Willison)
Percentage of Chart Which Resembles Pac-Man
Edward Tufte, eat your heart out.
(Via Maura)
