January 2009
9 posts
Morethanseven: A Simple Python Jabber Bot →
“As developers we spend a lot of time using command line interfaces – mainly for speed and because you can cram a lot of functionality into a small amount of screen real estate. We’re increasingly spending time debugging API calls as well and exposing your API calls for use by instant messaging clients has the potential to make development easier. Think of the Python interactive shell or of...
pyparsing » home →
Text parsing, bitches!
ars technica: Microsoft's new vision: a computer... →
Microsoft is taking over for internet-refrigerator-inventor LG as the official manufacturer of Harbingers of Tech Bubble Apocalypses.
“When not smashing his mandolin he played in a delicate style that was heavily...”
– Some eloquent wikipedian, on Ira Louvin’s on-stage ways
An Appreciation of English: A language in motion →
A brief and level-headed examination of linguistic change. Medicine for recovering prescriptivists such as myself.
NYT: Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power →
NYT: On the Subprime Reading Crisis →
As we all know, lax writing practices earlier this decade led to irresponsible writing and irresponsible reading. This simply put too many families into books they could not finish.
Lifehacker: Coke Can Clean Your Toilet in a Pinch →
Is there a life hack to help you avoid the sad state of affairs that leaves you with no bathroom cleaning gear and a surfeit of cola you don’t feel like drinking or polishing pennies with?
things that are neat: bodies and fluids edition
Sneezing: It’s like my face is exploding. With ecstasy.