Python’s xml.dom.minidom.toprettyxml has a featureflaw that renders it useless for many common applications. (Including, of course, mine.)
Let’s face the obvious: yesterday we were nerds, today we’re the cognitive elite. Let’s conquer.
—Chester G. Edwards
Do the words “core dump” make you shiver with fear? (My wife just giggles whenever she hears it.)
If I asked you to “debug an Apache vfork problem” (again, she giggles), would you know that I’m referring neither to [...]
I want to talk to you about password security.
Actually, that’s a lie. I don’t want to talk about it at all. But I have to–someone has to. I’ve had two recent problems with password security, both of them shamefully avoidable.
Warning: I’ll be discussing how to store secure passwords on a website (or [...]
Reload this page for HOURS OF FUN.
Or try it yourself, here:
(These are real flickr images. Idea and original code borrowed from kastner.)
I’ve been so busy lately, that I haven’t had any time to blog. No great loss, though, since most of what I’ve been up to is unbloggable for one reason or another. (Some of you may know some of the unbloggable things. And a select few of you even know all of [...]
Plugin Name:Recent Love
Plugin Author:Ron Rothman
Description
resents a list of recent comments, one comment per post.
Latest Version:0.5 (Updated April 4, 2007)
Download:txt phps zip
A few months ago, I wanted to display a list of recent comments in my blog’s sidebar. After searching through the countless plugins which return lists of comments, I finally decided on Scott Reilly’s [...]
(UPDATE: Word on the street (see comment 27, below) is that this bug has been fixed in WordPress 2.1.)
I recently came across a known bug in WordPress 1.5.2 (well, at least it’s known to users; I can only assume that the dev community is also aware of it). Just wanted to post my fix [...]
We’ve already established that Hotmail sucks.
But, as if Microsoft didn’t want to leave any shadow of a doubt, this is what I saw when I tried to log in earlier today:
Okay, you caught me in a fib. That’s not a real sign. I made it with Ryland Sanders‘ excellent church sign generator. (He’s also got a great on-line gallery of real church signs; you get 4 points if you find the photo I submitted.)
Writing a business plan? Fluffing up your resumé? Applying to an MBA program? Let the Web Economy Bullshit Generator help!
Found some cool optical illusion images. (My personal favorite is the third one.)
It has Titanium Power.
Its only weakness: it can be lost.
My wife is guilty–guilty of “Behaviour Not Befitting the Wife of a Computer Programmer.”
This morning, she asked me to help her figure out how to FTP a file, to make an update to a particular website. I asked whether she knew the username and password; she didn’t. So, since she’d have [...]
According to this, if you were born in 2003, it probably is. (Link works in IE only. Feh.)
(The image to the left is the graph of names beginning with “Ron.”
More, interesting baby name info here.
This artificial intelligence engine is better at 20 questions than most humans. (For example, when we tried it, it correctly guessed “label,” but not “comedian.”
We’ve come a long way since ELIZA.
Why?
Why??
Why would anyone still use Internet Exporer when a free, superior alternative is just one download away?
Mozilla Firefox is better. You should use it. Here’s why:
