Abstractions and what to do when you cannot →
Always try to learn whatever you can about your language of choice.
Archive for 2008
We just wanted to let you know…
… We do not trust you, you might decide to hack your gift label:
I bought my girlfriend a present from Amazon, and thought I would make use of their gift wrapping service. For the note I settled on the conservative “To … From …” but added my own personal touch, “<3” (how is that for creativity?). Amazon, however, decided they did not like that, so they turned < into the corresponding HTML entity. You have to give it to them, though; they take security very seriously.
Dilbert minus Dilbert →
Obvious, yet wonderful idea by Leonard Richardson.
The immediacy of PHP →
That platform has really received an unfair reputation.
I remember seeing a video of DHH some years ago, where he gave a presentation at Roskilde University. In that, he spent quite a large portion of his time mocking PHP, contributing to this exact reputation it has got.
I personally use PHP a bit at work, but as rarely as possible in my spare time. But I will give it this: it gets the job done. Whenever I do something that I actually need to deploy, I resort to PHP, because it works for the platforms I would deploy it to. Mostly, this is due to Django being difficult to deploy, thus PHP being an easier option.
But I do not agree on it having an unfair reputation. It is well-known, and appropriately admired, for being deployable, but that really is one of the only good things I can say about it. And I maintain a site called php hacker — I am not a hater.
Python-by-example →
More great Python documentation.
On the Captioning Sucks–homepage design →
We think the Captioning Sucks homepage may be the only viable usage of Comic Sans on the entire Web.
I agree. And I believe Captioning Sucks is an important project.
Don Ø i Brøndby-trøje →
Det må man give ham — det er virkelig noget at gøre i en god sags tjeneste.
BT gør i øvrigt hvad de kan for at understrege at det ikke er en aprilsnar, så jeg tror dem. Fed gestus af manden på toppen af PS&E.
Levels of disagreement →
That is so right. I do not have to argue, if I follow, do I?
Mims – This is Why I'm Hot
I could sell a mill saying nothing on the track.
Kanye West – Touch the Sky
I’m trying to right my wrongs, But it’s funny how them same rights helped me write this song.