/dev/random

Presenting GCCalc: a horrible abuse of GCC
Whatever you enter on the command line automatically gets compiled, loaded, and executed, and the result is returned (as a double) and printed to the screen.
(tags: programming hack)

[Read more →]

Best of 2007: Top 5 Villains in Tech
people or companies who made some silly, bad or stupid decisions that somehow adversely affected their company or the tech industry as a whole.
(tags: lists technology)

[Read more →]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Christmas Present, originally uploaded by mike3k.

This arrived today from the gang in Vancouver.

[Read more →]

I haven’t been able to post much the last few days, since I’ve been pretty sick with something like a stomach flu that has kept me, uh, indisposed much of the time.
I’m also working on a new Wordpress MU site to host podcasts, which I’ll post more details about in the next few days.

[Read more →]

Via Slashdot:
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “In an Arizona case against a defendant who has no legal representation, Atlantic v. Howell, the RIAA is now arguing — contrary to its lawyers’ statements to the United States Supreme Court in 2005 MGM v. Grokster — that the defendant’s ripping of personal MP3 copies onto his computer is a [...]

[Read more →]

Earlier this afternoon I was a guest on The Teen Web 2.0 Podcast with Taylor McNeil and Daniel Brusilovsky. We talked about PHP & Drupal, among other things. Unfortunately the sound quality from my Plantronics M3000 Bluetooth headset was pretty bad. I’m getting a Jabra headset in a few days, which should be better.

[Read more →]

With the Grammy nominations announced today, I decided to post my list of the top albums for the year, which is quite different.

Neon Bible, Arcade Fire I’m completely hooked on this album. The songs stick in your head with irresistible hooks. They make great use of unusual instruments like a hurdy-gurdy and church organ.

[...]

[Read more →]

Santastic III in 3-D
Mashups of Christmas songs, download via torrent.
(tags: mp3 mashup free music)

[Read more →]

Google Mac Developer Playground - Google Code
Many developers at Google work on interesting open-source projects, some full time, some in their 20% time. This page is a collection of several such Mac-related projects.
(tags: google Mac)

PE U: The Mac OS X Leopard Windows API Myth
Article debunking the Windows API myth points out that executable format doesn’t [...]

[Read more →]

Coding Horror:

Has this ever happened to you? You’re merrily typing away in some application, minding your own business, when– suddenly– a dialog pops up and steals the focus from you.

This is the single most annoying - and potentially disastrous - thing any application can do.
Spaces is one of the worst offenders. Not only will [...]

[Read more →]

Although I’m not religious, I still light a candle on the anniversary of my parents deaths. This year my mom’s yahrzeit came out on Nov. 29, when I was in Vancouver, so I wasn’t able to observe it.

[Read more →]

PC World - The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America
These companies & organizations are fighting progress in technology with lawsuits and other obstructions.
(tags: technology)

[Read more →]