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Saturday, October 16, 2004
Friday, October 15, 2004
Continuations, coroutines, closures,...
A lot of discussion on continuations, coroutines and closures seems to be floating around in the python end of the Internet in response to some discussions on the comp.lang.python newsgroup and the python mailing list. I'm going to be collecting some of the material and going through it and later I'll be blogging here on these topice. Anyone with interesting links related to these topics are encouraged to reply in the comments.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Food Standards Agency - Food myths debunked
Food Standards Agency - Food myths debunked. An excellent page, everyone should go and have a look.
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
Google SMS
(via Gizmodo) : Google SMS - Another new service from Google. Send an SMS to GOOGL (US only) and recieve information like the nearest restaurants, addresses and w whole lot more (click the link to get the whole list). Google now has a ton of services for a web search company. What will they get into next ?
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Evan Williams leaves Google
Evan Williams leaves google. Evan was the guy who co-founded Pyra Labs (the creators of Blogger), way back in 1999.
SpaceShipOne wins XPrize
I just read the news. The second flight which was scheduled for October 4th was a success, and with that they have claimed the Ansari XPrize. Mojave airport now becomes the worlds first licensed spaceport. This is fantastic. Could this be the big boost that space tourism required ?
NPR also has a roundup of this historic event.
NPR also has a roundup of this historic event.
Friday, October 01, 2004
J2SE 5.0 released
J2SE 5.0 has finally been released.
So, the product has shipped, generics and all. The generics feature has caused mountainloads of controversy, especially over the 'erasure' feature which makes the compiler 'forget' the type of a generic within a function (for more, see Bruce Eckels posts here, here, here and here).
So will all that controversy affect actual usage of generice in Java ? We shall have to see.
So, the product has shipped, generics and all. The generics feature has caused mountainloads of controversy, especially over the 'erasure' feature which makes the compiler 'forget' the type of a generic within a function (for more, see Bruce Eckels posts here, here, here and here).
So will all that controversy affect actual usage of generice in Java ? We shall have to see.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Spread Firefox - Ten Days
Results of the first spread firefox campaign are out! The aim was for 1 million downloads of Firefox Preview Release in 10 days. The result ?
This is great news. The second spread firefox campaign is running. The goal is to get 10,000 new users for the SFX (spread firefox) campaign over the next 10 days. Signing up is as simple as clicking my referral link (it gives me referral points), and entering an username and email address. As an added incentive, you can collect points for everyone else that you refer, by passing others your referral link for others to sign up.
So go join up already!
- 10 days.
- 2 million downloads of the Firefox Preview Release.
- 10,000 registered users.
- 100,000+ referrals by our 100 most active participants.
This is great news. The second spread firefox campaign is running. The goal is to get 10,000 new users for the SFX (spread firefox) campaign over the next 10 days. Signing up is as simple as clicking my referral link (it gives me referral points), and entering an username and email address. As an added incentive, you can collect points for everyone else that you refer, by passing others your referral link for others to sign up.
So go join up already!
43 Folders
The hot item going through the blogging community is Merlin Mann's new blog, 43 Folders. The core theme of the blog is David Allen's book Getting Things Done. (The name 43 Folders is itself derived from one of the concepts in the book).
I have been following the blog over the last week or so, and it looks very interesting. I certainly have a problem when it comes to getting things done, and this has made me think about implementing the system. Its all experimental of course, but if it works out reasonably well, I think I'll go out and buy the book.
By the way, 43 Folders is on my Bloglines subsription list and should now appear on my BlogRoll on the sidebar. If you are on Bloglines, I recommend subscribing to 43 Folders. Another good idea would be to read the posts in the archives, as this would form a base for understanding future posts.
In the meantime, I'm going to implement the system over the next month and report the results.
I have been following the blog over the last week or so, and it looks very interesting. I certainly have a problem when it comes to getting things done, and this has made me think about implementing the system. Its all experimental of course, but if it works out reasonably well, I think I'll go out and buy the book.
By the way, 43 Folders is on my Bloglines subsription list and should now appear on my BlogRoll on the sidebar. If you are on Bloglines, I recommend subscribing to 43 Folders. Another good idea would be to read the posts in the archives, as this would form a base for understanding future posts.
In the meantime, I'm going to implement the system over the next month and report the results.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
The Tao Of Programming
Thus spake the master programmer:
''When the program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes.''
- The Tao Of Programming:
''When the program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes.''
- The Tao Of Programming:
Why specs matter [dive into mark]
Why specs matter - Nice article by Mark Pilgrim. Made me chuckle at the nice categorisation. The thing is that its not only amusing, but quite true. Of course, we dont have specs (!!) for our current project, so we are all morons. I'm working on it, but its always hard to do it retrospectively.
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