Grrr… SharpReader, the news reader I use to read RSS feeds, just crashed on me, and lost all my feeds—data and URLs. After I’d added four of the new Amazon feeds. Shit. Oh, well. Fortunately, I had a recent backup of the OPML for my feeds, so I was able to get them back quickly.
Author: Jon
Disposable Paperboard Computer
Routed via Slashdot comes the story of the disposable paperboard computer, which can “can collect, process, and exchange several pages of encrypted data.” It even has a generous 32KB of memory. After reading about this, I couldn’t help but thinking that we’ve already had disposable, paper-based computers around since, well, forever. It’s called pen and… Continue reading Disposable Paperboard Computer
Amazon RSS
Another piece of news everyone pointed to yesterday: Amazon is now offering RSS feeds. A list of all their feeds can be found at the Amazon.com Syndicated Content page. Looks like they’re offering feeds for each top-level category in their hierarchy. The next logical step, of course, would be to offer a personalized RSS feed… Continue reading Amazon RSS
Water on Mars
Forgot to point to this the other day: Opportunity finds evidence of water in Mars’ past. Probably you’ve all heard this by now, but it’s still incredible. “Liquid water once flowed through these rocks. It changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry,” said Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., principal investigator for… Continue reading Water on Mars
Rasmus is the Man
… Rasmus Lerdorf, that is, the creator and godfather of PHP. He’s got an article on the Oracle Technology Network titled “Do You PHP?” that’s definitely worth a read. Here’s a sample: What it all boils down to is that PHP was never meant to win any beauty contests. It wasn’t designed to introduce any… Continue reading Rasmus is the Man
Catching up on email
I’ve been terribly lax lately in responding to my emails that are ebook requests. I’m awfully sorry about that; I’m responding to some tonight, but if you sent me a request for an ebook and haven’t heard back from me, I apologize.
Advanced PHP Programming
The book Advanced PHP Programming is out, by George Schlossnagle. Looks like it might be pretty interesting; there’s certainly a scarcity of good PHP books that cover advanced topics—most of them are targeted at the beginner and the basics, and don’t have anything to offer me. (Quick disclaimer: some of the Wrox books actually look… Continue reading Advanced PHP Programming
The Pine Tavern
When it comes to dining in Bend, Oregon, few places compare to The Pine Tavern. Located in Downtown Bend, just off Mirror Pond and the Deschutes River, the Pine Tavern Restaurant is one of the signature establishments of this town and one of the best places to eat, period. Good food, good drinks and good… Continue reading The Pine Tavern
Language
About a week back Andrei Zmievski blogged about taking linguistics classes and on the fluid nature of languages, and got me thinking about them. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in French with the equivalent of a minor in Russian (and yet I work in the computer industry… funny, eh?), but I’m far from… Continue reading Language
More Testing
Doing some further testing on the new CMS. There should be a “MORE” link below if you’re viewing this from the front page. If you click on it, you’ll get the extended body text and as a treat I’ll throw in some of the things I’m doing behind the scenes.