miniblog.

Jan 16, 2013
Django snippet to work around the '{% cycle %} continues where it left off bug' http://t.co/H0xRDAGN
Jan 16, 2013
Egads. Nasty {% cycle %} gotcha in Django:
#5908 (Add a resetcycle template tag) – Django
Jan 16, 2013
It's pretty scary how often Pacman complains about invalidly signed packages -- very likely my binaries used to just get silently corrupted.
Jan 15, 2013
ncurses disc usage analyser http://t.co/sKOBLUFf -- very handy for remote servers.
Jan 14, 2013
There is no sorting algorithm that is O(n log n) in time, O(1) in space and also stable. Pick your poison.
Jan 14, 2013
Writing a 'natural sort' for clothing sizes ("S" > "XS", "medium" > "small") is more tractable than I'd initially feared.
Jan 12, 2013
Amazing ambitious Mozilla project, SWF in JS:
The Shumway Open SWF Runtime Project – Mozilla Research
Shumway is an experimental web-native runtime implementation of the SWF file format. It is developed as a free and open source project sponsored by Mozilla Research. The project has two main ...
Jan 11, 2013
Turns out Emacs' org-babel allows literate programming a la tangle and weave. Worth playing with this weekend (:
Jan 11, 2013
ag is a *fast* replacement for ack (better than grep) https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher -- 0.14s vs 8.49s in my testing.
GitHub - ggreer/the_silver_searcher: A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
GitHub - ggreer/the_silver_searcher: A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster. Contribute to ggreer/the_silver_searcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jan 10, 2013
Abusing Django templatetags to calculations http://t.co/a3xHbUHF (entertainingly evil!)
Jan 9, 2013
Remote code execution in Rails: http://t.co/eDStohrq ouch.
Jan 8, 2013
Dr Seuss on parser monads: http://t.co/IVyA8wYy
Jan 7, 2013
@valueof reproduced a bug on http://t.co/R9EYzw1m https://github.com/jshint/jshint/issues/797#issuecomment-11885403 -- do you take bribes to reopen tickets? :)
Incorrect warning for 'defined but never used' for forward-declared functions · Issue #797 · jshint/jshint
Incorrect warning for 'defined but never used' for forward-declared functions · Issue #797 · jshint/jshint
/*jshint unused:true */ function caller() { callee(); } function callee() {} Calling JSHint on this gives: $ jshint example.js example.js: line 2, col 16, 'caller' is defined but never used. exampl...
Jan 5, 2013
GMail is giving me adverts for supercomputers and foie gras. Never mind accurate advertising, I feel somewhat complimented.
Jan 4, 2013
It's also interesting to see 'Quick Answers' on gov.uk (e.g https://www.gov.uk/maternity-paternity-pay-leave/y/2015-03-02/yes/yes/yes/600.0-week) -- reminiscent of Reactive Documents http://t.co/xzeOFx2W
Error - Will the mother care for the child with a partner? - Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance - GOV.UK
Error - Will the mother care for the child with a partner? - Check if you can get Maternity or Paternity Leave or Pay, or Maternity Allowance - GOV.UK
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