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Brushing up on MVC, SQL and HTTP, also known as learning #django

Just discovered trash-cli, a safer rm for day-to-day activities. "To err is human, but to really mess things up you need a computer."

Recursive debugging: IBM debugged its VM in an older version of VM. Nifty.

A clever programmer writes clever code -- after exhausting all other options.

The key, the whole key, and nothing but the key. So help me Codd.

There's a worrying ambiguity with the phrase "warranty void if broken" on a sticker.

HTML 5 defines what a conforming parser should do in the face of invalid markup. Cunning.

Do perfect programs exist? Would we recognise one? More interestingly, how would it handle feature requests?

"[...] the info here is quite decent. Thanks." It would appear today's blog comment bots go generic and complimentary to maximise link life.

Wireworld is cool: http://bit.ly/ctNose it's almost enough to drive a computer scientist into hardware.

Beware floating point arithmetic. Seriously. 0.7 + 0.1 != 0.8 (try it in your REPL of choice)

Distributing malicious URLs via man in the middle attacks on IRC conversations: http://bit.ly/9Cc6l9 'automated social engineering'

/Interesting/ PHP feature of the day: variable variables.

When designing a UI, *always* create mockups before coding. It produces results that are so much better.

Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, finished my degree and would like to meet you. (looking for security role opportunities)