Fixing some bugs on an older PHP project I built before I discovered frameworks and templates. Like duct tape, it works but it isn't pretty.
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Ubuntu, [...] is an ancient African word meaning “can’t install Debian”. -- Mark Pilgrim
Really impressed with Fish: tab completion of command names /with description/, argument completion based on history (a la Ctrl-C in bash)
It's wonderful when software just works™ with Unicode. Sadly you still can't always take it for granted with a new app.
"There are few things more galvanizing than an unrealized idea." http://bit.ly/9579Rs
There's nothing like a non-deterministic bug to keep you on your toes. Still, I learnt a little more about multi-threading.
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.
Logging into mobile Facebook in another country triggers a curious security process where you have to identify friends in photos. Try it.
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.
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