Archive for April, 2007

Spicy recipe to make X11 apps dock-able in OSX

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

I was a happy programmer when I first launched inkscape from the dock on my Mac Book Pro. Here’s how you do it:
1. Install X11. It is on the system disk that came with your Mac.
2. Install macports or fink.
3. Install The Gimp using the package tool from step 2. […]

Everything you ever wanted to know about internet acronyms

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I _love_ wikipedia. Fun *and* educational.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases

A little about continuations

Monday, April 9th, 2007

I never really observed the practical application of continuations until I found these little gems. They describe Ruby implementations of a Lisp operator named amb. With examples. Enjoy.
Try this one first.
Then check out this for an object-y implementation.
An friendly overview of continuations can be found here

Goodbye internet radio, you will be missed.

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

On March 2nd the CRB passed a royalty rate increase that will absolutely destroy small internet broadcasters. If you’re an American and you would like to keep your freedom of choice inform yourself here:
http://www.savenetradio.org/
I also urge you to write to your representative and sign the online petition.