A few thoughts about RSS news readers from someone who thinks about them way more than you probably do
"Primarily, the core technology itself (polled or pushed RSS/Atom XML feeds) is brittle, bloated and bewildering, and to make matters worse, the benefits of using it are pretty unclear to just about anyone outside the most heads-down techie."
8 weeks ago
mperham/lunchy · GitHub
8 weeks ago
Lunchy aims to be that friendly tool by wrapping launchctl and providing a few simple operations that you perform all the time.
launchd
launchctl
software
osx
mac
8 weeks ago
Server Name Indication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
9 weeks ago
As of November 2012, the only major user bases whose browsers do not support SNI appear to be users of Internet Explorer 8 or below on Windows XP and versions of Java before 1.7 on any operating system
ssl
sni
TLS
web
9 weeks ago
chrisdoble/django-celery-transactions · GitHub
february 2013
django-celery-transactions holds on to Celery tasks until the current database transaction is committed, avoiding potential race conditions as described in Celery's user guide. Send tasks from signal handlers without fear!
django
transactions
february 2013
algorithm - How to pair socks from a pile efficiently? - Stack Overflow
january 2013
"Given a pile of n pairs of socks, containing 2n elements (assume each sock has exactly one matching pair), what is the best way to pair them up efficiently with up to logarithmic extra space"
socks
january 2013
How much do maps cost and what are they worth? | asymco
december 2012
"we have a perverse situation of a very costly, unprofitable asset requiring duplication of maintenance effort by politically motivated actors imprisoned by their own strategic interests"
Apple
Google
maps
december 2012
The Quiet Wikideath of BBS History « ASCII by Jason Scott
december 2012
"See, the problem is that people think of wikipedia as a SOURCE. It’s NOT a source. It’s REALITY SLASH FICTION"
wikipedia
archiving
december 2012
How London’s Silicon Roundabout really got started
december 2012
This is all Biddulph's fault.
oldstreet
siliconroundabout
mattbiddulph
december 2012
SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK
december 2012
SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK
space
hulk
spacehulk
december 2012
Mavor's Rants: Planetary Annihilation Engine Architecture Update #1
december 2012
"Basically the client is a transparent web browser (webkit) window over the top of an OpenGL context. All of the front end UI and the top level game UI is being written in Javascript"
games
planetaryannihilation
userinterface
december 2012
Garry Announced Kinect Support For His Mod | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
november 2012
zomg must buy kinect.
halflife
games
november 2012
Molyneux admits "it's not good enough" but don't you dare lose faith in Curiosity | Games industry news | MCV
“I mean, the number of willies on the cube is enormous,” he tells us. “That’s something we didn’t think to count in the analytics"
november 2012
xdissent/ievms
november 2012
Automated installation of the Microsoft IE App Compat virtual machines
ie
virtualbox
vm
windows
november 2012
NSURLProtocol : NSHipster
november 2012
NSURLProtocol is amazing and you can perform MUCH EVIL with it
cocoa
ios
programming
november 2012
Some thoughts on "Dishonored" | mndaily.com - The Minnesota Daily
october 2012
"Deus Ex" was fundamentally different from "Dishonored" (I only keep bringing "Deus Ex" up because it's so widely considered to be the gold standard of the genre) in that it's next to impossible to finish the game the way you initially wanted to. You're forced to employ a number of methods -- many of which feel like compromises of your predecided playstyle -- by decisions you knowingly or unknowingly made in the past. You make choices as the character, not the player.
games
from instapaper
october 2012
Open the Future: Digital Diplomacy, of a Sort
september 2012
Rather than choose one name or the other, Apple went ahead and just cloned the islands. It’s as good a solution as any, I suppose — it’s not like you were going to drive there any time soon…
from instapaper
september 2012
I Am Not Making Any Of This Up And Really Kind Of Wish I Were
Glenn Beck figures out the real story behind Sean Smith’s death: Goonswarm Is Literally The CIA.
september 2012
roidrage/s3itch
august 2012
S3itch - Sharing Skitch uploads on S3
As Skitch will soon shut down their own hosting and switch to Evernote, the only reasonable thing to do is to use WebDAV instead and put files on S3.
skitch
s3
As Skitch will soon shut down their own hosting and switch to Evernote, the only reasonable thing to do is to use WebDAV instead and put files on S3.
august 2012
Good News: Jet Set Radio HD Will Launch
august 2012
Jet Set Radio will be coming to Steam on September 19th, and it’ll run you $9.99/£5.99.
games
from instapaper
august 2012
Coyote Tracks - Playing in Gatekeeper's sandbox
august 2012
This is based on the increasingly pervasive notion that Apple hates apple pie, freedom and cute puppies, as evidenced by all those essential, everyday tasks you can’t do with an iOS device. Like recompiling its kernel. I can’t count the number of times I’ve pulled out my iPhone and urgently screamed, “Siri, recompile your kernel!” at it, then crumpled to the ground in despair. Same for you, I’m sure.
from instapaper
august 2012
Awakenings: An Android Design Process | Sebastiaan de With's blog
july 2012
"Android devices come with TFT-LCD panels of varying quality and with various technologies: (S/)PVA, (S/H-)IPS, AFFS, each with their own unique dynamics and often manufacturer-calibrated specifically (yes, there’s different gamma curves), as well as AMOLED displays with similar varying characteristics"
android
hardware
development
july 2012
Tumblr users baffled by tacky banner ads
some browser plugin inserting ads into the tumblr dahsboard? plugins are insane. I'm astonshed that apple allows them, to be honest.
july 2012
The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition
july 2012
The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition... http://t.co/Di5ZyJsR -- Hacker News Bot (@hackernewsbot)
from instapaper
july 2012
Suvash Thapaliya : Use OSX Finder Quicklook to preview all plain text files
july 2012
Use OSX Finder Quicklook to preview all plain text files
finder
macos
july 2012
In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur - NYTimes.com
july 2012
Yay, accidentally cool again.
socks
fashion
july 2012
JacksonInFiveMinutes - FasterXML Wiki
july 2012
A nice fast JSON library for Java that both works on Android and doesn't make me want to claw my face off.
android
java
json
programming
july 2012
mccutchen/triangulizor
june 2012
I've got to come up with something I can gratuitously use this in.
python
progamming
june 2012
Scamstantinople: Brushing Up on Istanbul Scams - Let's Go Travel - The Leader in Budget Travel
june 2012
Here's an explanation of the dropped shoe shine brush scam http://t.co/PVFO64MA
from instapaper
june 2012
Why you should care about the LinkedIn calendar vulnerability | Extenuating Circumstances
june 2012
people still use non-https for apis?
linkedin
june 2012
RestKit/cocoa-oauth
may 2012
Very nice and simple oauth implementation for Objective-C - specifically I'm using it in iOS and it's great. I especially like the way that it's not 300 different little files.
ios
oauth
objectivec
may 2012
2lmc
3d
actionscript
addon
addressbook
aggregation
ai
airport
ajax
amazon
android
annoying
api
app
apple
applescript
application
as3
atom
backup
bbc
beta
binary
bindings
blech
blinkenlights
blog
bluetooth
bookmarklet
bookmarks
broadband
browser
bug
bytemark
cache
caldav
calendar
camera
camino
campfire
catalyst
chart
chrome
clever
cms
cocoa
color
colour
conference
convert
cooking
cool
corewar
coverart
cpu
crash
css
daap
data
database
date
debian
debug
debugging
delicious
dell
demo
deployment
deskbar
desktop
developer
development
digital
disk
django
dns
docs
documentation
dom
download
dvd
edd
editor
email
embed
emulator
emusic
epiphany
evil
exif
explorer
export
expression
extension
facebook
ffmpeg
file
filesystem
filter
fireeagle
firefox
firmware
flash
flickr
font
fonts
format
fotango
framework
free
funny
fuse
future
g1
game
games
gedit
git
gnome
google
googleappengine
gpl
gps
graph
graphics
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gravatar
greasemonkey
gtk
gtkmozembed
gui
hack
halflife
hardware
hate
headers
helma
heroku
hidden
hosting
html
http
ical
icon
icons
id3
ide
idiocy
ikea
image
imap
inputmanager
install
installer
internet
internetexplorer
ios
iphone
iphoto
ipod
isight
itunes
jabber
java
javascript
jerakeen
joel
jquery
json
keyboard
language
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lastfm
launchbar
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ldap
lego
leopard
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london
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macos
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maths
me
mencoder
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metaweblog
microformats
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mmorpg
mobile
mobilesafari
mochikit
mod_js
mono
movabletype
mozilla
mp3
music
mysql
n800
network
newspapers
nokia
o2
oauth
objectivec
offline
oldstreet
opengl
openid
openoffice
opensource
package
palm
parallels
parser
password
patch
pavatar
pennyarcade
perl
philosophy
phone
photography
photos
php
platform
plugin
png
pocketpc
postgresql
powerbook
preferences
presentation
printer
programming
prototype
psp
push
putty
pyobjc
python
quicklook
rails
rdf
reader
reference
regular
release
reliability
remote
rfc
rhino
rip
rpc
rss
ruby
s3
s60
safari
scaling
scary
scrolling
search
secondlife
security
server
session
shell
shortcut
siliconroundabout
skype
sms
snowleopard
social
socks
software
sorting
sound
source
spam
sparklines
ssh
ssl
statsd
storage
strict
stupid
stupidity
subversion
swing
sync
synchronization
syntaxhilighting
sysadmin
system
tablet
tags
template
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test
text
textmate
theme
thumbnail
thunderbird
time
todo
toolkit
toy
tracking
translation
treo
turbogears
tutorial
twitter
ubuntu
unicode
universal
unix
update
upload
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url
usability
usb
uuid
via:2shortplanks
via:blech
via:simonwillison
via:tomc
via:willison
video
view
virtualization
vmware
vpn
weather
web
web2.0
webdav
webkit
wifi
wii
wiki
wikipedia
windows
wireless
wordpress
wow
wsgi
x1
x11
xcode
xml
xmlrpc
yahoo
zip