Archive of December 2007
11:38 PM | 0 Comments“Simple rules, as with the birds simulation, lead to complex behavior. Complex rules, as with the tax law in most countries, lead to stupid behavior.”
DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using open standards
Standardized Data Portability is the next great frontier for the web. As users, our identity, photos, videos and other forms of personal data should be discoverable by, and shared between our chosen tools or vendors. We need a DHCP for Identity. A distributed File System for data.
09:04 PM | 0 CommentsPC Feature: PC Gamer's Top 100: 50-01 - PC Gamer Magazine
a lot of good old games… time , where is the time ? ;)
10:14 PM | 0 Comments“There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer. When asked to define “great” he said, “I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level. Stuff that will make them scream, cry, and howl in pain and anger!” He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.”
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03:15 PM | 0 Comments“I’ve noticed that the press tends to be quite accurate, except when they’re writing on a subject I know something about.”
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
11:13 AM | 0 CommentsFrom its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. A great movie!
Federating Social Networks - 8 December, Amsterdam
A workshop where we explore methods to federate Social Networks. Subjects include publish & subscribe using XMPP and Atom Publishing Protocol, migration and consolidation of accounts and works across websites, distributed search and linking to content across websites.
See also: upcoming.yahoo.com/event/335427 Live coverage at: jaiku.com/channel/fsn
12:27 PM | 0 CommentsUpdated AuthComponent & SimpleACL guides
I’ve updated the guide to reflect some changes in the Auth Component and changed the SimpleACL component not to use the Cakes ACL (it doesn’t need it so why).
11:10 AM | 0 CommentsVim tip #2
it/at are movements that select text without/with html tags.
i”/a” are similar but with quotes (supported quotes - ” , ’ , `)
You can use it as every movement command ie dit deletes text inside a tag. These textobjects are available in vim >7.0
12:48 PM | 0 CommentsCakePHP @ FOSDEM 2008
Look who i found - its Gwoo’s talk @ FOSDEM 2008! its time to make some serious planning to get there - anyone is going ?;) mail me
01:47 AM | 0 CommentsVim tip #1
^a/^x increments/decrements the (first) number under/ after the cursor.
This post will start a series of Vim tips that i find useful. Learning VIM never ends ;)
09:57 PM | 0 Comments