Charles Cooper, a cnet editor, is apparently surprised that his Tivo collects data on his viewing habits. Holy Peeping Tom, Batman. Was it that Orwellian? Maybe I need to become more of a fussbudget, but the fact is that TiVo-philes knew–or should have known–what they were getting into when they first unwrapped their digital video […]
Every now and then, there’s an update about the supposed Ender’s Game movie adaptation of the same novel. Apparently, Orson Scott Card has another update on his site. I expect to see this movie right after playing some Duke Nuke’em Forever and all the monkeys finish flying out of my butt. The guys at Penny
Reverend Jim evaluated the Syntax Web Framework we umm, inherited, and use at work. Can’t say I disagree with any of his critiques.
I just discovered Reverend Jim’s blog and its got lots of good php related postings.
Ask The Slouch Surefire 10-step plan to resuscitate NHL Use a soccer ball instead of a hockey puck. We’d finally be able to see what they’re all slapping their sticks at, and, somewhat ironically, the soccer ball would increase scoring.
If you’re looking to learn C++, looks like some good CS tutorials for C++ are available here.
Grahame Jones chimes in with his analysis of the under-23 team’s failure to qualify for the Summer Olympics. It’s a bit suprising that of all the excuses he points to, he doesn’t get to any related to the team’s pathetic on-field performance until half-way through his column. Coach Myernick’s complaints about some of his players
This flash recreation of the Dark Tower board game from the 80’s is a true labor of love. Don’t confuse it with the comic strip Dork Tower.
PHP Anthology, Volume 2: Applications. Chapter 5: Caching: For example, the content delivered by a dynamic page may change once a day, so there’s certainly a benefit to be gained by having the browser cache a page-even if only for twenty four hours. It’s usually possible to live with both problems given a small PHP
If you haven’t kept up with the unusual flurry of transfer activity in the MLS off-season, this piece summarizes and analyzes the how losing top players to European leagues impacts MLS. If you need a login don’t use bigsoccer@bigsoccer.com / bigsoccer. The reasons for these moves make sense – as in dollars and cents. Just