Jeff Jarvis explains why Fox News, or Howard Stern, or certain blogs for that matter, are so popular.
Burn, Baby, Burn
According to Wired, the real threat to the music biz isn?t P2P ? it?s CD-Rs swapped on the street.
The Pope’s Astrophysicist
…”I have friends who pray that science will never discover or explain certain things. I don’t understand that,” he declares. “Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.”
…Echoing Immanuel Kant, he insists that belief in God is independent of anything scientists discover. More than two centuries ago, Kant argued that science could never disprove the existence of God. But neither, he said, could it prove Him.
Read the rest at Wired.
The Buffy Dialog Database
Impressive, most impressive. Using Cold Fusion, Access and good experience it get’s the job done extremely well. Check out the numerous different paths to navigate the database. A great site for Buffy fans and for developers to think of similar projects. You can surf around here for eons. Whadda great job! Highly recommended.
Philadelphia Love It Or Hate It
The Rittenhouse Review has been posting small comparisons of the best and worst in Philly. This week it’s Longwood Gardens and the SEPTA subway system.
The Programmers’ Stone
I’m having fun reading this free online book on the art of computer programming. As Mike says – this isn’t your typical comp-sci book.
How To Get Hired As An Open-Source Developer
Todd Cranston-Cuebas, Senior Technical Recruiter for Ticketmaster, shares some tips in this interview. via this Slashdot thread.
Linux kernel coding style
It’s for C development, but can mostly apply to Java as well. Good to see similarities to my own approach in there.
Versescrape 0.2
MeanDean has released Versescape 0.2. His commentary on his approach can be very helpful for those learning Perl or are designing a site scraper. An educational challange would be to port this to Java.
Patterns, Hype, and Snobbery
You know the type, they mention the latest acronyms and tell you that you “must apply this design pattern, otherwise it will never work”. Anyway, go read the article at O’Reilly. Gotta love this quote, “It’s an absolute truth that some have held the idea of patterns as a hatchet over people’s heads for some time now, leading many to believe that patterns are this mystical cult or exclusive club that only those born with the right birthmark can get into.”