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January 2005

240 bookmarks saved in January 2005

Embedding IPython

http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/manual/node9.html
"It is possible to start an IPython instance inside your own Python programs." Using this like I've used the BeanShell console in Java programs before.
#python
archive.org #4093

Metropolis Records: Peter Murphy

http://www.metropolis-records.com/artists?artist=murphy
"Forget everything you think you know about Peter Murphy. Tear it up and then tape it all back together with your eyes closed." Need to get this album.
#music
archive.org #4083

SQLObject v0.6.1 released

http://sqlobject.org/docs/News.html#sqlobject-0-6-1
Wow, lots of really, really good feature advances like select distinct, indexes, unicode columns, and everything accepts a connection now.
#python
archive.org #4067

Synergy

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html
"Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware."
archive.org #4050

DOMForm

http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/DOMForm
"DOMForm is a Python module for web scraping and web testing. It knows how to evaluate embedded JavaScript code in response to appropriate events."
#javascript #js #python #webdev
archive.org #4036

Python main() functions

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829
"For Python programmers, I've got some suggestions on how to write a main() function that's easy to invoke in other contexts, e.g. from the interactive Python prompt when you feel like experimenting."
#python
archive.org #4027

John Robb's Weblog

http://jrobb.mindplex.org/2005/01/20.html#a5924
"Is it better NOT to have big political events if the security effort shuts down cities?  This seems like a dress rehersal for police state."
#politics #war
archive.org #4022

Wired News: Patients Put on Thinking Caps

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66259,00.html?tw=rss.TEK
"Any geek worthy of the moniker has dreamed of connecting his or her brain directly to a computer for blissful freedom from keyboard and mouse."
archive.org #4014

Rough Guide to RSS 1.1

http://inamidst.com/rss1.1/guide
"RSS 1.1 is the independent project of three RSS 1.0 users who, tired of the deficiencies of that format, decided to create a more architecturally solid format based upon it."
#rss #syndication
archive.org #4013

weblog_parse

http://www.acme.com/software/weblog_parse
'Reads a web server log file, in either "Common Logfile Format" or "Combined Logfile Format". Parses it, and writes out only the user-specified fields, separated by tabs for easier handling.'
#webdev
archive.org #3993

Recall The Rod!

http://nospank.net/lawrence.htm
'Thank you to all of you who wrote to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ask them to recall "The Rod" (nylon whip to beat children).'
#odd
archive.org #3959

Sci Fi Wire -- Who Actors In Short Supply

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=30171
"Producers of the BBC's new Doctor Who TV series are scrambling to find enough little people to perform in the show as tiny blue aliens, because most have already found work in the currently shooting movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Harry Pott
#scifi #weird
archive.org #3937

World News Article | Reuters.co.uk

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=652858&type=worldNews
"Departing from fiery Islamic slogans, Iraqi guerrillas have launched a propaganda campaign with an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes."
#iraq #war
archive.org #3933

IPac - Blog

http://ipaction.org/blog/2005/01/really-bad-news.html
"Senator Hatch is expected to chair a new subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Ugh."
#ip #poiltics
archive.org #3932

Self-control comes in limited quantities, must be replenished

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-02/cfta-sci021903.php
"Self-control, whether used to pass up the office cookie plate or to struggle against temptations like alcohol and tobacco, operates like a renewable energy source rather than a learned skill or an analytical thought process, according to new research."
#cogsci
archive.org #3927

Recent Changes

http://c2.com/cgi/RecentChanges
Holy crap. This is the best Recent Changes page I've seen a long, long while. (Oh yeah, and it is the Original Wiki, after all.)
#wiki
archive.org #3916

Gus Mueller's Website: FlySketch

http://www.gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2005/1/9.html#1199
"How about a little floating window, with simple drawing tools where I can drag and drop the resulting image into any application that supports it? Oh- and make it activate and go away via a hot key."
#osx
archive.org #3911

Longhand

http://longhand.pansophists.net
"Longhand is a calculator built from the ground up to facilitate calculation."
#osx
archive.org #3893

The Atom Publishing Protocol

http://franklinmint.fm/2004/12/05/draft-sayre-atompub-protocol-00.html
"The Atom Publishing Protocol is an application-level protocol for publishing and editing Web resources using HTTP [RFC2616] and XML."
#atom
archive.org #3878

Crooked Timber: The foolish man

http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/003069.html
"How would we have reacted to a powerful Arab mullah who appeared on television, on September 20, 2001, to read a passage from the Koran about how the fools who reject Allah will be thrown from their towers?"
#politics #religion
archive.org #3872