LouderVoice: reviews on your blog
LouderVoice seems interesting. The goal is to allow you to post reviews on your blog, but have them aggregated back in a meaningful way on the LouderVoice website. It sounds like a neat idea, and I’ll be interested to see how it feels.
By the way, they’re hiring and the site is based on TurboGears.
Michigan Python Users Group meeting on Thursday
The Michigan Python Users Group will be meeting on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at Arbor Networks’ office in downtown Ann Arbor. Our topic this time around is template engines, so come with comments and questions about your favorite or least favorite template engines. (Other Python topics are welcome as well…)
links for 2007-01-30
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A number of examples of well-designed products, including a new stapler design and a way to attach your kid to your suitcase.
links for 2007-01-27
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But he said: “It is critical that we understand that this new form of terrorism carries another more subtle, perhaps equally pernicious, risk. Because it might encourage a fear-driven and inappropriate response. By that I mean it can tempt us to abandon o
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how to build a teleprompter on the cheap
links for 2007-01-26
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good intro including Actors, an important concept.
Fighting back against astroturfing
Apparently, the folks at aquafresh’s ad agency are astroturfers. My friend’s solution? change all of the posts to say Crest instead: anyone try teeth whitening?
Schneier on Security: In Praise of Security Theater
Bruce Schneier has often spoken out against “security theater” (if you don’t know that term, it’s worth reading his new article). In Schneier on Security: In Praise of Security Theater, Schneier actually talks about the real pros and cons of security theater and instances in which it even makes sense. I don’t read tons of security-related material, but this is the best accessible, high-level description I’ve seen for “how to think intelligently about security”. This kind of thing should be a must-read for our members of Congress.
links for 2007-01-25
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svnmerge is a tool that fixes subversion’s less-than-desirable merging behavior (notably, you don’t have to keep track of versions that you’ve already merged from trunk to your branch)