October 2006
Oct. 25, 2006
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. Holy cow, when did this start? 50,000 articles and counting.
Oct. 26, 2006
Zope 3 in 30 Minutes. I understand Zope 3 better having read this.
Python, Metaclasses and Overloaded Methods. Really great explanation and demonstration of metaclasses.
Oct. 28, 2006
Tim Berners-Lee: Reinventing HTML. “It is necessary to evolve HTML incrementally.” W3C to work on HTML again.
Oct. 29, 2006
830! How a carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever. Great story—they weren’t even playing particularly well.
Subversion branching quick start. Ned Batchelder’s branching tutorial.
New Popular Edition Maps. UK maps from the 1940s. Go add your postcode!
edparsons.com. Ed Parsons is CTO at Ordinance Survey, and has a really interesting weblog.
Oct. 30, 2006
Why Tim Berners-Lee is Wrong. Elliotte thinks XHTML is not the problem. I’m not convinced.
Oct. 31, 2006
Optimizing Page Load Time. Great article; skip to the bottom for the solid tips.
Optimizing Page Load Time. Great article; skip to the bottom for the solid tips.
Some intimate details on the Google YouTube Deal. From an anonymous source, but fascinating if true.
Google buy JotSpot. JotSpot is one of my favourite startups; excellent news.
Menuism on Y! BBAuth. 70% of new users chose to use their Yahoo! account rather than create a new one.