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Behold, the World's Stupidest World of Warcraft Lawsuit

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:16:02 -0800

Behold, the World's Stupidest World of Warcraft Lawsuit:

Man, my buddy and TR contributor Sean T. Collins told me of this, and it’s still blowing my mind hours later. Best to just let Pitchfork explain it, then we’ll catch up…

The PyCon blog: Registration for PyCon 2010 is open!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:07:58 -0800

The PyCon blog: Registration for PyCon 2010 is open!:

Registration for PyCon 2010 is open! You should register for PyCon 2010 here (and don’t forget to make your hotel reservations here).

We are doing a number of things this year to make this the…

Is Microsoft Taking Dynamic Languages Seriously?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:29 -0800

Is Microsoft Taking Dynamic Languages Seriously?:

Specifically IronPython and IronRuby.

Consider this …

IronPython got underway in July of 2004. Five years later it appears IronPython is still not a candidate to be a first class language in…

Innovation and Treating Developers Like Adults

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:28 -0800

Innovation and Treating Developers Like Adults:

Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the…

Zen Coding: Generating HTML from selectors

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:35:34 -0800

Zen Coding: Generating HTML from selectors:

Normally we use CSS selectors to find and tear apart HTML. Sergey Chikuyonok’s jujitsu move is to do the opposite. With Zen Coding you take a CSS selector like this:

[html]
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Pros don’t make do

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:47:23 -0800

Pros don’t make do:

I had a locksmith come out to replace a doorknob that had gone bad. It had gradually gotten hard and harder to turn and finally the bolt got stuck inside the door. Which meant the only thing keeping…

Herding Code 64: Phil Haack on MVC 2

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:59 -0800

Herding Code 64: Phil Haack on MVC 2:

The guys grill Phil on ASP.NET MVC2, and introduce a new segment: Abusive Questions From Twitter!

Phil starts with the new <%: code block syntax, IHtmlString, HtmlString, MvcHtmlString
Jon asks…

Smallville Shuts Me the Hell Up

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:59 -0800

Smallville Shuts Me the Hell Up:

I’ve certainly done more than my fair share of poking fun at Smallville, most recently for the Hawkman outfit that looked like an elaborate Halloween costume (I stand by my assertion that…

8 More of the Most Awesomely Insane Arcade Games of the 1980s

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:59 -0800

8 More of the Most Awesomely Insane Arcade Games of the 1980s:

By Shaun Clayton

Who decided ’80s videogames didn’t have to make any sense? Why was it generally agreed upon that the premise of an arcade game was allowed to be totally fucking…

Zen Coding: Generating HTML from selectors

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:58 -0800

Zen Coding: Generating HTML from selectors:

Normally we use CSS selectors to find and tear apart HTML. Sergey Chikuyonok’s jujitsu move is to do the opposite. With Zen Coding you take a CSS selector like this:

PLAIN TEXT

HTML:

Pros don’t make do

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:21:26 -0800

Pros don’t make do

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#followfriday: YUI Developers on Twitter

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:57 -0800

#followfriday: YUI Developers on Twitter:

The @YUILibrary account on Twitter is a good information source for those of us who follow the project. Many of the individual developers who write YUI code every day are now on the…