The Appropriate Level of Snark
I love a good PHP rant as much as anyone, and this one delivers:PHP performance is abysmal without caching. Does anyone sell a commercial caching product for PHP? Oh, look, the designers of PHP do.
Jul 14
Jul 12
Spotify
I've been waiting for Spotify to come to the US for what feels like ages, especially since Apple killed off Lala.com (jerks). I suppose I shouldn't complain too much since we still have Hulu, which is still US only.
And then I saw this on LifeHacker today:
The downloaded app does not check your IP... Not saying whether it's 100% legal or not, just reporting the news.
Oh, and there is an Android client for it too. Consider my week made.
Jul 11
Neat Design - DesignFabulous's Android Phone
Like most design oriented blogs, I kind of doubt the feasibility of it all, especially when price is factored in, but I still think there are some pretty awesome ideas here.
Jul 11
The Many Ways to do WPF
From Long ZhengI constantly have the feeling there is a million different way to achieve the same effect in WPF and everything you do is wrong until it is proven otherwise.
This is why I have such a hard time getting into WPF (or perl for that matter). When there are multiple ways to do the same thing, it becomes very easy to do things incorrectly, and difficult to find high quality documentation.
Jul 9
Athletes
I haven't even finished reading the whole article, but this is possibly the most poignant thing Bill Simmons has ever written.
We are already fools for caring about athletes considerably more than they care about us.
Identity is important. If you put too much of yourself into something as ephemeral as a sports team, or figure, you're going to have issues.
Jul 9
You Can Rent That?
The average price of a casket alone is $2,000 and can run upwards of $10,000 for a really nice one. Rather than spending that kind of money, rent a casket for the service at a few hundred bucks and later transfer the departed into something more economical for burial. They're not going to know the difference, anyway.
I didn't even know you could rent a casket. Still, a coffee can is probably cheaper.
Jul 8
Stuff I Like: Heroku's UI
I "discovered" Heroku not too long ago. For the uninitiated, it's a host specifically for Rails apps and specializes in easy deployment. Things don't always go swimmingly, but in general it is quite easy to get something up and running. I love their choice of color, icons, and typography.
Jul 8
What's With the Talk About Ruby Devs Having Egos?
Ran across this today (via The Ruby Show), the God gem. It looks interesting, but the name and the header image are just a wee bit much.
Jul 7
Microsoft's Kin Phone
Three articles, first from Mini Microsoft.Then Business Insider.
Lastly Daring Fireball, who claims that a source told him MS only sold 503 units. 503. Holy crap. Holy crap. Holy crap.
Jul 6
WebMatrix, a Followup
Regarding my last post, one Microsoft's big problems is that the only people who really see their new .NET utilities and apps are the ones that already Microsoft-centric shops.It looks like WebMatrix is aiming for outside the typical boundaries, trying to catch people who might otherwise go to LAMP, Rails, Django, or wherever else.
Don't get me wrong, I actually like .NET, it's just that I don't know if this will end up being the next FrontPage.
