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Attacking Mrs Obama
via BBC NEWS | Justin Webb's America by Justin Webb (BBC News) on May 19, 2008
So what's going to happen over the next twenty-four hours? This is as good a summary as any I have seen. Worth noting as well that the chatter on the right-wing blogs here is dominated by this allegation that Michelle...
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Parser Fear
via Stefan Tilkov's Random Stuff by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Martin Fowler:So why is there an unreasonable fear of writing parsers for DSLs? I think it boils down to two main reasons.You didn't do the compiler class at university and therefore think parsers are scary.You did do the compiler class at university and are therefore convinced that parsers are scary.
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REST/HTTP Service Versioning (Reponse to Jean-Jacques Dubray)
via Peter Williams by Peter Williams on May 18, 2008
Jean-Jacques Dubray takes issue with my approach of using content negotiation to manage service versioning in HTTP. I actually hesitate torespond to Mr. Dubray because the overall tone of his piece is ratheroff putting. On the other hand, he raises a couple of interestingquestions which I have been really looking for and excuse to talkabout. So I will give it a go.Handling obsolescent service...
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Avoid Versioning - Please
via subbu.org by Subbu Allamaraju on May 19, 2008
Peter Williams recently made a good proposal suggesting content-negotiation as a means to advertise and ask for version support. This is in contrast to using version identifiers in URIs as is commonly done. This is a neat idea. Peter's post prompted some debate and a rebuttal. But I find that this debate is a distraction.In my view, the real problems that every interface designer must be...
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Huge Stock Clearance! 1000's of low prices...
via Amazon.co.uk Associates Blog by The Amazon Associates Team on May 21, 2008
As the Amazon May clearance sale continues, we thought we'd present a small collection of the thousands of items currently on sale. Click here to browse our great selection of special offers! Silverlit PicooZ Infra Red Helicopter. 48% discount. Now only £12.99!Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver LED Torch. 50% discount. Now only £2.99!The Golden Compass [2007]. 38% discount. Now only...
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Twitter is not a web site
via Clemens Vasters by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
I wonder whether whoever is in charge of architecture at Twitter has already figured out that they aren't running a website but an Internet-scale, one-way, pub/sub messaging relay.
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The Web, Absorbing Fools Since 1991
via Paul Downey by Paul Downey on May 19, 2008
I liked, really liked, Jim’s Notes from the Aussie Architectural Astronaut Assembly but do have a small 409 Conflict with the assertion “REST isn’t simple”. It is true you have to be a protocol weenie or an unconscious idiot before you can comfortably use phrases such as “hypertext is the engine of application state”, but there are levels of understanding which are still useful:...
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The Ten Deepest Caves in the World
via Neatorama by Miss Cellania on May 20, 2008
Guess what: they’re all in Europe (unless you want to argue about the location of Georgia). Some of them run a mile or more deep into the earth, although to actually go a mile deep, you’d have to trek or rappel for miles and miles. The world’s deepest cave for now is 7188 feet (2191 m) deep, although with research, that record can always be broken by those who feel the need to explore the...
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Is your site ready for IE8?
via MSDN Blogs by jonbox on May 19, 2008
Since I'm having several conversations with customers about preparing for IE8, I wanted to share a few links so I don't lose them. This is not a post about the cool new features like WebSlices and Activities, but about information on preparing an existing site.I'm using the IE8 Beta everyday on my main machine. It works reasonably well. While I look forward to when the next releases...
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RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Part 1
via Google Blog Search: "asp.net" mvc by unknown on May 19, 2008
Using Rhino Commons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC for quick website development. Part 1 (Setting everything up) kick it on DotNetKicks.com.
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