Month: January 2016
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Aaron “tenderlove” Patterson
Aaron “tenderlove” Patterson http://usesthis.com/interviews/aaron.patterson/ Firefox has an extremely nice feature that I like for web development: if you hit ‘ (single quote) it will bring up a search box, but the search box only searches through links on the page. Then you can hit enter to navigate to that link. That way I can avoid…
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starting (again) to use emacs
C-u M-! date I’ve started using Emacs again. I can’t remember what sent me to the Literate Devops with Emacs video by Howard Abrams, but the idea of running code within Emacs org-mode was enough for me to fire it up and relearn the key combinations. I’ve recently switched to Dvorak as a keyboard layout…
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Internet Art
I don’t think I agree with the unsupported conclusion, but the video is interesting and generally well done―and the examples are fun. [kad_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/783hwpJTjlo” ]
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Nrrtve strctre
Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. …And ever since that day… http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/22/the-story-spine-pixars-4th-rule-of-storytelling Narrative structure is interesting. I truly enjoy this boiled down version that strips much of the nonsense out.
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A CEO’s Guide to Emacs | Fugue
For those who haven’t used Emacs, it’s something you’ll likely hate, but may love. It’s sort of a Rube Goldberg machine the size of a house that, at first glance, performs all the functions of a toaster. https://blog.fugue.co/2015-11-11-guide-to-emacs.html Having switched to Dvorak after first learning rudimentary emacs I’m a little scared to return. All things…
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Addicted to Distraction – NYTimes.com
Except for brief moments, she didn’t succeed and after a while, she glumly gave up. The silence felt deafening. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/opinion/sunday/addicted-to-distraction.html?_r=1&referer= This reminds me of the Martin Seligman research on learned helplessness. What an awful lesson to learn, that nothing 4-year-old you does is more interesting to your parent than whatever is on their smart phone.
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How Credit Cards Tax America
I’d be interested to hear the counterargument in favor of credit cards. Credit cards were an amazing invention—in the 1950s. But today they are an outdated technology that cost us serious money. Source: How Credit Cards Tax America
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My top 5 ‘new’ Python modules of 2015 « Robin’s Blog
top-5-new-python-modules-of-2015 I suspect that tools like this will make things more enjoyable. At any rate, I’m just starting to mentally sync with what could be done with these tools. It’s not that I can’t imagine applications, but I’m just starting to have the right types of problems (and questions) that make the tools useful enough…
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Learn Python Online – A Guide | Codementor
learning python resources This looks like a natural extension of resources as I continue to work my way through python. At some point I’ll hit a wall and need additional insights to resolve my query.
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Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse | The New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
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Build a web browser with 20 lines of Python
Build a web browser with 20 lines of Python https://www.linuxvoice.com/build-a-web-browser-with-20-lines-of-python/ This looks interesting in light of my recent delving into python. Self-reminder to take a look. May report back later.