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Had a 7GB text file that I needed to run some parsing on (to prepare for a DB import).  As part of my habit I pulled out perl and whipped up a quick program to parse and generate some loadable files.  While watching it run I got to thinking about … why … why perl [...]

Saw this in a set of comments on hacker news…  totally rocking quote!
Showed the whale,Jumped the shark,Epic fail,Nothing but carp.Its all fish to me.

Now to get it all on a threadless shirt with some Web 2.0 graphics ;-)  Maybe the twitter logo to bring it all home.

Not quite interactive, but half of what I want in a digital picture frame is now available…
eStarling Picture Frame

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Over on Dzone this article Font-end vs. back-end developers caught my attention.  Alas, I feel compelled to write a longer rant.  First off let’s touch on Mads points, but let me point out a bias first.
Front end devs tend to be less “classically” trained than back end devs, based on the resume flow I see [...]

Photo frame, or world interface.  Caught this article about a Digital picture frame doubles as a secondary display and got to thinking about an old project.
Idea:
What I want is a useful device on my fridge to replace my calendar on the wall, see just about every sci-fi movie made in the last five years.  But [...]

Over the years I’ve had the chance to work with my friend Matt twice — once at Excite@Home (via blue mountain arts) a second time at Yahoo on Mail.  He has to be one of the more upbeat people I’ve worked with through the years, one thing he’s said so many times that it’s almost [...]