Apple's Java source and javadoc

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Apple's Java installation does not include the source or javadoc api. Apple does have a developer download at X which does contain these...

Commutative data types and their operations is a powerful idea.

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Somewhere this fortnight I read that I should read "CRDTs: Consistency without concurrency control" < http://hal.inria.fr/inria...

Downgrading my iPhone to iOS 3

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I finally took the steps to downgrade my iPhone 3G from iOS 4 to iOS 3. The lose of responsiveness of basic features in iOS 4 is in no way m...

One-liner to find all occurrences of property names within a stream of text

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One-liner to find all occurrences of property names within a stream of text: cat * | perl -ne 'while ( /\G.*?([-a-z\.]+\.enabled)/gi )...

Having a Java generic class return a type reference to its specialized class. Aka, using the self-type.

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Emulating "self types" using Java Generics to simplify fluent API implementation is a very good example of how to more effectivel...

Tools needed to support a simple content organization and workflow

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I like to use the file system. And I like to use the file system's default explorer: On the Mac this is the Finder, on Windows this is t...

Changing Education Paradigms by Sir Ken Robinson

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Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

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Cat & tail

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I needed to count the open and close events in an active log file. Since I needed to start the count at zero I needed to start counting at t...

Using gnuplot to plot a time-series in text

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I needed to review a sizable time-series on a remote host. Since I work at the command-line here having the plot displayed in text would be ...

Vi and a little macro to step through a file of data

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I needed to review a large number of data in a file each of which had a variable number of lines. Luckily, each datum started with the patte...

If you want to change the schools RUN FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE

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Do the candidates for South Kingstown Town Council understand that the TC and the School Committee are separate municipal bodies? The TC can...

Windows Phone 7 is worthy addition to smartphone market

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A useful review of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 user interface. Glade to see some good news about an MS product. Generalizing on two ...

Welcome to Code City!

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Why are city and municipal codes not public domain? Why, in fact, are copyrighted by private companies? It is a $10B industry. Also see http...

Prototype of an Open Web App Ecosystem

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Mozilla is prototyping an "open" application ecosystem. App store + installation + upgrades + payments. Nothing really new here ex...

Jim O'Neill must not be reelected to the South Kingstown Town Council

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Jim O'Neill must not be reelected to the South Kingstown Town Council. His campaign placards speak to his "Thinking Ahead", [s...

New Commons office space

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Digging through some old folders I found the following sketch of the New Commons office space in Providence. I really liked the ideas in thi...

Safari and accessing an HTTPS site behind a web proxy

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Safari, unlike FireFox and Chrome, will not let you access a web site behind a proxy server if that site has an untrusted SSL certificate. S...

A Gentle Introduction to CouchDB for Relational Practitioners

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"CouchDB is a document-oriented database written in Erlang that addresses a particular "sweet spot" in data storage and retri...

How to add commands to the OS X "right-click" menu – Simple Help

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"This tutorial will show you how to use OnMyCommand to create customized "right-click" (contextual) menus in OS X. If you...