Saturday, 13. October 12012
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WYSIWTF. Via reddit.com.

The power and glory of virtualenv, a tool to create isolated Python environments.

Friday, 12. October 12012
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“So let me get this strait. I'm really a character in some super being's cosmic sized nintendo game? Well, that sucks.” (Via hubski.com.)

Thursday, 11. October 12012
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Heads up, web designers: 25 best practices for collaborative work in Photoshop.

And, of course, there is PhotoShop Etiquette.

Both via reddit.com.

(I, for one, rather welcome a lossless PNG containing all elements needed for doing the HTML dance.)

Wednesday, 10. October 12012
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OAuth 2.0 and the Road to Hell.

“Last month I reached the painful conclusion that I can no longer be associated with the OAuth 2.0 standard. I resigned my role as lead author and editor, withdraw my name from the specification, and left the working group. […] When compared with OAuth 1.0, the 2.0 specification is more complex, less interoperable, less useful, more incomplete, and most importantly, less secure.”

Via Motor, an alternative MongoDB driver for the Tornado web server, I once again stumbled over Rodney Alan Greenblat’s Whimsyload. Still nice that he is still around doing his wonderful work and adding funny words to his name.

Tuesday, 9. October 12012
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Physicists extend special relativity beyond the speed of light.

(Dazu Werbung von A1: Erhöhen Sie mit GigaSpeed Ihre Bandbreite auf bis zu 100 Mbit/s!)

Frauen lieben die chauvinistische TV-Serie “Mad Men” – warum? Ein Erklärungsversuch.

Mensch, ick spare janze 2 Euronen, wenn ick mir det Schlingensief-Buch fürs Kindle koofe. LMAA.

Monday, 8. October 12012
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Mojo v0.1 – a framework for Tornado.