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This looks very interesting.

How to Write Unmaintainable Code: Make sure that every method does a little bit more (or less) than its name suggests. As a simple example, a method named isValid(x) should as a side effect convert x to binary and store the result in a database. You know, my code’s pretty unmaintainable already. And that’s with no effort on my part!

U.S. OKs Hormone for Short Kids (via Wired News). This seems suspiciously like standing at the top of a very slippery slope.

Pavement Terror: sick, but in a funny kind of way.

How to recognize a weblog tool by its permalinks, from Matthew Thomas.

I was looking for a bug-tracking application the other night (yes, I write that many bugs into my programs that I need another program to keep them straight) andfound phpBugTracker. Very slick, PHP-based, and even works with PostgreSQL, which automatically earns brownie points with me (too many PHP coders/scripters think that mySQL is the only open source database in the world).

I looked at BugZilla, but I think that’s a bit heavyweight for my needs.

One of the first games I ever played on a Mac is now freeware. With the shutdown of Casady & Greene, sovaldi sale John Calhoun has re-released Glider Pro for free. Yeeha!

Um, yeah. Despite all appearances, Frequency is not dead. Development continues. When Frequency 1.2 is released (hopefully in August), it will sport a new interface, support for more weblogging systems (Movable Type, GeekLog with the Blogger plugin, Radio, pMachine, EraBlog.NET, and anything Blogger API/MetaWeblog API compatible), and better post editing.

Truth be told, better post editing is what’s killing me right now.

If you’re interested in a beta of 1.2, contact me and I’ll hook you up.

And the burning question: Will Frequency support Pie/Echo/Not Echo/Atom? The burning answer: I don’t know. The move to SOAP instead of XML-RPC complicates matters. As long as the existing systems (particularly Blogger and Movable Type) continue to support their old APIs, I probably won’t rush to implement Pie/Echo/Not Echo/Atom. By the time they finalize the spec, I hope to have Frequency Pro comfortably in beta.

Frequency Pro? Yep. Self-contained desktop blogging system. Only server-side requirement is PHP, and even that’s not definite yet (but very likely).

Holy cow, it’s almost 12:30. Good morning and good night.

So, how does the iPod really sound? Click here to find out.

Personally, I think mine sounds great. Can’t wait until the iTrip shows up.

Dooce on bad PowerPoint: You’ve managed to breathe life into the Joan Rivers of business documents: an impenetrable fortress of mismatched forms and nonsense, wailing, screeching, unbearable to witness and unwilling to die.

When I first designed this template, I really liked it.

Now, I think I’m ready for a change.

This template is too dull.

..to be campaign director for this.

Where there is no vision, sales the people perish.

Carl isn’t crippled anymore, after all.