I am a fan of both Apache and Python. I just came across this interesting visualization about developers committing to the code base of open source projects. From the site:
This visualization, called code_swarm, shows the history of commits in a software project. A commit happens when a developer makes changes to the code or documents [...]
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Development Visualization: Apache & Python
June 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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Firefox 3
June 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Even though Firefox holds only 20% of the browser market it has been on a steady up-rise, second of course to Internet Explorer. On June 17th Firefox will be officially released and Mozilla Corp is hoping to set a 1,000,000 downloads in one day record. Rafe Needleman points out that Google actually foots the bill [...]
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Steve Jobs In 60 Seconds
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
This is great, being able to watch the WWDC Steve Jobs keynote in 60 seconds versus 1 hour and 47 minutes. Don’t get me wrong, I think Steve is a very influential speaker, but there’s just something about getting it all in such a short span of time that appeals to me.
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Easier Than Ever To Jailbreak Your Iphone
June 5th, 2008 · No Comments
BBtv has a good episode on very simple Iphone Jailbreaking. Damien Stolarz says “It started out very complicated, but these days uh… if you’ve ever heard of a script kiddie, uh… hacking your iphone has gotten to script kiddie simplicity”
It turns out that with the click of a mouse using an application on a computer [...]
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Google Street On Android
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I’m am super impressed by the built-in compass feature of Android, especially when combined with something like Google’s own street view. Just watch the video to judge for yourself.
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Acrobat.com
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
This morning Adobe opened their beta for Acrobat.com which essentially offers a word processor “buzzword”, some file storage options, and they are integrating all of this into a Flash player environment. If you already have an Adobe account you’re already signed up for the beta, you just need to log in at www.acrobat.com
The interface is [...]
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YubiKey
June 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’m impressed by this little device called the Yubikey which is the creation of a company called Yubico. The Yubikey is a tiny form factor USB authentication device which produces a one time password for authentication purposes. Essentially the Yubikey acts like a keyboard and auto enters passwords which are 32 characters in length (8 [...]
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FiveRuns Launches TuneUp
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
If you program in any computer language you’ll soon realize that debugging can be a real drag. I was reading a techcrunch today and noticed an interesting debugging tool called TuneUp which was just launched by a start up called FiveRuns. This is any interesting debugging tool for two reasons. One if automatically reports on [...]
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Finally Made The Twitter Jump
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Yes, I know your probably thinking “your just signing up now!”. Your right it took me a while, but now I have a twitter account. You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/wbullockiii
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Encyclopedia Britannica Might Be Free, Or Not
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Image via Wikipedia
If you “write a lot” on the web and you would like to have a chance to read Encyclopedia Britannica for free (something that you can already do with wikipedia) than go submit your URL and they just might consider you a publisher!
I agree with Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, this is a dying [...]
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