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Monthly Archives: June 2005
Jon Udell likes Data Crunching
Jon Udell has good things to say about Data Crunching. I’ve been a fan of Jon’s for years; I’m very flattered.
Underhanded C Contest
Via Bruce Schneier, this: a contest to write seemingly-innocuous C that actually does something villainous.
Another DDJ Editorial
I seem to have a lot to say these days… 
This editorial on Doctor Dobb’s Journal‘s web site is about what to do with the coming wave of multi-core CPUs. (Hint: provide better debugger support.)
Data Crunching Has Finally Been Slashdotted
TouchGraph
Touchgraph‘s Amazon browser is very cool. Here’s a static reference map for Data Crunching:
The TouchGraph applet makes this interactive, and has a search feature that lets you graph connectivity for other items.
Selling Open Source
An editorial I wrote on selling open source is up at Doctor Dobb’s Journal. It uses the state of Python web programming frameworks to make a broader point about the need for more egoless programming in the open source world.
Padlock the Ice Cream!
From our “wish I’d thought of that years ago” department: Doug Hertle was so worried about his roommates getting into his ice cream that he wrote to Ben & Jerry’s to suggest that they sell their product in padlocked, stainless steel containers. They’ve now met him halfway: you can buy an ice cream bucket lock on their website.
(Doug also suggested making children’s clothes out of Swiffer cloths. He says that since kids get into everything anyway, you might as well use them to clean the house…)
Data Crunching Article on O’Reilly Network
Top 10 Data Crunching Tips appeared on the O’Reilly Network today.
Cracking WEP: the Remix
From Jon Udell‘s ever-informative weblog, this screencast shows you how to crack Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) in under ten minutes, and comes complete with a danceable soundtrack. Folks, we have got to do this for Hippo…