Mathematica, my preferred tool for algorithm development and exploration, now has a runtime viewer that allows full access to Mathematica "notebooks." This is a wonderful step forward and I look forward to making some notebooks available in the future.
more ...From SapphireSteel, the makers of IronRuby, comes the first peek at an IronRuby visual design surface.
more ...Those without an investment in other editors would do well to investigate Open Komodo, a free as in speech editor based on the good as in good Komodo editor.
more ...Shapewriter, formerly known as SHARK, is absolutely the fastest text input method short of typing (mmm... possibly voice input in certain domains). For years Shapewriter has languished at IBM's Alphaworks site. I can't wait for them to ship for the Tablet PC, although right now the downloads link at the …
more ..."\<a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/att-invents-pro.html%23comments"" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance" is Wired's absurdly bad headline describing how \<a href="http://www.research.att.com/%7ekfisher/hancock/"" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hancock, "a C-based domain-specific …
more ...#include \<windows.h>
int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR args, int show)
{
MessageBox(GetActiveWindow(), "Congratulations Charles & Deirdre!", "Many happy returns!", MB_OK);
return 0;
}
more ...Apple is apparently refusing to accept cash for iPhones. I have a feeling this policy will last less than 24 hours, as there's significant intersection among the set of people who would purchase iPhones and the set of people who will get into quite a snit about "This note is …
more ...I hate to be an American League fan-boy, but now that The Curse has been broken, the truth is that the World Series was pretty anti-climactic. (Not that anything could be as dramatic as the 2004 Sox-Yankees series.)
I love that \<a href="http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/"" target="_blank" rel …
more ...Pt. 1, Pt. 2, and \<a href="http://www.knowing.net/PermaLink%2cguid%2cb9661672-40f8-4e8f-a26e-985fdffd5d2b.aspx"" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pt. 3
One reason why it's very difficult to make a living writing about software development is that while traditional publications were deadline-driven, online outlets are marketing-driven. When there's a …
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