Open Source Powershell for Linux, MacOS, WindowsCE, and, oh yeah, Windows

From Miguel de Icaza comes word of Igor Moochnick's open source implementation of Powershell, the excellent (if frustratingly verbose in its default configuration) shell from Microsoft

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Does Collective Code Ownership Overcome Poor Programming?

Hmm.... this post advocating Collective Code Ownership as "the most important principle of XP" has a link to my comment on "bad programmers are not good programmers who are slow"

The implication is that either:

  1. Counter-productive programmers are a myth and a scapegoat at all times, or
  2. CCO is a …
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"The Ruby Programming Language" Gets Thumbs Up

Andrew Binstock says:

Ever-dependable O'Reilly just released Ruby Programming Languageimg, which is without a doubt the definitive Ruby reference. Not only is it co-authored by Yukihiro "Matz" Matusmoto, the inventor of Ruby, but it is superbly well edited, so that every page is full of useful information presented clearly. And …

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Google Calendar Spam

Oh great. The spammers have figured out how to abuse Google Calendar. I think they just add your email to their "Google Calendar" and Google helpfully reminds you.

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Aloha Airlines Shuts Down, Strands Passengers

Aloha Airlines, one of the more important carriers to Hawai'i, entered bankruptcy a few weeks ago and this morning announced the grounding of their passenger fleet effective tomorrow.

We have a friend in town who's stranded. We love having her, but she appears a little stressed. She doesn't drink, either …

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Time for a reset...

OK, time to reset:

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Attention is a finite resource...

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I Hope You'll Forgive Me For Speaking Plainviewly

At a party Saturday night, I carried on while doing an impersonation of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood. Hopefully, no amount of alcohol will ever drown the shame and this will never ever happen again.

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Django Taking Flight On IronPython

At PyCon, Microsoft demoed Django running on IronPython. This blog post detailing the code says "not quite complete but ... [good enough to] get Django's tutorial running." From a language geek standpoint, I prefer Ruby (those object-oriented grooves run deep), but IronPython is very clearly on the cusp of adulthood.

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You May Live In Hawai'i If...

You see what looks like a bag of trash near your driveway and it turns out that someone pulled in, dressed the boar they'd caught, and left the carcass for you to haul to the dump. In a bag, at least.

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Microsoft's StartKey: Computer Environment on a USB Stick. I've Experienced This Before and It's Awesome

StartKey will be a technology that allows you to carry your Windows logon around on a USB keychain. Early reaction is mixed as to the value of this, but I loved something similar when I worked for a company developing software for Sun JavaStation network computers.

With JavaStation's, you had …

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