Posts in category Thoughts
Of Jobs, rms and Ritchie
Last two weeks were a complete train-wreck for people in IT: First, Steve Jobs died on October 5. I thought I should write something to “enlighten” some people saying things like “Oh, he did some gadgets, so what?” But, when I was waiting for the dust to settle, rms came with an statement that inflamed a lot of people, [...]
You May Have Talent, But You’re...
There is yet another video floating around about a kid in some “Got Talent”-like show, telling his sad history and then singing in some ok fashion.
Now you must be asking yourself “What video is this?” and that’s the core of the point I’m trying to make: Every single “Got Talent” video that hits [...]
Your Editor Shows the Flaws of Your L...
In a recent update of Sublime Text 2, my programming editor of choice of these days (only ’cause I wanted a break from VIM, for the fun of having to learn how to edit things in the “normal person” way) got a “Vim mode” and I decided to enable all the other features, just for kicks. One of those features was the & [...]
Who’s the best captain?
It’s been some time I’m trying to find the perfect timing for a Star Trek post and it seems the celebration of 45 years since the first episode makes it a perfect time for it.
Before I go, I think it’s better to tell you what are my expectations in the Star Trek universe. When Gene Ronddenberry created Star Trek, his plan wa [...]
Little Stupid CSS Insight Of The Day
Today, after fighting several minutes to understand why my form was not being send and then checking it with Firebug and seeing it completely broken (as in “the form had no inputs ’cause it was being closed right after being opened). I checked and rechecked my HTML for errors and nothing. Then I understood why.
This is a <div [...]
Honeycomb Looks Already Outdated
Recently, there is a lot of talk about the Android version, named “Honeycomb” for tablets. A video was posted with some sneak peek of it.
The problem is that, to me, it looks already outdated. If you compare the look of the final Honeycomb with the pre-alpha of Meego, you’ll have the impression that the first actually came [...]
OAuth paranoia
One day after I posted the lack of respect for OSS apps in Twitter “ecosystem” (a word they seem to like a lot these days), they announced that the API request for trending topics will now return the promoted tweets.
As I was reading this announcement, the paranoid hat fell on my head.
As I explained before, OAuth allows Twitter t [...]
Medos que se tornam verdade
Quando coloquei que o Tadeu Schmidt deveria calar a boca eternamente, acabei concluindo com uma preocupação (que poderia mais ser um reductio ad absurdum) de que se nos esportes aceitam-se os trocadilhos engraçadinhos e deixa-se a notícia, o fato, de lado, isso logo espalharia para as demais áreas do jornali [...]
Python: why str.join() and not list.j...
or “Slowpoke finally understands Python
When I was in Australia, one guy kept asking why Python had the “horrible” (in his opinion) str.join() instead of obvious (in his opinion) list.join()?
After working with JavaScript for a while, I can understand his opinion: In JS, you have a list.join() of sorts and it makes a hell lo [...]
