Archive: August 29, 2005

Monday, August 29, 2005

1. ALTER in COBOL. What an awesome language feature!! (Via)

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2. Wes Felter:

   These are two more example of identity serfdom; if your identity is in a domain that you don't own, then you are screwed (you just may not realize it yet). This is a basic law of Identity 1.0.

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3. While my ukulele gently weeps, via Ned. Totally rocks.

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4. Honda: "Best Television Commercial of the year", via Ned. Beautiful and clever.

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5. hymn -- decrypt iTunes and iPod music / unprotect AAC files (m4p --> m4a), via Wes. My friend Tim could use this. I was able to share his iTunes library, but the stuff he actually paid for I couldn't play. I'm like "man, I'm not gonna buy any music"

   Hmm... speaking of DRM, Tim Bray has a short post on the subject.

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6. So long as you're not married, can you be too old for sleepovers?

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7. IBM developerWorks: An introduction to neural networks, and Weave a neural net with Python, both via Michael (thanks!), and both to read.

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8. NLTK: Natural Language Toolkit "is a suite of Python libraries and programs for symbolic and statistical natural language processing." Via Michael.

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9. Christian Classics Ethereal Library, via Buffy.

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10. Buddy Rich vs Animal! Rock! Via.

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