Chipping the web – aleph to taw

“The Number 118 118 is the leading directory assistance service in the UK.” << they have a great ad.

Shelley has an ultimatum for Internet Explorer: “I will no longer compensate for limited or broken specification support in browsers after January 1, 2010.” I say, let’s all follow Shelley’s lead and force Microsoft into compliance or out of a market that they seem to be tiring of anyway. And thanks also for the link-love, Shelley.

Hex words (thanks, Assaf) — and I don’t mean curse words. My favorite wasn’t in the list: “deadbeef”, often used to overwrite released memory in a debug environment in order to help identify its accidental reuse.

Fadebook? Hugh: “If you p*ss in the soup for long enough, eventually it stops tasting like soup.”

Jessica Hagy has an amazing way with words, without writing a sentence.

You can never eliminate the programmer, you can only change the language. Instead of trying to automate programming, maybe you should empower it.

15 Steps to Blog Psychosis.

The Cure. Awesome.

You know you want one, too.

The unwisdom of crowds.

Dan Simard provides an outlet for all your PHP hatred.

Thanks for linking to the OPML Browser widget, JUNED.

Mark Dykeman featured me on Friday, and even composed a haiku for the occasion. Thanks, Mark! Click through to read my retaliatory haiku in the comments.

Thanks for the link-love, Arjan. BTW, Arjan runs one of the most comprehensive link blogs for developers.

Me on [GAS]: Dirty Santa, and a lump of coal for the MPAA.

Me on TechRepublic: not enough time, so just walk away.