Python Tail Call
This is pretty interesting, a tail call optimization decorator for Python. It doesn’t work for a lot of cases.. like these ones:
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Picture of the Enzo Driver
Most of you have probably heard about the Enzo Ferrari crash yesterday. Sad sad thing to see such a beautiful car destroyed. If you’re feeling like gawking you can check out the pictures of the crash site here. Fortunately I can also bring you exclusive coverage, one of my friends... [Read More] -
Ning Visit
Folks came and visited the Ning office today. And guess who was mysteriously absent from the group? Kevin Burton. Apparently we have enough free time that we should be able to host folks whenever they feel like stopping by, but Kevin was just too busy to attend the meetup he... [Read More] -
Monkey vs. Robot
David sent a link to this video, Monkey vs. Robot, this morning. If there’s anything more funny than a person in a robot suit fighting with a person in a monkey suit, it’s a Monkey vs. Robot music video complete with crayon style title shots. We have a bit of... [Read More] -
Dulce de Leche
Diego’s brother is in town, and he brought with him many treats composed primarily of dulce de leche. Don’t worry if you can’t read spanish, neither can I. But here’s a rough translation for dulce de leche: really fucking good. It’s kinda like caramel, but not quite. Kinda got a... [Read More] -
Naptime
I frequently tell people that I can sleep just about anywhere if I’m tired enough, they don’t believe me. We have a lot going on at Ning, so I’ve had a few chances to exercise that ability in the last few days. Diego snapped a pic of me sleeping in... [Read More] -
Feedster Redesign
I just saw the new look at Feedster, very nice! The search results are much much snappier than I can remember them being for a good long while. Some folks are complaining about a lack of new features, but I read the entry about the release as saying “New site,... [Read More] -
SMS.ac
Russ and I were talking about the SMS.ac thing last night on the way to MoMo. Today RCR Wireless picked up the story, with this quote from the SMS.ac folks: [Read More] -
Talk talk talk talk
A bunch of folks seized on the point that Adam calls out in his post, that we took the Ning sign down to keep folks from randomly dropping in. Somehow that’s equated to not wanting to talk to our customers. Still trying to figure that one out. If we took... [Read More] -
Van Jacobson's Linux Networking Slides
The slides from Van Jacobson’s LCA2006 presentation are online. They talk about an evolution to the Linux networking stack targeted at taking into account multicore systems. If I had to summarize the presentation I would steal the title from slide 16: “The end of the wire isn’t the end of... [Read More]