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links for 2008-09-28

chris @ September 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet

MySQL :: Donate to help Andrii Nikitin's son Ivan
Please consider contributing to the medical cost for the 2.5 year old son of this Ukrainian MySQL contributor.
(tags: mysql charity)

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links for 2008-09-26

chris @ September 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Aral Balkan | OpenCountryCodes
| ISO 3166 country names and 2-letter country codes for HTML | Python | JavaScript | ActionScript | Flex | JSON | XML, in various appropriate data structures. Over $100 cheaper than buying them from the ISO (In MS Access format!). Thanks, Aral!
(tags: Python l10n geography programming)

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links for 2008-09-14

chris @ September 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Cosmovox - a Musical Instrument for the iPhone and iPod touch
I've been playing around with this very nifty iPod Touch (and iPhone) app. It's not free (costs £ 1.15) but the small price is worth the fun. It could also be an excellent teaching tools for the various musical scales.
(tags: music iphone iPod Apple theremin)

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links for 2008-09-11

chris @ September 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

NodeBox | Library
Wow. Lots and lots of resources for creating interacive, illustrated Python apps — including for text analysis and computational linguistics (in English). Like!
(tags: python illustration development design linguistics)

AntiPatterns
A site that promotes a book, but from the looks a good book. Lots of insight.
(tags: software projectmanagement programming development)

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links for 2008-09-06

chris @ September 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Twitter | leisa: gotta love developers. Surv…
"Survey question: what is your first (native) language. Answers include; C++, en-au, English (UK), Java, PHP, E Bonics"
(tags: geeks language)

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links for 2008-09-02

chris @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Developers, Using Libraries is not a Sign of Weakness
You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Indeed, you probably shouldn't.
(tags: programming software tips)

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