OAuth Authentication for Web Applications - Account Authentication API - Google Code →
code.google.com
This page describes Google’s implementation of OAuth with instructions on how to use it.
June 2008
15 posts
Dean Wilson@UnixDaemon: The Cron Commandments →
blog.unixdaemon.net
Although it’s a rare Unix machine that doesn’t run at least a couple of custom cronjobs it’s an even more special snowflake that does them properly.
The Paragraph in Web Typography & Design — Jon Tan 陳 →
jontangerine.com
After selecting a typeface, choosing the right paragraph style is one of the cornerstones of good typography. This is a brief inquiry into paragraph style for the Web.
“For some agencies and freelancers the only relevant pre-bid concerns are 1) is there a slight possibility that I can do the work? and 2) can the client pay? For these folks, nothing else is relevant to pre-bid discussion. The likely result of this foolish approach is a succession of nightmare projects with only periodic success, and a stressed-out and unhappy life and/or staff as the norm.”
—Design View / Andy Rutledge - Pre-Bid Discussions
“Always good for testing: Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn”
—Peter Van Dijck’s Guide to Ease » Blog Archive
Frank da Cruz’s Compulsive Guide to Postal Addresses →
columbia.edu
Effective Addressing for International Mail
Will’s Guide to Mashing-up Remote Databases using Page Scraping →
benchcoach.com
This paper explains scraping, parsing and merging techniques to load data from a remote site with the constraint that we have zero cooperation from said remote site.
Writing Style for Print vs. Web (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) →
useit.com
Linear vs. non-linear. Author-driven vs. reader-driven. Storytelling vs. ruthless pursuit of actionable content. Anecdotal examples vs. comprehensive data. Sentences vs. fragments.
21 Ruby Tricks You Should Be Using In Your Own Code →
rubyinside.com
21 different Ruby tricks, from those that most experienced developers already use every day to those that are more obscure.
Toggle displayed fields in new Mail messages →
feeds.macosxhints.com
If you create a new message using Mail.app, the message window generally has five fields visible: To, Subject, From, Priority (where you choose the message level of priority), and a small drop-down…
“Ce que l’on conçoit bien s’énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.”
—Nicolas Boileau - Wikipédia
SysAdmins' Chronicles : FreeBSD 7.0 Released →
sysadminschronicles.com
There are many great improvements like 350% - 1500% performance increase with SMP machines.
IETester →
my-debugbar.com
IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.
HREF Considered Harmful: MagLev recap →
avibryant.com
A Rabbit into the $hat … (Ruby on Maglev…. whhhooooooooosssshh!)
Riding Rails: Rails 2.1: Time zones, dirty, caching, gem dependencies, caching, etc →
weblog.rubyonrails.com
Rails 2.1 is now available for general consumption.
