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Amazon Image Hacks

2007 Jan 17, 2:10Example javascript that allows you to interactively modify Amazon product images.PermalinkCommentsamazon images hack howto article blog development reference uri ajax javascript script

Abusing Amazon images

2007 Jan 17, 2:08Learn the format of URIs that amazon uses for product images. Lots of neat things available via the URI such as drop shadow, rotation, and "XX% Off!" bullets.PermalinkCommentsamazon images hack howto article blog development reference uri

Firefox and Witchcraft - The Connection? (xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe)

2006 Dec 28, 1:09Humorous graph likely produced by 3rd party and in no way generated by Microsoft.PermalinkCommentsfirefox humor comic microsoft mozilla ie witchcraft

Go To Statement Considered Harmful

2006 Dec 7, 1:15Dijkstra's famous anti-goto paper. I agree with him. Due to goto in BASIC through 3rd and 4th grade I thought goto was a word.PermalinkCommentsarticle history humor language goto code programming dijkstra acm read

Encode-O-Matic Update

2006 Dec 3, 12:28I've updated Encode-O-Matic again. This is a tool I'm working on to convert between various Internet related encodings such as character sets, HTML encoding, URI encoding, base64, and IDN. In this update I've put it all into an installer. I'm using Nullsoft's installer generator to produce the installer. I've added a Base Conversion converter to convert between arbitrary bases and a Reverse converter that reverses the input by character, byte, or strings with arbitrary delimiters.PermalinkCommentsinstaller encodeomatic project charset nullsoft encoding

Live Clipboard

2006 Nov 28, 5:24The objective of Live Clipboard is to provide a simple and consistent user model to wire-the-web that would assist individuals in creating their own mesh of interconnections, both web-to-web and web-to-PC. Simply stated, the idea is to extend the PC clipPermalinkCommentsxml microformats liveclipboard microsoft ray-ozzie specification reference internet semanticweb

RDF Primer

2006 Nov 28, 5:13The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language for representing information about resources in the World Wide Web. This Primer is designed to provide the reader with the basic knowledge required to effectively use RDF. It introduces the basic concPermalinkCommentsrdf xml semanticweb w3c web reference standards specification metadata

Side Channel Cryptanalysis of Product Ciphers

2006 Nov 27, 3:07ABSTRACT: Building on the work of Kocher, we introduce the notion of side-channel cryptanalysis: cryptanalysis using implementation data. We discuss the notion of side-channel attacks and the vulnerabilities they introduce, demonstrate side-channel attackPermalinkCommentscryptography essay reference bruce-schneier

Commercial Exploitation of Europe's Public Sector Information

2006 Nov 27, 2:15Public bodies are by far the largest producers of information in Europe. This information is recognised as a major, but so far under-exploited asset, which could and should be a fundamental building block of the ‘new economy’ in the Information SociPermalinkCommentsstudy economics europe public-domain information government read

Doublespeak and the War on Terror

2006 Nov 27, 12:46Exec Summary: ... Since some high-ranking government officials and pundits are now referring to the war on terror as the “Long War” or “World War III,” because its duration is not clear, now is an appropriate time to take a few steps back andPermalinkCommentsdoublespeak orwell orwellian government politics propaganda

Why Microformats - Introduction to Microformats

2006 Oct 30, 10:34PermalinkCommentsarticle web2.0 microformats semanticweb software standards reference internet web development mf

Handbook of Applied Cryptography

2006 Sep 25, 12:31Free textbook on CryptographyPermalinkCommentsalgorithm book education reference security software math development cryptography authentication

ANYCOM® Bluetooth Products - Products

2006 Sep 14, 10:23PermalinkCommentsanycom bluetooth audio mp3 ipod

Introduction - VSA Scripting in .NET - Developer Fusion, the UK developer community - VB, ASP, C#, .NET, PHP and XML tutorials & source code

2006 Aug 17, 10:01PermalinkCommentsscript .net csharp javascript vbscript programming

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

2006 Aug 2, 11:28PermalinkCommentsreligion humor politics evolution education pranks

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

2006 Jun 21, 1:32Movie scheduled for August 2006. Samuel Jackson + Snakes + Plane = Awesome!PermalinkCommentssnakes movies plane movie humor

Telegraph | Entertainment | Farce that rose from the grave

2006 May 23, 11:49Individual fan purchases rights to television series in order to release it on DVD.PermalinkCommentstv cool news dvd rights

The Tao of IETF - A Novice's Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force

2006 Apr 4, 5:21This document describes the inner workings of IETF meetings and Working Groups, discusses organizations related to the IETF, and introduces the standards process. It is not a formal IETF process document but instead an informational overview.PermalinkCommentsinternet reference ietf rfc

Larry Osterman's WebLog : Why is the DOS path character "\"?

2006 Mar 27, 11:07PermalinkCommentsblog history programming windows dos back-slash reverse-solidus larry-osterman

Bob Bemer

2006 Mar 27, 11:06Bob Bemer - invetor of the back slashPermalinkCommentsbob-bemer ascii back-slash reverse-solidus escape escape-sequence y2k-problem
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