origins

Gareth Heyes has a recent post pointing out the port of a project of his, CSSReg (a filtering tool for user-provided stylesheets) over to PHP.

1974 talk show style interview with the original developers of APL; complete with plaid jackets and a smoking host.

The Origins of APL Video

I've never used APL but I found the talk to be very interesting.

They talk about how APL come about, its evolution and the character set. Worth watching.

Linux Magazine: "The last article talked about the anatomy of SSDs and the origins of some of the their characteristics.

In this article, we break down tuning storage and file systems for SSDs with an eye toward improving performance and helping overcome some of the platform’s limitations."

It seems that Oslo is going to get a lot of press soon, and I don't think we have discussed it yet, nor am I sure I really understand what it's all about...

We have been following Microsoft's DSL and modeling project on and off for a couple of years, and Oslo seems to be another step on this road.

A slimmed down version of Electronic Arts' hit game makes its debut on the iPhone 3G.