Wired.com has an Associated Press article that discusses the NSA’s Lamest Spy Tool: Cookies. The first sentence in the article claims “the National Security Agency’s internet site has been placing files on visitors’ computers that can track their web-surfing activity,” without bringing up any of these files’ limitations. Articles like the one featured on Wired.com […]
Andrew Glover’s Ruby off the Rails compares Java with the Ruby programming language. It discusses the conciseness of Ruby code and several language features. The article also encourages Java programmers to explore the possibilities that Ruby provides: If you’ve ever envied the ability of multilingual friends to bridge language gaps wherever they travel or gained […]
According to this article, Microsoft and Google have reached a confidential settlement on the matter of Dr. Kai-Fu Lee. It is great to see that both sides of the dispute resolve this before involving the courts. I have been following the story of Kai-Fu Lee here and here, perhaps too closely.
PHP offers several array sorting functions. These array sorting functions sort array values only ( “sort” ), rearrange array values by sorting the array key ( “ksort” ), or rearranging array keys by sorting the array values ( “asort” ). Reverse sort functions rsort, krsort, and arsort are also available. In addition to these simple […]
Time off has allowed me to re-establish my objectives. It gave me time to prepare for the upcoming year. Neglect caused severe disorganization in my personal workspace. Disorganization at and around my desk is distracting enough to encourage me to find an alternate place for work. I am finding places like local coffee shops, which […]