Have you ever tried to sort a set of strings programmatically only to be confused by the output? This usually happens with strings that contain a mixed set of numbers and letters.
David Koelle wrote a solution for this problem in 1997 called the Alphanum Algoritm.
Have you ever run into the following error message in PHP?
Fatal error: out of dynamic memory in yy_create_buffer()
I ran into this not long ago and had a hard time understanding the problem, though the fix is simple. This is a bug in PHP versions prior to 5.2 on BSD based systems.
Short of upgrading PHP to a [...]
I’m not the first to say it, and certainly won’t be the last – Seth Godin is a genius. His presentation at the Business of Software Conference absolutely blew me away the first time I saw it, and its worth your time to watch it.
A number of years ago I was listening to a talk by Andy Stanley, who is the senior pastor at North Point Community Church in the metro Atlanta area. He was speaking about choosing to cheat at work, and he has apparently turned that thought into a book. His point, which I think is a good one, is that we all have to cheat somewhere. The best option we can choose is to leave our jobs holding the bag and maximize our family relationships at home. Solid advice, particularly to those of us that are career-minded.
Sometimes words don’t do a story justice. The amount of effort invested into Python, currently my favorite programming language, is one of those stories. This illustration shows the people who have contributed to the project over time, showing their activity and how they relate to other developers who contributed.
This is a highly informative and entertaining look at what makes Amazon.com’s design work. From the synopsis:
On its surface, Amazon.com just seems like a large e-commerce site, albeit a successful one. Its design isn’t flashy, nor is it much to write home about. But deep within its pages are hidden secrets — secrets that every [...]
If we were honest with ourselves, we would probably admit that trust is one of the scariest words we ever in encounter. It’s hard to earn, quickly taken away, and must be constantly cultivated. It requires us to open ourselves up to others, which is probably what makes it so difficult.
A couple months ago Rupert Murdoch made waves by threatening to pull all of News Corp’s content from Google’s search index. Needless to say, the blogosphere went nuts.
Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon who has long accused Google of ripping off content from his newspapers, said this weekend that his sites may soon disappear from the search engine’s listings.
Personally, I believe it was a bad idea then and may be an even worse idea now. However, a new voice has entered the debate, and it’s one that surprised me. Mark Cuban, the dot-com billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks has echoed Murdoch’s sentiments.