Here’s a list of good books I read or listened to this year. Not all of them were published this year. If philosophical topics make you frown, skip to the programming books near the end. Anarchy Evolution by Greg Graffin Greg Graffin is the lead singer of Punk band Bad Religion. He’s also is a [...]
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Rand-o-Matic
March 28th, 2011
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Last week, I built a little widget for MindPosts.com that generates random quotes as if from Ayn Rand characters. My good friend, Rick Marazzani, put together the phrases and the template for combining them. I built the framework that allows anyone to embed the quotes in any Web site. Rick explained the philosophical ideas behind [...]
Facebook Apps Still Not Serving SSL
March 16th, 2011
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Almost two months ago, Facebook added a setting for browsing with an SSL connection. So far, most app developers have not yet caught up. It’s simple. Go to Account->Account Settings->Account Security->Secure Browsing and click a checkbox. After saving, your Facebook experience will all flow over SSL, every byte encrypted with a 128-bit key. But [...]
Study Philosophy, Be Powerful
March 13th, 2011
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Cory Doctorow linked to a list of famously successful people who studied philosophy. Here’s a giant list of famous and accomplished people with philosophy degrees, just the thing to show the parental units when you choose your major. I want the comparable list of successful underwater basket-weaving majors. (via JoHo) Check out the list and you’ll find [...]
