A pungent mix of programming, philosophy, pedanticism, procrastination, perplexity, peripheral political polemic, and platters of preposterousness.
The new Python docs sure are pretty. I’ve always found Python’s documentation to be a bit ropey in the past. I’m currently in Ruby mode, as I’m on holiday and have brought PickAxe with me, but when I get back I’ll give the Python documentation the attention it deserves. (Via Simon Willison)
Jeni Tennison doesn’t like RDF QNames.
easyURL is a URL shortener which supports OpenID. Not sure if it’s much good, but it could be useful for some. And it’s another OpenID consumer, and we sure do love them!
Yves Gingras has an article on why science writers like Fritjof Capra and Paul Davies muddy the water of science (or “re-enchant”) with mystical nonsense.
Aral Balkan has a really good description of SWX so that even a Flashophobe like moi can understand it.
