I updated the cygwin install on my home machine, so I have tons of new linux command-line goodies to play with. I also noticed that the default X windows server is now rootless! So X apps pop up in their own windows w/o a container window. (The docs call this way of displaying “multiwindow”: “an [...]

This piece on the not so fine art of skimming is the funniest thing I’ve read in a while. (Thanks to Garret at dangerousmeta, who links so many great things).

Tons of shockwave games for your next coffee break. It’s a German site (I think). There’s also an English version, but it doesn’t have that cool rollover trick that’s on the German one.

Not yet tested, but something to check out soon: DotPHP web components (something like Visual Studio for PHP?), snif (php-driven directory auto-indexing), and pitacard (XML-driven flash card program). Also, via sjarvis, an introduction to doing SOAP-based web services in PHP (using the Amazon.com API as an example).

I don’t like Roger Ebert. I think I can safely say I’ve never liked him. Part of it is that he panned Stardust Memories, a film I always liked. But part of it isn’t his fault. When I was studying to be a literary critic (I prefer “literary historian” actually), I found out that, to [...]