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Squawks of the Parrot
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Bloody stupid things to do when writing C libraries, #43 (Dec 16 2003 18:55 GMT) - Failing to fully specify what happens with input buffers. Returned buffers too. For example, ponder a hypothetical (yeah, right) library routine--let's call it, say, new_form which takes a NULL (rather than NUL, which is different, but you knew that) terminated buffer of field pointers. You call it and the fields in the buffer are now part of a brand-spanking new form. Yay, us. |
The Command Post Op-Ed Page
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Pardon me, Mr. Mandela... (Dec 16 2003 18:55 GMT) - Could you do me a Favor and Jump in Front of a bus? Originally posted on 12-15-2003. Today Val Prieto brings us the story of Cuban journalist Manuel Vázquez Portal, recently sentenced to 18 years in prison for writing about... |
JoeWorld
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Blind Men and the Elephant (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - The book this review covers is about project management based on the author's life experience. It appears to not include the most recent advances in the theory and practice of project management, but instead uses the author's limited view-point to communicate his views. However, the book reviewer links to many other project management books that cover certain topics better than the reviewed book.... |
dealnews
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Dazzle TV Photo Show for $10 shipped (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - The Gateway Accessory Store offers the Dazzle TV Photo Show for $9.99. That's $52 less than the next best price we could find. Apply coupon code...(more) |
AboutItAll.com
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Enlisting in the National Guard means... (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - Poverty for your family National Guard families to get help paying utility bills EUGENE - The families of Oregon National Guard members called up for active duty will be eligible to get help with their heating and electricity bills this winter. The program is being organized by Governor Ted Kulongoski's office with the help of public and private utilities in... |
Food Business Review Online
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Unilever Bestfoods: health drives innovation (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - Unilever [ULVE.L] is hoping that its healthy version of Hellmann's will help transform the brand into a GBP128 million 'master brand' proposition within five years. The move comes as food and drink producers increasingly recognize that healthy solutions are sought by dieters and non-dieters alike and highlights the continuing relevance of 'low and lite' in product development. |
Open Access News
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Making sharing the norm (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - Michelle Delio, Copyright Doesn't Cover This Site, Wired News, December 16, 2003. On The Pool, "a collaborative online environment for creating and sharing images, music, videos, programming code and texts" at the University of Maine's Still Water new media lab. Quoting Joline Blais, co-director of the lab: "We are training revolutionaries -- not by indoctrinating them with dogma but by exposing them to a process in which sharing culture rather than hoarding it is the norm." (Thanks to Gary Price. |
TWiki's TWiki web
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TWikiInstallationGuide (Dec 16 2003 18:54 GMT) - INCLUDE{"DocsUserNote"} TOC STARTINCLUDE # TWiki Installation Guide Installation instructions for the TWiki 01-Feb-2003 production release. If you are reading this ... |
NBCSandiego.com FeedRoom
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Ballena Brush Fire (Dec 16 2003 18:53 GMT) - Residents in a rural area of the East County mountains were evacuated early Tuesday morning after high winds blew down a power line, sparking a small wildfire. |
FECAL NEWS, YO!
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Mars Toy (Dec 16 2003 18:53 GMT) - MARS TOY strange co, recon, and three zero... this new figure will premiere at the Hong Kong Toycon next week.... |
Outside the Beltway
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TRYING SADDAM (Dec 16 2003 18:53 GMT) - David Chambers of the Middle East Institute offers some interesting insights into a how Saddam's trial could be handled to maximize benefits. I got this... |
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