* Gearhead: Differencing with HTML Match * Backspin: The rules of IT * Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
Gearhead: Differencing with HTML Match
An interesting question came up on a list we subscribe to: How can you compare two versions of a Web page to see what changes have been made?
To read this week’s Gearhead in its entirety, click here.
Backspin: The rules of IT
Wherever you go and whatever you do, it is a given that some set of rules will be in force. Rules matter because they define how we get on with other people and what is considered normal.
To read this week’s Backspin in its entirety, click here.
Gibbsblog: The past 7 days
BIG Makes Broadband a Gas
Way back in the mists of time (actually in July last year when Gibbsblog was called “Gearblog”) I wrote about Broadband In Gas (BIG), a nifty idea for providing Internet connectivity via the nation’s natural gas supply system. This concept is still alive and well and apparently gaining some traction …
This Week in Backspin: The Rules of IT
Rules matter in human culture. While some rules are written down and clearly laid out – for example, rules for games, rules for writing, rules for flying aircraft, and for sailing boats – there are literally thousands of rules that are not codified.
This Week in Gearhead: Differencing with HTML Match
How can you compare two versions of a Web page to see what changes have been made? We’ll tell you how in this week’s Gearhead …
OS X, Not as Tough as People Think
I am the proud owner of a Apple G5 PPC with a 23″ Cinema Display. My pride is, howvere, somehwat diminished as the machine occasionally misbehaves in a really irritating manner and, way beyond irritating, has recently started crashing frequently.
Want Quant?
If you use pivot tables you are going to love Tableau.
Numeric Properties
Did you know that 2006 has the following properties: even, composite, deficient, apocalyptic power, evil, square-free?
Fantastic Elastic Compute Grid
Amazon may not be as prolific with their spinoff projects as Google but what they lack in number they make up for in sophistication.
The Limits of Google
We all think of Google as this huge, dynamic, and a generally damn near omnipotent commercial machine but the truth is somewhat less glamorous. An excellent summary in Dana Blankenhorn’s blog lays it out …
