tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65981100076338548942024-02-08T07:43:44.364-08:00Derrick's Web SnacksThis blog feeds the "Snacks" feature of <a href="http://www.obsessionwithfood.com">An Obsession With Food</a>. Check that site for more food infoDerrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.comBlogger924125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-44972900400688614172010-11-08T22:31:00.000-08:002010-11-08T22:32:37.328-08:00<a href="http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/">Fake Name Generator</a> When you need to create a bunch of fake but plausible and demographically correct names.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-22152676398078997902010-11-07T16:09:00.001-08:002010-11-07T16:10:02.365-08:00<a href="http://blog.springsource.com/2010/11/03/socializing-spring-applications/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SpringSourceTeamBlog+%28SpringSource+Team+Blog%29">Spring's Social Templates</a> Mostly for myself: Spring offers various templates to manage OAuth sign ons.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-61560145888973011242010-05-22T17:49:00.001-07:002010-05-22T17:50:12.029-07:00<a href="http://ciser.cornell.edu/info/polls.shtml">Links To Public Opinion Survey Sites</a> A handy collection of links to organizations that perform and analyze public opinion polls.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-45580622407249547002010-04-17T16:05:00.000-07:002010-04-17T16:06:39.978-07:00<a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking.html">Google To Include Response Times In Search Ranking</a> Google says it will start using site response time for determining the search rank of a page.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-8246847959843795652010-03-07T09:17:00.000-08:002010-03-07T09:19:00.512-08:00<a href="http://highscalability.com/blog/2010/3/4/how-myspace-tested-their-live-site-with-1-million-concurrent.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HighScalability+(High+Scalability)">Using Cloud Computing For Loadtesting</a> How MySpace used cloud-based computing to loadtest its site.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-62592302941239742782010-02-01T07:22:00.001-08:002010-02-01T07:23:11.787-08:00<a href="http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/3PI1dk-EVWc/">Tag Print With Smart Links</a> A new technology from Microsoft lets you put a barcode in print that a smartphone can read in and use as a link.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-28175673082538766162010-01-26T13:43:00.000-08:002010-01-26T13:44:16.518-08:00<a href="http://sfbart.posterous.com/bart-launches-api-to-spur-transit-app-develop">BART Launches API</a> Wish you had an app to give you new BART info? Now you can write one.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-39926483409066047612010-01-01T15:10:00.000-08:002010-01-01T15:11:04.413-08:00<a href="http://www.plausiblelabs.com/blog/?p=8">Blocks In iPhone 3.0</a> Put Snow Leopard's blocks support (akin to Ruby's blocks) into iPhone 3.0 or Mac OS X 10.5Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-15952442385731336162009-10-22T16:27:00.000-07:002009-10-22T16:28:47.773-07:00<a href="http://grammatically.blogspot.com/2009/10/favor-for-bryan-garner.html">Save Usage Guides!</a> Bryan Garner urges shoppers to ask about usage guides at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com, two companies who consider them a "defunct category"Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-22457069983937808162009-09-16T09:40:00.003-07:002009-09-16T09:40:47.899-07:00<a href="http://www.spore2d.com">2D Spore Creature Creator</a> My company's awesome creature creator, done in 2D.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-18036018329249452782009-08-04T11:14:00.000-07:002009-08-04T11:15:24.937-07:00<a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#31q2vF/www.ibiblio.org/copyediting/tips.html/">Useful Copyediting Tips</a> A list of tips to help ensure your copy doesn't embarrass you.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-36649681161154767022009-07-24T17:01:00.000-07:002009-07-24T17:02:33.455-07:00<a href="http://www.screenjelly.com/">Screen Jelly</a> A really slick, no-muss, no-fuss way to do quick screen video captures.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-55768591845687804922009-07-10T08:01:00.003-07:002009-07-10T08:01:42.166-07:00<a href="http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1507">Reuters Handbook of Journalism</a> Reuters has released its Handbook of Journalism for free online.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-37701141409538828702009-05-22T16:31:00.001-07:002009-05-22T16:31:43.344-07:00<a href="http://www.data.gov/">Web-Friendly Federal Data</a> The federal government is releasing tons of data in web-friendly formats.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-26755086466243021772009-05-17T08:21:00.001-07:002009-05-17T08:22:04.286-07:00<a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/05/0512_oldest_restaurants/1.htm">America's Oldest Restaurants</a> BusinessWeek offers a slide show of America's oldest and still-running restaurants.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-8017441555766752602009-05-07T10:06:00.001-07:002009-05-07T10:06:54.542-07:00<a href="http://www.game-artist.net/forums/scene-movie-competition/9540-scene-movie-results.html">Movie Stills In Game Environments</a> See the results of a competition to recreate iconic movie scenes in game environment engines. Neat!Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-8581507189610465242009-04-29T21:26:00.001-07:002009-04-29T21:27:02.382-07:00<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Development&articleId=9132061&taxonomyId=11&pageNumber=1">Goodbye, Old School Coding Techniques</a> Computerworld takes a look at old-school coding techniques that we're better off without.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-6192875933815413132009-04-29T09:39:00.000-07:002009-04-29T09:40:11.434-07:00<a href="http://thelongthread.com/?p=3750">Make Your Own Moleskine</a> Grab a sewing machine and a cereal box, and get ready to make your own moleskine.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-13635031745498576592009-04-28T09:42:00.003-07:002009-04-28T09:42:56.768-07:00<a href="http://www.regrettheerror.com">Regret The Error</a> A blog devoted to newspaper corrections.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-74560734111553046672009-04-24T10:39:00.000-07:002009-04-24T10:40:36.615-07:00<a href="http://brobby.mybrute.com">My Brute</a> A cute little web fighting game, where you compete against other players by simply watching them duke it out.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-81142759588959863822009-04-16T07:57:00.001-07:002009-04-16T07:58:51.783-07:00<a href="http://www.drvino.com/2009/04/15/the-xd-files-an-exchange-not-seen-on-erobertparkercom/">How Not To Run A Forum: eBob</a> eRobertparker.com moderator Mark Squires gets into a snipey, immature email conversation with Mike Steinberger. Tyler publishes the exchange.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-65474883030147205912009-04-16T07:46:00.001-07:002009-04-16T07:46:20.760-07:00<a href="http://annathered.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/how-to-make-totoro-cream-puffs/">Totoro Cream Puffs</a> How to make Totoro cream puffs.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-8184442254239282812009-04-16T07:23:00.000-07:002009-04-16T07:26:42.306-07:00<a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i32/32b01501.htm">Strunk And White Is Wrong</a> The Chronicle of Higher Education features an article about the many things wrong with Strunk & White's Elements of Style, which turns 50 this week.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-37795016771965461902009-04-11T08:38:00.001-07:002009-04-11T08:39:57.140-07:00<a href="http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/04/mark-bittman-locavore-cooks-endangered-fish/#more-14054">"Locavore" Bittman Likes Endangered Fish</a> Eat Me Daily covers the controversy brewing over Mark Bittman's use of red snapper, despite its endangered status and his newly found zealotry as ethical food advocate.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598110007633854894.post-33002297178723634372009-04-07T08:10:00.001-07:002009-04-07T08:10:45.711-07:00<a href="http://www.artima.com/scalazine/articles/twitter_on_scala.html">Twitter Meets Scala</a> The twitter dev team discusses why they used Scala for certain back-end tasks.Derrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974720556627635894noreply@blogger.com0