http://blog.urbanmainframe.com an oasis for idle minds Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:47:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photo Credit: “iLove” by julian- As a programmer/web-designer I dip into a diverse range of programming languages and frameworks. I often find that I get locked into a specific coding grammar/syntax and that it is then difficult to switch to a new one. This is when I find the following cheat ... http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/programmers-cheat-sheets/ Photo Credit: “Hey DJ” by Thomas Hawk Due to work and other commitments it's been a while since I last posted here. In the meantime my RSS client periodically trawled the great ocean of the Internet and landed a rather decent catch of prime linkage. So, without further ado, I present a link anthology ... http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/link-anthology-2/ How You Can Help End the Problem of Blogs With Great Content and No Readers. [via] http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/promoting-unknown-bloggers/ A command-line tool which allows basic CVS-style operations on Time Machine backups. http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/tms/ Photo Credit: “404 sign, Love Hotel, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan” by gruntzooki After reading Ian Lloyd's The Perfect 404, I've revamped my "Not Found" error page to be a little bit more useful because, as Lloyd writes, "a user-friendly website will give you a helping hand." Previously my 404 ... http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/a-better-404/ ARPWatch/Log Watcher — A tool that monitors your network activity and keeps a record of IP/Mac address pairings and firewall logs. It will give a warning when it notices any suspicious activity, like any changes in Mac address or any connection attempt to the firewall. [via] http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/mocha/ "I think being shy basically means self-absorbed to the point that it makes it difficult to be around other people. For instance, if I'm hanging out with you, I can't even tell whether I like you or not because I'm too worried about whether you like me." [via] http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/the-lost-years-and-last-days-of-david-foster-wallace/ I must confess that I am an addict. I have become addicted to creating computer-generated images. Having recently posted about Processing and Oxidizer, I have found another image generator called "Context Free." Context Free "is a program that generates images from written instructions called a grammar. The program follows the instructions ... http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/context-free-art/ Where I’m actually living in augmented reality, Jefferson Airplane and what does this mean for photos. http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/fun-with-rjdj/ The hidden treasures of the world's public photography archives. http://blog.urbanmainframe.com/2008/11/the-commons/