Open Source
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A new Frontier: Frontier in the Terminal With a REPL
Previously: Old databases are new again Why implement a REPL? And what the heck is a REPL anyway? Why should I care? As some remember, classic Frontier had the QuickScript Window: Type some UserTalk, click Run, get the result in a little output area. It was useful, and we used it. A lot! While working… Continue reading
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Evil Brain Jono: Everybody Hates Firefox Updates
I’m super-late to this but wanted to shoot the link out there since I’ve also written about this before. Over on evilbrainjono.net, acknowledgment that Firefox updates are driving users away from the browser. In particular, I love this paragraph: “I’ve been thinking a lot about the fundamental disconnect between the developers and the users. I… Continue reading
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Resurrecting an old machine
I’ve had a 17-inch PowerBook G4 sitting around gathering dust for a few years. It was my development machine for a couple of years at UserLand, until I got a quad-core G5 tower machine, at which point it became my field-recording rig. I’ve decided to resurrect it as an Ubuntu machine for mucking around with… Continue reading