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I've been a big fan of Delicious Library ever since it first came out. It looks very pretty, and it...

Just discovered that in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the directory /usr/local/mysql no longer exists. Which means that if...

I'm poking around in some MT settings (trying to figure out why my blog doesn't get spam any more, since...

A while back, I wrote about wanting an approximate date data structure, and the ability to attach level-of-uncertainty info to...

I want an "approximate date" data structure. I know a friend's birthday, and I know their age to within five...

Meanwhile, in perhaps-related news, Slashdot has discovered Cute Overload. And Slashdot itself has decided on an all-pink look, to appeal...

Karen pointed out recently that an important part of our submissions database was being really really slow. I had noticed,...