Member function name of the week:

RequestProcessorFactoryFactory.RequestSpecificProcessorFactoryFactory

Uh, way to go Apache XML-RPC team.

HOWTO: Install Debian Linux onto a USB thumb drive with the root partition encrypted.

Here’s a short post about the upcoming Gimp UI overhaul (the resulting comments are typical).

A thorough outline of code indenting styles (via).

Warped is PAUSED for a week while I rest, relax, reset, and otherwise recharge. We’ll be staying in a cabin by a lake in the middle of nowhere, British Columbia, without access to landlines, cell towers, and the internet.

If you need some reading and/or inspiration while I’m gone, you can feed off of my del.icio.us backlog:

Warped’s del.icio.us raw feed

There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry

Real men love ‘The 5th Element’, a brilliant review of an excellent movie. It’s been ages since I watched this one, and now I think I will.

Another great ALA article: Never use a warning, instead support undo everywhere. Amen.

A very thorough Rails rant by a Perl developer (in the JoelOnSoftware groups), including a lengthy set of comments. The rant mirrors a lot of what I’ve found with Rails, which is that it’s a great fit for the simple stuff (but not so much for harder problems).

A List Apart dissects absolution positioning in their usual, concise way.