Google’s GWT sample uses Yahoo Search API JSON abilities

It is an amazing sample. I guess it also proves Google should stop changing the SOAP API, to AJAX API (not that the easy way of AJAX API currently hurts) but should NOW provide output=json,xml in the URL (a REST way).

REST rocks for one more time, and even Google GWT developers know it (and even propose it) instead of their apis.

PS. and yeah… there is a way, but it is supposed to be secret

Rotating the screen in Xorg/Nvidia

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Rand -B 5 -A 5

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true" # AVOID LOGO [nvidia == idiots on this one]
Option "DPMS" "true" # well, good to have.. google it
Option "RandRRotation" "true" # for rotate to work
!EndSection


restart Xorg, then do:

xrandr -o left
or whatever suits you.

CLI Magic: Making HTML, manpages from plain text with AsciiDoc

AsciiDoc is a handy program that can produce formatted HTML documents and manpages from plain text files. With it, you can produce general purpose documents or specialized output such as mathematical formulae and musical notation. Read more

A quotation I really enjoyed

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous – everyone hasn’t met me yet.
- Rodney Dangerfield

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python

http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/ (NP: Coldplay – Fix You)

Apache 2.2.x works great in Vista RTM

I installed as service (the recommended way) and it works.

I had to edit permissions so I could WRITE to httpd.conf file (and fill in the admin mail)