Archive for June, 2008

WALL*E
June 29, 2008

WALL*E was an absolutely surreal, intense Science Fiction movie. It’s Pixar going back to its roots, and it’s beautiful to watch. I highly recommend it.

Apple WWDC 2008 Initial Reactions
June 9, 2008

Apple has re-branded .Mac as MobileMe. It keeps your iPhone/iPod touch, Mac and PC in sync — but it only seems to work for email, address book contacts, calendars, and things of that nature. It doesn’t claim to keep arbitrary files up to date, so I’m not terribly excited about it. The service seems kind [...]

Python 3000 Preview
June 1, 2008

Not too many overwhelming changes are coming in Python 3000, the upcoming version of one of the best programming languages in the world. Here are the three that stick out most in my mind:
1. print() is now a function. It needs parenthesis, you can’t just “print ‘Hello, World!’” It has to be print(“Hello, World!”). This [...]