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Toying with node.js

A commenter rightly complained that despite my claims of “playing around” with node.js, all I could come up was with the example in the man page. I replied saying that I did intend to post something that I wrote from scratch, and as promised, here is my first toy node.js program: var sys = require('sys'); [...]
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What is node.js?

Image via Wikipedia If you follow the world of Javascript and/or high-performance networking, you have probably heard of node.js. If you already grok Node, then this post is not for you; move along. If, however, you are a bit confused as to exactly what Node.js is and how it works, then you should read on. [...]
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Throw away mailing lists

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are on a mailing list and you want to send an email to all but 2 members on that list? A common case here is planning a surprise for someone on that list. In general, I find myself on (long) email threads containing a different [...]
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Web based password managers: 3 years later

Almost three years ago (yes, I was quite surprised myself), I wrote about my requirements from a web based password manager. That post generated a lot of discussion, and we have come a long long way since then. I figured it was a good time to step back and present what I feel are some [...]
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Google (Contacts, Mail, Talk) confusion

Image via CrunchBase When Gmail first introduced the ability to import Contacts, I prompty exported my addressbook from KAddressbook. And then I mostly forgot about it, until recently. In the meantime, Google happily kept adding “suggested” contacts to my addressbook. I decided to revisit my Google Contacts after reading some blog posts about new functionality. [...]
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