Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

  • Creeping Mouse Syndrome Windows XP SP2

    I knew there must be others experiencing the same weirdness: Experts Exchange says „after loading Service Pack 2 (XPSP2) the mouse cursor will at random start to scroll off the screen when there is no mouse activity.“ (Found via Computer Hardware Forum.)

  • Regarding Ruby (and Ruby on Rails)

    Dan Benjamin – Regarding Ruby (and Ruby on Rails): „PHP gives you nothing. It’s up to each individual programmer to figure out the right way to do things – and to define what the „right way“ really is. Unfortunately, only experience can help define that, and by the time most programmers have reached this point,…

  • REST design questions

    David Megginson – REST design questions: „RESTafarians point out that REST is the basis of the Web’s success, but that’s really only the GET part (and its cousin, POST). Despite WebDAV, we have very little experience using PUT and DELETE even for regular web pages, much less to maintain a data repository. Even the much-touted…

  • Buzzing the Yahoo! Search Web Services

    Rasmus Lerdorf – Buzzing the Yahoo! Search Web Services: „I still much prefer the REST services out there. SOAP always reminds me of being stuck behind the guy in a hat driving a Lincoln Towncar. You eventually get to where you want to go, but the journey is painful. With REST you can just toss…

  • IBM developerWorks PHP resources

    On IBM’s developerWorks: „Read our latest articles and tutorials on developing with PHP. And browse comprehensive listings of the articles, tutorials, project info, news, and events you need to stay up-to-date on developing with PHP.“ See also: phpblog@developerWorks