Bits and pieces of John Dalton from all over your internet. - tagged with programming

guessing publisher from ISBN prefix - OCLC Developer Network Blog

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:52:00 -0500

http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/7806281622.js?method=hyphen

ppss - Parallel Processing Shell Script

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:00 -0500

PPSS is a Bash shell script that executes commands, scripts or programs in parallel. It is designed to make full use of current multi-core CPUs. It will detect the number of available CPUs and start a separate job for each CPU core. It will also use hyper threading by default. PPSS can also be installed on multiple host in a distributed like fashion, creating a simple cluster.

Signs that you're a bad programmer ‎(Software Engineering Tips)‎

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:34:00 -0500

A good list of common faults, oversights and lazy behaviours in programmers.

These Are Not Bad Names

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:24:00 -0500

Notes for programmers on edge cases when handling people's names.

Computer Science Unplugged

Sun, 17 May 2009 22:56:00 -0500

Excellent material for teaching school-age kids about CS concepts without using computers.