Online Whiteboard

Really useful one…
http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw

The interface isn’t exactly straightforward, but it’s good once you get used to it. (You have to work slow, can’t just drag things around, you first single click and only then can you drag).

All in all it’s easy to see alot of text, to draw and emphasize etc. And it’s easy to invite people.

The internet is…

The internet’s immortal.

The internet’s a smartass.

The internet is optimistic.

The internet’s bipolar in relationships.

The internet has no god.

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What python lacks

I do like python a lot, but I feel some things are still missing. Correct me if I’m wrong.

* How do I know what can I import? I can use help(os) but how do I know that ‘os’ exists (from within the interpreter). I want a command like dir that can search through the default import directories. “mdir” (like module dir) or “pdir” (package dir).
* Tkinter sucks, why isn’t wx or anything else included?
* The php documentation really makes me jealous because the user contributed comments are VERY useful. Why doesn’t python docs have some web 2.0 in it? Like digg’s comment system.
* So many crappy IDE’s, I can’t find one that’s good for everything. At first I liked Wing but nowadays it’s way too slow and heavy so I switched to SPE which is great except it can crash for no reason.
* The GIL needs to be taken more seriously with a dedicated page explaining why it’s in place, how to escape it’s suckiness, and a roadmap to minimize the damage. Alot of people care about performance more than idiot-proof concurrency.

And I think i have a few more rants to go on about this, I’ll post ’em when I recall.

Internet Speed Metrics (Mbps sucks)

Been shopping for an internet connections recently?

I say we need 2 more metrics: average ping and GB per day (gaming and downloading movies).

1 Mbps = 10.5 GB per day

This means about 10 old movies (700 MB) per day, or 2 almost awesome 720p (4 GB), or 1 holy crap 1080p movie (8 GB).

Average ping should come from pings to 3-5 stable, well known, and geographically defined sites like: http://www.usa.gov, http://www.direct.gov.uk, http://www.government.gov.ru