2009

Preparing For a GAstroid Strike

by Mike Levin on November 15, 2009

The Google Chrome browser set off a performance war centered around JavaScript and will soon support native code and 3D graphics, meaning in-browser Halo-like performance. The Google Chrome OS is due out any day, which is likely to let you boot in seconds on a broad diversity of hardware. On this Chrome OS/Browser platform, if [...]

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Just replied to ZDNet Article about Closure

by Mike Levin on November 6, 2009

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5220 If Google actually liked JavaScript so much, they would support it server-side by supporting one of the many endeavors going on, or creating their own. But they don’t. Almost none of their Google Data API’s are offered in JavaScript. Google’s love is for Python, and their official support is for Java and .NET because [...]

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The History and Future of Unix in 4 Paragraphs

by Mike Levin on August 28, 2009

I’m currently using OS X and Linux for my development work, and was curious about the origins. I found this long post on faqs.org and thought I’d sum up Unix’s history in a few paragraphs. Unix was invented at Bell Laboratories between 1969 and 1971 by Ken Thompson on an already obsolete DEC PDP-7, before [...]

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Programming and SEO

by Mike Levin on August 17, 2009

Sherlock Holmes was always characterized by Watson as being like a hound in pursuit of his quarry, determinedly following the scent. I get that feeling every time I’m programming and DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. Programming is most satisfying when you’re right at the edge of your comfort-level, and you’re starting to challenge yourself, but not [...]

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