Category Archives: computers

london perl monger meeting, etc

i went to the london perl monger social meeting last night. it was decent. more programmer types which is good. i talked to one guy who worked at a special effects company in london named “the moving picture company” (horrible … Continue reading

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about last night…

i went with loic (the frenchman flatmate), his co-worker yannis (swedish) and 2 of his swedish friends to some mediterranean restaurant last night. it was decent. it had a family run sort of feel. it was also apparently some girl’s … Continue reading

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why common lisp?

before even getting into this, it might be a good idea to read these two essays by paul graham: “revenge of the nerds” and the follow up “re: revenge of the nerds“. the specific section may be “what made lisp … Continue reading

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what’s the deal with paid wifi?

this is a little delayed from when it actually happened, but whatever. last week when we were having the internet access issues i started looking at bt openzone as a wifi options. it was already showing up as an access … Continue reading

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jeff barr amazon web services presentation

i went down to this presentation at westminster university on amazon web services. it was completely non-technical. at least code wise. it was surprisingly interesting. they have about 6 semi-different web services that use either soap or rest interfaces. according … Continue reading

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