Links

pixelbeat.org

Cheat sheet of GNU screen keyboard shortcuts and command-line options — windows, splitting, detaching, copy mode and scrollback.

remacle.org

allégorie de la caverne

forums.debian.net

sudo dpkg -i

forum.ubuntu-fr.org

sudo apt-get -f install

peak.telecommunity.com

Reference manual for setuptools, the distutils extension adding dependency declarations, egg building and easy_install to Python packaging.

w3.org

W3C Working Draft of 30 June 2009 for CSS multi-column layout, defining the twelve properties that flow an element's content into a set of columns.

youtube.com

Alex Martelli's Google Developers Day talk on design patterns in Python, arguing that patterns can only be studied in the context of the language they get implemented in.

conspiracy.hu

Release page for Invoke, a 64k intro by Conspiracy and Still that came second at Breakpoint 2008 and served as the invitation for Evoke 2008.

nicedit.com

NicEdit is a lightweight JavaScript library that turns any textarea or div into an inline rich-text editor.

en.wikipedia.org

Encyclopedia article on GTD, David Allen's productivity method built on getting tasks out of your head and running them through a five-step capture-to-engage workflow.

en.wikipedia.org

Encyclopedia article on the waterfall model, the software development process that runs the lifecycle phases in strict sequence, each one finished before the next begins.

regex.larsolavtorvik.com

Live regular-expression tester that runs a pattern against a subject through the PHP PCRE, PHP POSIX and JavaScript engines side by side, updating as you type.

fr.wikipedia.org

Notice biographique du DJ et fondateur de labels londonien Gilles Peterson, actif depuis 1986.

pycon.fr

Site de PyConFR, la conférence Python francophone gratuite organisée par l'AFPy.

linuxgazette.net

Tutorial on Python's threading module, covering what worker threads buy you, how to spawn and synchronise them, and where the interpreter's limits bite.

fuhm.net

Argues that Python's super() is a trap in multiple-inheritance hierarchies and that explicit superclass calls are usually the safer choice.

devthought.com

Demo page for TextboxList, a MooTools widget turning typed entries into removable boxes, shown plain and with autocompletion seeded up front or on demand.

sprymedia.co.uk

A JavaScript bookmarklet that overlays grids, rulers, measurement tools and crosshairs on any page to check its alignment and layout.

grokdotcom.com

Questions whether Jakob Nielsen's F-shaped scanning pattern holds regardless of a page's design, arguing that layout, imagery and formatting steer where visitors look.

ilovetypography.com

Weekly typography roundup gathering new typefaces, book covers, letterpress work, packaging and type-related videos from early April 2009.