I have just created a new community at Ning, Compiler Experts. This is intended to provide a web presence for members of the LinkedIN Group Compiler Experts.
I have set the privacy settings to be fully public. Any interested party is invited to join. Anyone can view the content.
I created this community in part so I [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Announcing A New Ning Community: Compiler Experts
April 30, 2009 – 14:35
links for 2009-04-29
April 30, 2009 – 01:00
Gizmodo – Best Video I've Seen Today Will Make You Smile – Songs around …
This a *fabulous* video with many musicians from around the world singing "Stand By Me." It was put together by Roger Ridley, http://rogerridleybluesman.com/
(tags: love music stand-by-me inspiration joy)
On Programming: Writing a Python Program to Help Win an Election
April 29, 2009 – 13:57
I am a candidate for election to the Board of the Chappaqua, New York, library.
As part of my campaign I was asked to prepare short statements, including why I should be elected.
I have written over 900 blog posts to date, and so wanted to prepare a list of the ones that mention libraries.
Just yesterday [...]
My Writings on Libraries: February 2006 to April 2009
April 29, 2009 – 13:26
I have prepared the following list of my blog posts about libraries as part of my campaign for election to the Board of the Chappaqua Library:
TWWP Puzzler: Name The U.S. Presidents Known To Have Made Use of The Library of Congress
On Open Content: Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
An Authoritative Opinion on Libraries [...]
WordPress Quick Edit Mode Is Great
April 29, 2009 – 08:56
I just started to add “tags” to all my posts. I’ve published over nine hundred to date, and so expected this would take some time.
I decided to use WordPress “Quick Edit” mode to see what it does, and within a minute or so discovered that I wish I had tried it sooner.
Quick Edit lets you [...]
links for 2009-04-28
April 29, 2009 – 01:00
Software in the era of drive by contribution
"I love git. I’ll state that up front. I also love github, which I’ve expressed in the past. Both are making me look at software in a new way. I also think the pair of them are changing some of the rules we know [...]
Statement by Dave Shields as a Candidate for the Board of Directors of the Chappaqua Library
April 28, 2009 – 12:57
Occupation:
I have been self-supporting since 1963. I made programming my profession in 1965. I spent most of my working career at New York Unversity and IBM Research, doing research programming, mainly in compilers and programming tools.
I am now an independent computer software professional, specializing in open-source:
http://opensourcesoftwareconsultant.net
Education:
B.S., Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Computer Science, [...]
Classmates Shows More Class : Highland High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 27, 2009 – 09:27
I joined Classmates several years ago. I was able to link up with one of my classmates from the Class of 1962, Highland High School Class, Albuquerque, New Mexico, but it petered out after only a couple of emails.
Soon thereafter I found Classmates to be a constant source of email of a very spam-like nature, [...]
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