http://reblinks.therssweblog.com http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyquery 54 jquery-alike for python <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyquery">pyquery</a>. “A jQuery-like library for Python”—implemented on top of lxml, providing jQuery style methods for manipulating an HTML or XML document.</p> </div> pyquery allows you to make jquery queries on xml documents. The API is as much as possible the similar to jquery. pyquery uses lxml for fast xml and html manipulation. This is not (or at least not yet) a library to produce or interact with javascript code. I just liked the jquery API and I missed it in python so I told myself &quot;Hey let&#039;s make jquery in python&quot;. This is the result. It can be used for many purposes, one idea that I might try in the future is to use it for templating with pure http templates that you modify using pyquery. You can use the PyQuery class to load an xml document from a string, a lxml document, from a file or from an u http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/venice_under_water.html 43 I really need to get there before it becomes unviable Sad but inspiring.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?a=9nW5O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?i=9nW5O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?a=rS2jO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?i=rS2jO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?a=isxzO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?i=isxzO" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?a=b6kCO"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ClagnutBlogmarks?i=b6kCO" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClagnutBlogmarks/~4/474573947" height="1" width="1"/> those pics tell quite a story http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/wow-blizzard-authenticator.html 36 <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/wow-blizzard-authenticator.html">Warcraft account security</a>. Apparently Blizzard have been selling two factor authentication key fobs for World of Warcraft for about six months.</p> </div> they're selling <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000182">RSA key fobs</a> to secure accounts &nbsp; http://www.al3x.net/2008/12/03/how-i-use-textmate.html 35 <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://www.al3x.net/2008/12/03/how-i-use-textmate.html">How I Use TextMate</a>. “Ack in Project” is a brilliant replacement for TextMate’s disappointing single threaded “Find in Project” feature.</p> </div> http://helvetireader.com/ 32 If you use Google Reader for RSS feeds, have a look at <a href="http://helvetireader.com/">Helvetireader</a> by Jon Hicks. "I was going for minimal, inspired partly by <a href="http://www.acrylicapps.com/times/">Times</a>, a newspaper style RSS reader, and the postcards that came with the (Deluxe!) Helvetica Film DVD." More about it on <a href="http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/heres-helvetireader">Jon's site</a>. Rather gorgeous minimalistic skin for Google Reader, by Jon Hicks. Had to tweak it to get my all-important "Mark All as Read" button, but apart from that, perfet. A minimal interface theme for Google Reader. http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ 32 The backwardly-incompatible "Python 3000" gets its release. Will be interested to watch and see how fast code transitions to the new form. <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/">Python 3.0</a>. “We are pleased to announce the release of Python 3.0 (final), a new production-ready release, on December 3rd, 2008.”</p> </div> http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c0cf508ff8/prop-8-the-musical-starring-jack-black-john-c-reilly-and-many-more-from-fod-team-jack-black-craig-robinson-john-c-reilly-and-rashida-jones 31 Massive amounts of awesomeness abound. Three solid minutes of musical greatness. starring John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, and Jack Black as Jesus &nbsp; http://24ways.org/2008/user-styling 30 My article on 24ways is up! It explains how to start making your own site skins, like Helvetireader <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://24ways.org/2008/user-styling#content">24 ways: User Styling</a>. The web geek advent calendar is up and running again this year, with a striking new design.</p> </div> http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/getting-openid-into-the-browse.html 30 <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/12/getting-openid-into-the-browse.html">Getting OpenID Into the Browser</a>. David Recordon makes the case for online identity management as a key browser feature (I like the “your browser is currently locked” concept), and argues that Gears is in a great position to deliver it.</p> </div> the best way to drive mass adoption, since it's such a difficult concept to understand otherwise &nbsp; http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200812/internet_explorer_mystery_1376.html 30 &quot;In IE, the redefinition of really() is interpreted and used even though it is inside a block of code that is not executed. Wonder of wonders...&quot; <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200812/internet_explorer_mystery_1376.html">Internet explorer mystery #1376</a>. IE executes function definitions inside an “if (0)” block. That frightens me.</p> </div> http://www.fivesimplesteps.co.uk/ 28 Mark Boulton has announced his self-published <a href="http://www.fivesimplesteps.co.uk/"><em>Designing for the Web</em></a> will be available February 2, 2009. I recall Mark and I chatting in London a couple years ago about self-publishing, as both of us were kicking around the idea at the time. Good to see him following through with it. This looks like a MUST HAVE. http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/what-your-computer-does-while-you-wait 28 Great details of how CPU, cache, RAM, and bus interact for different latencies. The latencies of the modern computer laid bare. "Waiting for a hard drive seek is like leaving the building to roam the earth for one year and three months." http://cleanupdata.com/ 27 <div class="blogmark segment"><p><a href="http://cleanupdata.com/">Magic/Replace</a>. More inspirational magic from the team at Dabble DB. Be sure to watch the (short) demo video.</p> </div> spreadsheet manipulation built on the underrated <a href="http://dabbledb.com/">DabbleDB</a>; don't miss the demo [<a href="http://delicious.com/jimray">via</a>]&nbsp;