links for 2008-07-03

• Joho the Blog » Favorite Microsoft instructions of the day
  A grain of sand in the avalanche which will be the Vista’s downfall and Linux’s upwelling.
  (tags: vista joho why security annoying swhpl mynote)
• Phil in Hong Kong − Simple to return JSON from Google App Engine Database
  “class MainPage(webapp.RequestHandler):
  def post(self):
  greetings = db.GqlQuery(”SELECT * FROM Greeting ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 10″)
  result = {}
  count = 0

  for greeting in greetings:
  result[count] = cgi.escape(greeting.content)
  count = count 1

  (tags: json python appengine simple example server code)
• Halcyon — Home
  “a JSON Web App Framework built on Rack for speed and light weight.

  Halcyon has several aims and goals, including:

  * Be fast—easy with Rack and Mongrel or Thin
  * Be small—also not a problem with Rack and Mongrel
  * Be cross-platform

  (tags: via json popular server ruby framework rest)
• Election 2008
  (tags: election pdafriendly obama mccain poll prediction 2008)
• A Critic at Large: The Hobbit Habit: The New Yorker
  (tags: tolkien lotr nyer 2001 book movie review)
• Amazon.com: Metal Fabricator’s Handbook: Ron Fournier: Books
  “hammerform base, slapper face, steel slappers, rear fire wall, main hoop, front fire wall, roof hoop, glass pliers, station buck, hand seamer, car fabrication, slip roller, layout dye, squaring shear, bending brake, planishing hammer, aviation snips, col
  (tags: ah metal fabricate flattener developable ddx book searchinside auto)