Beauty and the geek. n8han: “It’s funny that Sun, who could never be bothered to make a polished Macintosh JVM (causing Apple to take over in the System 7 days) is falling over themselves to make one for the iPhone.” Yep. Clearly the party you’re not invited to is the better one. Even better when you’re asked not to come. This will be fun to watch.
Anagrams. MVC Obscures the Mechanics of the Web. Clearly, if you’re no friends of [ insert nemesis Web framework ] then you’ll want to focus on its MVC non-conformance. If you’re out there building Web apps, here’s a tip that worked for me. Call it MNM — MNM’s Not MVC. Stop obsessing over What Would SmallTalk Do? It doesn’t matter. Just focus on those patterns that work best for the Web. While you’re at it, check out Rails, an MNM framework for the Web.
DVCS round-up. Geoffrey Grosenbach adds multi-touch gestures for Git. (MacBook Pro/Air sold separately). Still hanging on to Mercurial? Here’s a handy Mercurial cheat sheet. Undecided? Let your favorite airline choose for you.
if else throw Let me guess, this will not sit well with the Erlang crowd.
Money quote. Mark Pilgrim: “For the record, my site is valid HTML 5, except the parts that aren’t. My therapist says I shouldn’t rely so much on external validation.”