Battlestar Galactica. Why debugging matters.: I've enjoyed a number of extraordinary tv-series on DVD in the last months, including Deadwood and The Wire. The consequence is that I barely watch traditional tv-broadcasts anymore. But when a few weeks ago a local Belgian channel started running Battlestar Galactica , I decided to follow along ... until I missed an episode. No problem, I thought. I'll go out and buy the series on DVD. Then the people at the st...

Server side paging using Common Table Expressions: If you're not into under-the-hood technobabble: do yourself a big favor and skip this post. Yesterday I've rewritten the query for fetching blog posts from the back-end database. Not only I wanted it to be cleaner written and faster, but my pal and I were also in desperate need of 'Previous entries' - 'Next entries' buttons at the bottom of the page (this is called paging). The addition of this tiny feature would allow us to reduce the number of posts shown on ...

Microsoft to take over Yahoo?: According to the New York Post , Microsoft is willing to take over (or merge with) Yahoo! for no less than $50 billion. If these rumours turn out to be true, Microsoft acquires the web credibility it is since long craving for, and the Web becomes a bipolar landscape with to giants readying for a major battle. Yahoo! stock up almost 20% after the news broke out.Via "M...