Internet Alchemy

Very cool.

More and more the VM is where the value is: “Reia (pronounced RAY-uh) is a Python/Ruby-like mixed-paradigm language targeting the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM)”

Shareaholic makes it easy for you to submit the web page you’re on to your favorite sharing or bookmarking service, including

The tool plugs into all the popular blogging platforms and will scan over whatever you’ve written and provide a bevy of related links

“you can put a few dozen links on your web page and then using java script the page can glean out which ones the visitor has previously visited; using that data the javascript can then customize the page.”

cool use of bluetooth: “As I walked through the entrance I simply made my phone discoverable, waited a few seconds for the MP3 to download, then started listening to a guided tour of the castle. It’s a great use of the technology: it just worked”

Good summary of history of Erlang paper

Some lesser(!) known options for less