Avid Reader, Profesional Codesmith, Perpetual Wanderluster
A new security patch has been developed for Mozilla’s Firefox web browser that will change its cookie policy to block third-party cookies by default. The new patch is scheduled for release in Firefox version 22 (current version is 19), and is already included in the nightly build release [1].
It’s that time again, I’m packing my things back into my backpack. I suppose that’s why they call it that. My four months in Dublin have flown by, and it would take another four to share all moments and memories. Hopefully a summary will suffice :)
I’ve wanted to visit Dublin for years, and I have a hard time believing I’m really here. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a fixation with traditional Irish music. I love all of it, from The Pogues to Flogging Molly covers of the old favourites, Dirty Old Town, Irish Rover, Dicey Riley, etc. I’ll be in Dublin for 4 months working with a startup called Datahug. More on that in a future post.
Given that I don’t find myself across the pond very often, I took the opportunity to do some travelling around western Europe before arriving in Dublin. I visited 5 cities: Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and London.
Paris
A general must mindful not to align his soldiers facing the sun and wind. A prince must take care not to allow his citizens to adopt soldiering as their sole profession. An infantry consisting largely of mercenaries is likely to suffer corruption.
Magento is an e-Commerce platform intended to facilitate the construction and maintenance of an online store. Its underlying philosophy is that most e-Commerce functionality is more or less standardized, so its pieces should be reusable. The enterprise edition includes tools to help with payment processing, customer management, internationalization, SEO, etc. It also includes a beefy admin tool to manage inventory, track sales, and lots more.
I think Magento is a great idea. In practice though, I’ve got a growing number of complaints.
Global Outlaws: Crime, Money and Power in the Contemporary World
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As part of my anthropology class this term, we’ve been studying the business of smuggling. The required course readings include a book about the nature and impact illegal trade, studied on a national and global scale. Though I typically wouldn’t review a book required for a class, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and I thought it deserved some blog attention.
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I’m sad to say that in my childhood I have never read nor been read Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. It’s tragic I know, but it’s just one of many classics that slipped through the curriculum cracks. So when I discovered that it had been pre-loaded on my shiny new tablet, I took it as a sign.
