1. Bash shellshock vulnerability
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| While the world awaits a complete fix, what is known so far is that the vulnerability identified as CVE-2014-6271, aka shellshock, affects the widely used bash shell and has the potential to become a serious threat. If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and go patch your system. We'll be here when you get back, promise.
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2. Python 3: threat or menace?
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| There's a sea change in the move from Python 2 to Python 3. Many popular third-party tools have been ported over from 2 to 3 and there's a concerted effort within the greater Python community to accelerate the move forward. If you find yourself on the fence, you'll want to follow Bill Lubanovic as he details why he chose to go with Python 3 for his new book, Introducing Python: Modern Computing in Simple Packages. |
3. Let's get practical
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| Code reviews are a great way to distinguish yourself as a competent programmer and team player. Not only do they provide a second set of eyes, but they're a great way to share knowledge and encourage thoroughness in others. To get a head start with this common practice, Nat from 4 Short Links points to these Practical Lessons in Peer Code Review. |
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4. Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane
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| The latest efforts in affordable high-speed connectivity have made considerable progress this week. Astro Teller, head of the Google X lab, recently announced that the ornithologically codenamed Project Loon aims to have a semipermanent ring of balloons deployed somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere within the next year or so. Not to be overshadowed, Facebook recently announced that they will begin testing solar-powered internet-beaming drones in 2015. |
5. Git for grown-ups
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| Do you find that you just don't "git it?" Join Emma Jane Westby for a hands-on introduction to Git in a unique webcast experience where you'll actually sketch–on paper–how version control works, using terms and scenarios that make sense to you. It's also a great session to attend if you want to develop a deeper understanding of why your previous attempts to explain Git to others have failed. |
6. tail -f /dev/newsletter
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| If you were wondering how to log out of your Netflix account on your gigantic Vizio flatscreen TV, you'll find that the process is a little more complicated than expected. Fortunately, the developers at Netflix used a modified version of the classic Konami code easter egg to save you the trouble of signing out of all your devices from your main account. Pop open the Vizio Netflix app, then enter "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up" with the arrow keys on your remote to sign out. |
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