RegExr is an online Flash tool that allows you to evaluate regular expressions in your browser. A handy tool, considering how mind-numbingly confusing regular expressions can be, although I think I’d prefer an Ajax interface to the Flash one.
This is from Download Squad.
Wordpress 2.5 has come out of Release Candidate testing and is now available for general consumption. The biggest feature of the release is a completely overhauled Administration interface.
I had a change to play around with the release candidate and the new interface is certainly a step in the right direction; I especially like the new colour scheme. Also, the media manager has been cleaned up quite a bit, and tinyMCE seems quite a bit faster.
Some intrepid photographer has nabbed a few pictures of a control panel (and some outdoor shots) on the set of the J.J. Abrams directed reboot of the Star Trek franchise. The pictures were posted on Aint it Cool News yesterday, and were promptly taken down at the request of Paramount Pictures.
However, you can still check them out over at Cinema blend. I’ve included one that I managed to grab before they taken down from Aint it Cool.
I’m not crazy about the look so far; I like retro but not that retro, especially for something like Star Trek (although I’m not really a fan). I guess I’ll have to see it in action to be convinced.
The rapper, DMX in a recent interview, talks about Barack Obama:
Q: Barack Obama, yeah.
A: Barack?!Q: Barack.
A: What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?Q: Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
A: Barack Obama?Q: Yeah.
A: What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.Q: You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
A: I ain’t really paying much attention.Q: I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
A: Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, "Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit" [laughs] "That ain’t your fuckin’ name." Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack.
Hilarious; I wish I has audio.
David Eick, the executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, and the now cancelled Bionic Woman, is adapting Children of Men for NBC Universal. According to Eick, the television adaptation will draw more from the source novel by crime-fiction writer P.D. James than the action-heavy film by Alfonso Cuarón.
I’m a big, big fan of Cuarón, and some of the scenes in Children of Men are the most spectacularly shot action pieces in recent cinema. I’d hate for something to come along and tread all over the film.
But, I’m still open to the idea of a television show, particularly if takes on a different tone and direction. I’m interested to see how this one plays out.
