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One problem I’ve had in Markdown is rendering a content in columns. On Bootstrap, the markup would look like this: <div class="row"> <div class="col">...</div> <div class="col">...</div> </div> How do we get that into Markdown without writing HTML? On Python, the attribute lists extension lets you add a class. For example: This is some content {: .row} … renders <p class="row">This is some content</p>. But I can’t do that to multiple paragraphs. Nor can I next content, i.e. add a .col inside the .row. ...

Jason Kottke finds interesting code search hacks, ranging from the WinZip key generation algorithm to programmers who want a new job.

Krugle is a code search engine. Comments sheikh 14 Dec 2006 3:08 pm: Thank you anand, It was very useful

Why is Microsoft not opening more source code? Apparently inappropriate code comments is one of the reasons according to this story. I wonder what kind of things developers put in comments that would be so bad for the rest of us to see? Comments sathish 10 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: checking if the contact name is coming properly.. Venkat 10 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: GMaP is cool! Better than mappy. Do we have something like this for India?

My new commenting system is based on the principle of “scribbling on the margin”. If you’re interested, have a look at the source code for this page. It is as clear as mud, so best of luck! Comments Ammadio 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Where do these comments get stored Navneet 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Nice commenting system. A couple of points though…It took me a while to figure out how to post the comment :). Maybe a note on that somewhere would help.. Also the text colour when I’m typing in the comment is almost invisible. S Anand 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: I fixed those two. Is it OK? Anything else? TOPFRAME 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Good to see you back, Anand. :)

At last, Microsoft will be revealing its Windows source. Parts of it.

I opted out of many popup ads. Not that I particularly mind them… I just wanted to test out the code.

I’d missed this earlier. Microsoft has released its Windows CE source code to the public!

Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.