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Generating pretty diffs for LaTeX files

This utility generates pretty diffs for LaTeX files. The example I was was of the 5th draft of R7RS attached to this post. Thanks Alex Shinn for the link.

Chibi likely to be deployed on Android next

Via this thread.

Easily change the backgrounds of iCal and Address Book in OS X 10.7

10.7 introduced “leather bound” iCal and Address Book. This student’s app changes them back. Might even donate a little something to him for saving you the trouble.

Chibi Scheme Build for an OS X library and iOS REPL

Meng Zhang set up project files for building Chibi for OS X and an iOS REPL here. With virtually no iOS knowledge I just checked it out, built it, and ran it on the simulator in a couple of minutes. Thank you Alex and Meng! (via chibi-scheme)

The Pioneer plaque

The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminium plaques which were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 are intercepted by extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several [...]

Distributed Computing with Gambit

Here is the link; the source has a lot more. (via comp.lang.scheme)

Sagittarius Scheme System

Sagittarius Scheme System is a “mostly R6RS Scheme system”. (via scheme-reports)

Whalesong: a Racket to JavaScript compiler

Whalesong is a compiler from Racket to JavaScript; it takes Racket programs and translates them so that they can run stand-alone on a user’s web browser. It should allow Racket programs to run with (hopefully!) little modification, and provide access through the foreign-function interface to native JavaScript APIs. The included runtime library supports the numeric [...]

An All-Wheel-Drive KTM 950 Adventure

Check out this one-of-a-kind motorcycle here and here. Made right in our backyard. (via milvinmoto)

Destructuring Lists Using CA*D*R vs First, Second, … vs Pattern Matching

This thread discusses the pros and cons of using the CA*D*R functions vs named first, second, third, list-tail, … and so on vs pattern matching for the same task. I thought that pattern-matching was the best way to do it; and now I’m curious about why CA*D*R is better.