September 2009
10 posts
Initial WebGL Support Lands In WebKit →
appleprophet writes “WebGL is an upcoming standard from the Khronos Group, the same standards body behind OpenCL and OpenGL ES. It defines the use of OpenGL in websites using the standard canvas…
Russia's New Official Holiday —... →
Glyn Moody writes “Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev, has decreed a new holiday for his country: Programmer’s Day. Appropriately enough, it will be celebrated on the 256th day of the year:…
Oracle To Increase Investment In SPARC and Solaris →
An anonymous reader writes “The Slashdot community has recently questioned what Oracle will do with Sun hardware if and when Oracle’s acquisition of Sun closes. And it seems that speculation about…
China Considering Cuts In Rare-Earth Metal Exports →
SillySnake sends in a report from the Telegraph on draft plans in China to restrict exports of rare earths. “Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are…
Citace #38487 →
<a> Čuss hej mi nebudeš věřit co se mi povedlo ve škole!
<b> Mno povídej už se těšim…
<a> Normálně jako denně sme měli matiku.. a brali sme nějaký opakování z loňsky co semmyslel že chápu…
Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD →
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MS Rocks!
David Gerard writes “Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who’d annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft…
Why less stuff is better →
By Leo
People sometimes look at me quizzically when I proclaim that I don’t need more stuff, and that I’m constantly getting rid of what I do have.
What kind of weirdo is this? Why would you…
Circle of death →
Slow Oracle Merger Leads To Outflow of Sun... →
An anonymous reader writes “Sun Microsystems might have had a chance if the Oracle merger had gone through quickly, but between the DoJ taking its time and the European Commission, which seems to get…
OS Performance — Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and... →
BeckySharp writes “With the nearly simultaneous release of Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ (available right now) and Microsoft’s Windows 7 (available Oct. 22), you get the inevitable debate:…
August 2009
16 posts
Oracle To Sell Sun's Hardware Business To HP? →
Underholdning writes “With the DOJ approving Oracle’s Sun buyout the question arises what Oracle might want to do with Sun’s hardware business. It’s no secret that what Oracle wanted was the software…
Fear of Porn URL Exposure Discourages Firefox 3... →
Barence writes “Mozilla’s Security team has disclosed a very interesting piece of research which suggests people refused to upgrade to Firefox 3 because they were afraid the browser would expose…
Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One →
wanted writes “If you look at Microsoft’s Poland business solutions Web site, you will probably not notice anything odd about the main picture. However, when you compare it with the original English…
Tech Support Cheat Sheet →
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Ano!
DOJ Gives Oracle Approval To Buy Sun →
k33l0r writes “The BBC is reporting that the US Justice Department has approved Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems. The acquisition gives Oracle control over (or a leading role in), among other…
Comic for August 19, 2009 →
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Hmm, neco mi to pripomina :(
The talking pad →
Zig Ziglar taught me about the most powerful way to use a yellow legal pad. He calls it a “talking pad.”
When you’re in a small meeting (you and one or two other people) it’s awkward to use a…
Citace #37984 →
<a> :D
<b> co je?
<a> nepochopíš =)
<a> dneska první jízdy, jedu dolů kolem nemocnice a hle, četníci
<a> asi se moc nudili, tak jim nebylo asi blbé zastavit autoškolu…
<a> tak jsem…
Letiště Praha Ruzyně dnes spustilo provoz Free... →
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Konečně!
Letiště Praha Ruzyně dnes zahájilo oficiální provoz bezplatného bezdrátového připojení na internet ne všech prostorách Terminálu 1, Terminálu 2 a ve spojovacím objektu. Je…
C# and Java Weekday Languages, Python and Ruby For... →
Dan Lorenc writes “Using the StackOverflow.com data dump, I measured the activity of various programming languages throughout the week. The results: Ruby and Python saw a rise in questions asked on…
Why Do Rubyists Test So Completely? →
The Ruby community, according to some data I am making up, has the strongest test-driven development attitude. Not all of us TATFT; not all of us test most of the time; and not all of us test…
Bing Search Tainted By Pro-Microsoft Results →
bdcny7927 writes “Just as Bing is gaining popularity, some disturbingly pro-Microsoft and anti-Apple search results are rearing their ugly heads. Case in point: a search on Bing for the phrase, ‘Why…
Google Acquiring VP3 Developer On2 Technologies →
R.Mo_Robert writes “BetaNews is reporting that Google is acquiring On2, the video codec company and original developers of the VP3 codec from which Theora is derived. The article suggests that this…
How Learning a Second Language Changed My Life →
There’s an old joke I heard in India which goes something like this: What do you call a person who speaks many languages? Multilingual What do you call a person who speaks two languages? …
Stop returning false from your before filters →
In the past version of Rails you had to explicitly return false from before filters to halt the filter chain and make sure the action doesn’t get run. The code looked somewhat like :
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July 2009
19 posts
Seth Godin at the Business of Software Conference →
Seth Godin: “If you’re going to interrupt everybody with an ad, it better be something everybody wants to buy. So what do you end up with? Average products for average people.”
If you’ve…
Why Coke beat Pespi for the last 100+ years →
If you’ve got the real thing you don’t need to change your branding, as this very clever brand mashup points out. Comments
Stop returning false from your before filters →
In the past version of Rails you had to explicitly return false from before filters to halt the filter chain and make sure the action doesn’t get run. The code looked somewhat like :
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Sun's JRuby Team Jumps Ship To Engine Yard →
itwbennett writes “‘To be honest, we had no evidence that Oracle wouldn’t support JRuby, but we also didn’t have any evidence that they would,’ said Charles Nutter, explaining why Sun’s entire…
Wireframing Rails Apps →
A quick look at a useful wireframing application to help you develop screens for your application before coding.
Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market →
itwbennett writes “Macs made up a whopping 91 percent of the $1,000-and-up computer market in June. Not so long ago, $1,000 got you an entry-level machine. Today the average computer sells for $701,…
Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update →
suraj.sun points out CNet coverage of Palm’s newest OS release, which restores the ability to synch with iTunes that iTunes 8.2.1 had broken. “The news was posted on Palm’s blog where it listed the…
People Emit Visible Light →
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Ze by Aura?
An Anonymous Reader writes “The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists…
Want to try JavaFX on a phone? →
I am very excited to announced that we have posted an early access release of the JavaFX Mobile runtime to enable people to begin developing and running JavaFX applications on real devices! The…
Children’s Dental Aid Fail →
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A GNU/Linux Distro Needing Windows To Install? →
dgun writes “I recently put together a new PC. When I purchased the motherboard, I noticed that it came with an instant-on OS, a small GNU/Linux distro called Splashtop. I assumed that the OS was on…
Five Features from Mercurial That Would Make Git... →
Some of the smartest programmers I know are also the most well rounded. No one can deny that Why the Lucky Stiff is a strong advocate for Ruby, yet he knows Python well enough to write a bytecode…
62% of Sun's Stockholders Vote For Oracle Deal →
Moon Workstation writes “In an special meeting held at Santa Clara, CA, 62% of Sun’s stockholders voted for the acquisition by Oracle. As a result of this Sun’s stock will be taken from the stock…
Mass Speculation Suggests Oracle May Kill... →
CWmike writes to point out that Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is one of many people questioning where Oracle may land once the acquisition of Sun is complete. One concern that I have heard many people…
Swearing Provides Pain Relief, Say Scientists →
Hugh Pickens writes “Scientific American reports that although cursing is notoriously decried in the public debate, scientists have discovered that swearing may serve an important function in…
Best new way to make an internal sale →
How do you get your boss to approve something, the customer service people to understand the pain a system is causing or the folks in engineering to see things your way? Powerpoint was invented for…
Google Maps Fail →
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June 2009
5 posts
Family's Christmas Photos Hawk Groceries In... →
Hugh Pickens writes “The Telegraph reports that Jeff and Danielle Smith sent a photo of themselves with their two young children to family and friends as a Christmas card, and posted the image on her…
Guy #3 →
Paul just sent over this video of a dance tribe forming spontaneously at a music festival.
My favorite part happens just before the first minute mark. That’s when guy #3 joins the group….
Yahoo Answers Fail →
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Citace #35383 →
<a> Vyspinkany?
<b> Prosim Ta, co sme vcera robili? Mam rozbitu hubu a nepamatam sa, ako…
<a> Je mi ctou povedat ti to ako prvy… takze :
<a> Asi do desiatej si pil a miesal vsetko, co…