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A Real Millionaire Next Door
via Get Rich Slowly by J.D. on May 13, 2008
Kris and I love our neighborhood. People are friendly and helpful, yet mostly mind their own business. It’s a perfect combination. One of our favorite neighbors is the old guy next door. Let’s call him John. John is a 71-year-old retired shop teacher who lives in a modest ranch house on half an acre, the same house he’s had for over forty years. He has an old barn filled with salvaged...
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The Top 5 Android Developer Challenge Round 1 Winners [Android]
via Gizmodo by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by Randy Brilliant idea. I'm very excited about the Android phones and can't wait to watch the Android vs IPhone battle.Round 1 of the Android Developer Challenge has come to a close and 46 of the 50 winners have been made public (the remaining four opted not to disclose their work). For your convenience, we dug through the winners and picked five of the apps we think might be in...
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Discontentment With Your Job: Use It or Lose It
via I Hate Your Job by Chuck Westbrook on May 14, 2008
There are three responses to hating a job: keep hating it, change the job, or change your attitude. I spend a lot of time focusing on the “change your job” option because I think that it is usually the best, most practical option.That being said, stirring up discontentment and trying to draw attention to how much better things could be with a better fitting job (a big part of this site’s...
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Strange Fail
via The FAIL Blog by leechio on May 12, 2008
Thanks to Mike for:
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To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having liv...
via Quotes by Randy on May 13, 2008
To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Reuters Frees Content with New API
via Mashable! by Kristen Nicole on May 12, 2008
In a pretty significant move, Reuters is making its news content available to the developer community through the use of a non-commercial API offering, through Reuters Labs. This means that you can now take Reuters news and create applications around it, or better fit the content into your existing applications and sites. The API is available upon request. See more information here.This is...
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Giant Missile Command: The Best Use of Multitouch to Date [Displays]
via Gizmodo by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Shared by B S I want!So, multitouch has some interesting applications, but all pale in comparison to playing a two player version of Missile Command. The clone was installed by Steve Mason at the Obscura Digital production studios massive 8'X4' multitouch wall—and as you can see in the video after the break, It looks like a good time, not to mention a decent workout.
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Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details
via Signal vs. Noise by Matt on May 08, 2008
More ammunition for why you should fire the workaholics: They don’t actually get more done.Q: Do workaholics accomplish more than people who work fewer hours?A: Often, they don’t. That is because, as perfectionists, they may become so fixated on inconsequential details that they find it hard to move on to the next task, [Psychiatrist Bryan] Robinson said.As Gayle Porter [a professor who has...
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computer nerd birthday cake
via randyaa's favorites by nobody@flickr.com (chantastic) on October 16, 2007
chantastic posted a photo:Today is one of my co-worker's birthday and our Project Manager and Department Admin had this XML cake made for her.This won't be the slightest bit humorous to you unless you do work in enterprise software development.UPDATE: this pic got dugg. My department's done a couple more computer nerd birthday cakes for other people after this one. You can see them...
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