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PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter
via Coding Horror by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
... remember my first experience with PHP way back in 2001. Despite my questionable pedigree in ASP and Visual Basic, browsing an alphabetical PHP function list was enough to scare me away for years. Somehow, perusing the above list, I don't think things have improved a whole lot since then.I'm no language elitist, ...
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The Internet FAQ from 2085
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 19, 2008
What was the internet?The internet and the world web was a computing system to transfer human information. Scientists have based its beginning to the years 1920 to 1940.What was electromail?Electromail was another transport protocol to transfer human information, but it was quickly discontinued as it caused misunderstandings due to lack of correctly representing emotions.What were world web...
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Starwatching
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on May 25, 2008
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Official Google Reader Blog: Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.
via googlereader.blogspot.com by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
Shared by Eunice Finally! Google Reader finally gets more social.
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The Next-Gen Web: HTML5 - Will We Ever See A Real Standard?
via TechCrunch by Nik Cubrilovic on June 04, 2008
Last week we looked at how some browsers and plug-ins were adopting storage-related API’s that are a part of the new HTML5 draft specification. While Gears, Opera and Webkit have implemented structured storage API’s, the remainder of the HTML5 spec currently remains mostly unimplemented and also in a state of flux. HTML5 is a super-sized effort to bring all the browsers under a single,...
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Understanding Model-View-Controller
via Coding Horror by (author unknown) on May 05, 2008
Shared by Bruce Boughton Good explanation of MVC for the uninitiated.Like everything else in software engineering, it seems, the concept of Model-View-Controller was originally invented by Smalltalk programmers.More specifically, it was invented by one Smalltalk programmer, Trygve Reenskaug. Trygve maintains a page that explains the history of MVC in his own words. He arrives at these...
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Determine If Your ISP is Throttling Your BitTorrent Traffic [BitTorrent]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 06, 2008
Web application Glasnost simulates BitTorrent downloads on your computer to determine whether or not your internet service provider (ISP) is throttling your BitTorrent transfers. It does so by measuring the difference between your regular download speed and your BitTorrent download speed, testing against different ports and other variables to get a better idea of what exactly is being throttled....
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Compare and Delete Duplicate Images with DupliFinder [Digital Photos]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 19, 2008
Windows only: DupliFinder, a free Windows utility, compares digital photos by their name, size, and actual image information to find duplicates you can delete without worrying about. Brought to you by the coder of Vista Battery Saver, DupliFinder has a slightly rough interface at this point—you have to drag and drop in a folder to search if it's not "My Pictures," for instance—but its...
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Control Your PC with Your Voice [Speech Recognition]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 19, 2008
You've been talking to (or screaming at) your Windows PC for years, but unless you were willing to shell out hundreds of dollars on pricey software, chances are it wasn't listening to a word you were saying. With Microsoft's new freeware tool, Windows Speech Recognition Macros, the days of you talking in your computer's unsympathetic ear are over. Not only is it listening, but...
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Rent or Buy Calculator Helps You Decide Which Is Best [Saving Money]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 27, 2008
The New York Times Rent or Buy Calculator compares the cost of renting versus buying your home to determine which is a better money move in the long run. Give it your monthly rent, the projected price of buying a house, mortgage rate, and property tax, and it'll determine after how many years buying is better than renting (if at all). If you live somewhere like Los Angeles or New York and...
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