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Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds)
via Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky on February 18, 2008
Last week, Microsoft published the binary file formats for Office. These formats appear to be almost completely insane. The Excel 97-2003 file format is a 349 page PDF file. But wait, that’s not all there is to it! This document includes the following interesting comment: Each Excel workbook is stored in a compound file. You see, Excel 97-2003 files are OLE compound documents, which are,...
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Chat With Your Site's Visitors Using Google Talk
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 25, 2008
Google Talk's gadget was a nice addition, but you couldn't use it to chat with unknown people or with the visitors of the site, like in Meebo Me. Now you can do that using the new chatback badges. You only need to add some code to your site and anyone could click on the generated badge to chat with you."A Google Talk chatback badge allows others to chat with you even if they haven't...
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Comic for May 20, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
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XML: The Angle Bracket Tax
via Coding Horror by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
Shared by Benjamin Golub XML doesn't suck; JSON just sucks a lot less.Everywhere I look, programmers and programming tools seem to have standardized on XML. Configuration files, build scripts, local data storage, code comments, project files, you name it -- if it's stored in a text file and needs to be retrieved and parsed, it's probably XML. I realize that we have to use something...
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Google Hosts Popular JavaScript Libraries
via Google Operating System by (author unknown) on May 26, 2008
Shared by WindPower Free JS lib hosting~If you've ever wanted to use a JavaScript library like script.aculo.us, Prototype, jQuery or Dojo, but you couldn't upload its files to a site or you found it difficult to manage all the different versions, Google hosts them for you. "The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular open source...
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Dunno what happnd
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on March 02, 2008
We dint touch itdoes cat-like typing have somethings to do with this?picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: kirine
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Google Spreadsheets Become Wikis
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 13, 2008
Google Spreadsheets added an option in the sharing dialog that allows anyone to view or edit the spreadsheet just by knowing the URL. Until now, you had to send an invitation URL that contained a secret code and the people you invited had to login using a Google account. If you click on the Share tab and enable "Anyone can edit this document WITHOUT LOGGING IN", your spreadsheet becomes a wiki...
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No Way to Build an Operating System
via David Card by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble Heh, I was there when Lenn was sending those emails around (he was my boss at the time). Apple and Google have been kicking Microsoft's behind for a long time, here's to 2010. Sigh.This is no way to build an operating system. Microsoft Watch opines, based on the D6 conference stage show:Windows 7 will ship in 2009, almost certainly in time for holiday PCs....
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Comic for May 25, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
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Goosh, a Google Command Line
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on June 01, 2008
Goosh.org hosts an unofficial Google interface which “behaves similar to a unix-shell,” as the author Stefan Grothkopp explains. For instance, entering n disney will result in a Google News search for the keyword “disney”. Type help to see some of the other available commands, like lucky (an “I’m feeling lucky” search), wiki (a Wikipedia search), blogs, or video. Note this project...
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