A myth called the Indian programmer

A myth called the Indian programmer: "Indian software engineers are today the face of a third-world rebellion. But what exactly do they do? That’s a disturbing question. Last week, during the annual fair of the software industry’s apex body Nasscom, no one uttered a word about India’s programmers."

Tribes in Today’s Marketing

Tribes in Today’s Marketing: "Behind every major movement and successful marketing engine there is a tribe."

Digg Founder “Burned Out,” May Leave by End of 2010

Digg Founder “Burned Out,” May Leave by End of 2010: "The launch of “New Digg,” the fourth major iteration of the site and the first real set of new features in three years, should have been a triumph; but user dissatisfaction turned it into a disaster. Traffic has been slumping steadily, staff members have been laid off and there’s a revolving door just for the company’s CEOs (figuratively speaking — Digg has had three chief execs within the past six months, one of which was Rose himself)."

Kick-Ass Bookmarklet Turns the Web Into Asteroids

Kick-Ass Bookmarklet Turns the Web Into Asteroids: "Kick Ass is a JavaScript bookmarklet that turns the entire web into a game of Asteroids. Just head over to the site, drag the bookmarklet into your tool bar and start destroying stuff."

Photo of Bikini Clad Women Draped on a Police Cruiser Gets South Carolina Cop Fired

Photo of Bikini Clad Women Draped on a Police Cruiser Gets South Carolina Cop Fired: "A South Carolina police officer has been relieved of his duties after a photo surfaced on Facebook of scantily-clad women posing on the hood of his town police cruiser."

Hayden Panettiere turns heads

Hayden Panettiere turns heads: "HEROES actress Hayden Panettiere turned more than a few heads in Germany this weekend when she donned this saucy Bavarian beer maid costume to celebrate Oktoberfest."

An android robot tips up

An android robot tips up: "FORGET THE BATTLE for tablet dominance, Google’s Android operating system has now shown it has the chops to control an entirely different breed of mobile devices - robots."

Star Wars makeover turns Droid smartphone into a geek magnet

Star Wars makeover turns Droid smartphone into a geek magnet: "Mobile phone maker Motorola and mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless are releasing a special edition R2-D2 Droid smartphone that is sure to get snapped up by Star Wars lovers across the US."

iPad Hacked to Run New Operating System

iPad Hacked to Run New Operating System: "Well it's the moment you might have been waiting for... an intrepid programmer has hacked the open-source Chrome based operating system Chromium to run on an iPad. That's right, no iOS 3.2.2 firmware here. This appears to be the first time the iPad has been hacked to run an entirely new operating system."

25 TV Shows That Got a Quick Hook

25 TV Shows That Got a Quick Hook: "Fox pulls the plug on ''Lone Star'' after two episodes; fans are outraged -- but it's certainly not the first time a promising show has been cut down when it still had a chance to catch on"

'Star Wars' saga in 3-D will start in theaters in 2012

'Star Wars' saga in 3-D will start in theaters in 2012: "George Lucas watched the massive success of 'Avatar' and 'Alice in Wonderland' in the 3-D format and decided it was time for a return of the Jedi."

Batman 3: Warner Bros to force Christopher Nolan to make it in 3D?

Batman 3: Warner Bros to force Christopher Nolan to make it in 3D?: "Christopher Nolan, right now, is one of the few mainstream directors who has the power to do close to what he wants. Think about it: could any other director on the planet, save for perhaps James Cameron or Steven Spielberg, persuade Warner Bros to stump up $200m for a non-franchise, risky sci-fi movie such as Inception? Probably not."

Palin webmail hacker conviction upheld

Palin webmail hacker conviction upheld: "The conviction of a former University of Tennessee student for breaking into Sarah Palin's webmail account during the 2008 presidential election campaign has been upheld."

Actor Billy Connolly pokes fun at Pixar

Actor Billy Connolly pokes fun at Pixar: "Animated powerhouse Pixar made headlines last week for naming its first female director, but Scottish comedian Billy Connolly poked a bit of fun at the milestone in an interview Tuesday."

Iran’s nuclear power plant main target of Stuxnet worm?

Iran’s nuclear power plant main target of Stuxnet worm?: "Iran’s high-value nuclear power plant could have been the main target of the most sophisticated malware software 'Stuxnet' worm that was first detected in June, opine some cyber security experts."

Making Anarchist Multimedia

Making Anarchist Multimedia: "Film can be a powerful social and political tool. As anarchists, socialists, DIYs, and every other type of fellow traveller, we need to make videos to motivate and inform us. What does an anarchist world look like? What does an anarchist do in a political suspense movie? What do we want to have them say? Do we have any idea what we want to have happen as a result of people watching our videos? I challenge storytellers to make movies that answer these questions."

A simplified morning routine

A simplified morning routine: "These days, I wake as the sun begins to softly express itself on the day, and enjoy the early light and the quiet thrum of the world."

Top 5 Emerging Brand Trends on Facebook

Top 5 Emerging Brand Trends on Facebook: "Field of Dreams may have popularized the notion that, “If you build it, they will come,” but in today’s Facebook (Facebook) generation, brands are beginning to go where the masses are, instead of relying on the masses to come to them. With 500 million members, Facebook represents real-time access to the online mainstream."

A new twist on "data-driven site"

A new twist on "data-driven site": "How a billion points of app data shape TripAdvisor's website."

Linux servers, Windows XP desktops: a happy marriage?

Linux servers, Windows XP desktops: a happy marriage?: "He and his team have built an infrastructure that gives everyone their favorite operating system. At his company, he's running Ubuntu 9.1x on nearly all of the company's 20-odd servers and Windows XP on the desktops of roughly 80 clients (although the IT folks use Linux desktops, too). Everybody's happy, especially the company's CFO. And his comfort level with open source -- free and commercially supported -- is so high, that a few years ago he even yanked out a Call Manager blade server and replaced it with open source Asterisk."

Russia's Tyumen to erect monument to Linux

Russia's Tyumen to erect monument to Linuxi: "Linux devotees from the West Siberian town of Tyumen have obtained permission from the city government to set up a monument to Tux penguin, the mascot of the Linux operating system."

7 Ways To Instantly Meet Like Minded People

7 Ways To Instantly Meet Like Minded People: "Have you ever felt that it's hard to meet like-minded people? Such as, people with the same interests. Or, people with common goals and aspirations. And last but not least, people with whom you can build a rapport and camaraderie with."

20 Things To Do When Facebook Is Down

20 Things To Do When Facebook Is Down"What do you do when your computer gets hit by a virus and you need technical help to fix it and it is 5am in the morning?"

9 Twitter Tips that will help you gain respect in the Twitterverse

9 Twitter Tips that will help you gain respect in the Twitterverse:

PIC18F2550 PSGrooPic on PS3 Sixaxis Controller Mod

PIC18F2550 PSGrooPic on PS3 Sixaxis Controller Mod: "Yesterday, we posted the news on the Proof of Concept PSGroove ported to PlayStation 3 Sixaxis. Today, hasuky, from ElOtroLado who made the video (seen below), has posted the guide on how to modify your PS3 Sixaxis controller. Some soldering skills will be required. Also, it doesnt seem to be an actual port of the PSGroove. Its seems to be more of installing a PIC inside the PS3 controller and wiring it to the USB port. For the amount of work put into it, I personally prefer to just purchase a USB development kit. Hopefully, he can provide clearer pictures for us to see. Until than, enjoy."

Vapor.js | The World's Smallest & Fastest JavaScript Library

Vapor.js | The World's Smallest & Fastest JavaScript Library: "The World's Smallest & Fastest JavaScript Library"

Tool to improve Wikipedia accuracy developed

Tool to improve Wikipedia accuracy developed: "a group of University of Iowa researchers are developing a new tool that can detect potential vandalism and improve the accuracy of Wikipedia entries. The tool is an algorithm that checks new edits to a page and compares them to words in the rest of the entry, then alerts an editor or page manager if something doesn't seem right."

Don’t cross the LHC stream!

Don’t cross the LHC stream!: "some questions seem silly and frivolous, but it turns out are really hard to answer, and in fact scientists might disagree on the answer. Case in point: what happens if you put your hand in the beam of the Large Hadron Collider?"

30 Ways to Make TV Watching More Productive

30 Ways to Make TV Watching More Productive: "As our to-do lists grow so does our stress and anxiety over getting everything done. While we can't add any more time to our day (unfortunately) we can use the time we do have in a more productive manner. Let's face it watching TV isn't that interactive or demanding. Below are 30 simple little ways to make the most of your TV watching time."

The 14 Best Title Cards From 'Batman: The Animated Series'

The 14 Best Title Cards From 'Batman: The Animated Series': "It probably won't surprise anyone to find out that lately, I've been re-watching 'Batman: The Animated Series' on DVD, and while I remember the high points of most of the stories, I'd almost forgotten how great the title cards were."

How to Detect a Photoshopped Image

How to Detect a Photoshopped Image: "Photoshop is an amazing tool for altering reality, but it's only really great when you're aware of its effects. Here are several tips for detecting a Photoshopped image and earning your digital forensics merit badge. Here are several tips for detecting a Photoshopped image and earning your digital forensics merit badge."

Control Your TV with Your Phone

Control Your TV with Your Phone: "The Web Clicker is a web server & IR transceiver. You can record any IR command and play it back via an AJAX web interface or just by requesting a URL. It works great from a cell phone and it's especially handy for home automation projects"

OpenStreetMap: Gathering Data using GPS

OpenStreetMap: Gathering Data using GPS: "OpenStreetMap is a diverse project with hundreds of thousands of people contributing data and making use of it in different ways. As a result, many of the resources that mappers have created and use are scattered around the Internet, but the project data and much of the documentation is hosted at openstreetmap.org, on servers operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation."

Oracle launches MySQL 5.5 release candidate

Oracle launches MySQL 5.5 release candidate: "The release candidate of MySQL 5.5 is now available for download, Oracle announced on Sunday at its OpenWorld event in San Francisco."

Ubuntu 10.10: a meaningless release

Ubuntu 10.10: a meaningless release: "I have just one question to ask: why is it being released at all? What major changes are present to justify an upgrade? If all that the new version has to show is incremental changes in version numbers of major applications, why is there the need for so much hoo-haa?"

Mysterious force holds back Nasa probe in deep space

Mysterious force holds back Nasa probe in deep space: "A space probe launched 30 years ago has come under the influence of a force that has baffled scientists and could rewrite the laws of physics."

What Happened To Russia's Space Shuttle Program?

What Happened To Russia's Space Shuttle Program?: "The Russian Shuttle Buran ('Snowstorm' in Russian) was authorized in 1976 in response to the United States Space Shuttle program. Construction of the shuttles began in 1980, with the first full-scale Aero-Buran rolling out in 1984. After only one test flight, the project was halted, although it was not officially canceled until 1993. It’s fascinating to see how — after dominating much of the space race in the 1960’s — the post-Communist Russia struggled to play 'catch-up' with the Americans."

Incredible giant roll cloud looms over houses

Incredible giant roll cloud looms over houses: "Sometimes, the pictures come to you. A wedding photographer managed to be lucky enough to step outside his front door and witnesses this incredible scene."

102 year old lens on a 5DmkII

102 year old lens on a 5DmkII: "This is a circa 1908 Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat hand cranked cinema camera lens. its as cute as a button...literally..."

Facts About Medical Marijuana

Facts About Medical Marijuana "Marijuana has been much maligned in the media for it’s recreational use. However, in the past few years the medical marijuana movement has picked up speed, backed by scientific research proving the positive health impact of the plant. Here’s a look at 10 key benefits of medical marijuana."

"If Superheroes Were Hipsters"

"If Superheroes Were Hipsters" : "Uncanny!"

Improve Ajax development with jQuery

Improve Ajax development with jQuery: "Learn how to apply basic Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) techniques in jQuery, such as making a request; handling success and error responses; and parsing the results from JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), XML, HTML, and dynamic PHP data sets."

Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools

Useful Adobe Photoshop Techniques, Tutorials and Tools : "And this is where the opportunity to learn new useful, practical approaches and techniques comes in. We can learn by exploring the different design approaches other designers have taken, when solving their problems and apply these approaches to our work to become more productive and skilled. Therefore, our editorial team is permanently looking for interesting techniques, tools and tutorials, which we carefully select and present in round-ups on Smashing Magazine. You needn’t love our lists, but they often will give you some useful ideas and advice."

7 Productive Things You Can Do While Commuting

7 Productive Things You Can Do While Commuting: "Commuting doesn’t have to be the hellish experience it has been made out to be. You can learn a lot while commuting. I used to despise jumping on the train or taking the bus, but not anymore. I have everything set-up for my commuting adventures."

A Minimalist’s Guide to eBay: The Least You Need to Know to Get Started

A Minimalist’s Guide to eBay: The Least You Need to Know to Get Started: "There are dozens upon dozens of guides to eBay on the internet. There a thousands of tips and tricks scattered across hundreds of websites. I know, because I’ve read 90% of them over the last few years."

Assemble: Stan Lee On Videogame Rights

Assemble: Stan Lee On Videogame Rights: "As the Supreme Court approaches the Schwarzenegger v. EMA/ Entertainment Software Association case which will rule whether the Californian law banning sale of certain games to under 18s is unconstitutional, the activist Video Game Voters Network have gained a public vote of confidence Stan Lee himself. I’m going to re-print the whole letter below, as it draws some astute lines between what happened to comics in the 50s and what’s happening now…"

Amazing Light Camera Crane Build Video

Amazing Light Camera Crane Build Video: "The following film by photographer Martin Roberts shows the construction of an aluminum and bearing based camera crane (similar to some designs we have featured before). The crane is used to extend the reach of the photographer both in height and in length."

DIY PVC Table/Skater Dolly For Video Photography

DIY PVC Table/Skater Dolly For Video Photography: "Photographer and videographer Martin Taylor shows us how to build a much fancier dolly which is partially based on a skateboard. This dolly however, is smaller (will fit on table), has a head mount that can support an SLR and can be set to move in circles. It's all Martin from here."

From Chicago to Shanghai, 138 Visionary Years of World's Fairs

From Chicago to Shanghai, 138 Visionary Years of World's Fairs: "The World's Columbian Exposition, or the Chicago World's Fair, commemorated the 400-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Between May and October of 1893, Jackson Park became the White City, at once a carnival and an enchanting courtyard modeled on classical architecture. Since electric lights were a new development, power companies competed for the opportunity to light up the fairgrounds while showcasing their technology. Although General Electric (supported by Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan) put up a good fight, Westinghouse Electric outbid them with an offer to power up the fair using Nikola Tesla's alternating current technology."

Do people in non-English-speaking countries code in English?

Do people in non-English-speaking countries code in English?: "I've heard it said (by coworkers) that everyone 'codes in English' regardless of where they're from. I find that difficult to believe, however I wouldn't be surprised if, for most programming languages, the supported character set is relatively narrow."

Schema scope: Primer and best practices

Schema scope: Primer and best practices: "XML Schema Definition Language is an excellent tool for modeling and validating data. Schema scope is a critical but often overlooked aspect of schema design. The elements, types, and attributes of a schema can have either local or global scope, a choice that affects the reusability, interoperability, and life cycle of the schema. This article illustrates the definition and use of locally and globally scoped schema constructs, and provides tips and best practices for choosing the optimal scope design for your schemas."

How to Build Self-Discipline

How to Build Self-Discipline: "Maybe you've told yourself that you need to be more self-disciplined. Perhaps you're convinced that you just need to keep trying harder, dammit. Or maybe you secretly fear that you're never going to manage to pull yourself together and stay focused."

Swedish Pirate Party Fails To Enter Parliament

Swedish Pirate Party Fails To Enter Parliament: "The Swedish Pirate Party has failed to replicate last year’s massive victory in the European elections. The Party, which promised it would host Wikileaks and The Pirate Bay inside the Swedish Parliament if it was voted in, lost the majority of last year’s support and won’t reach the threshold that would allow it to enter Parliament."

Book Review: BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting

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If you find yourself writing code that handles big loads of data, you are most likely bound to code reports from that data. Feeling gloomy? fear not!

HTML, Text files, PDF and whatever other format it's out there means another hurdle for your project and more trial and error added to your work flow. Want to jump out of the window? not yet!

"Life is pain Anyone that says differently is trying to sell you something". So, there is no hope right? Well, let me talk to you about BIRT: Eclipse's Business Intelligence and Reporting Tool. From it's site: "BIRT is an open source Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates with your Java/J2EE application to produce compelling reports".

If you need to add to add more pizazz to those flat characters you program spews, you need to give BIRT a try, so fire up your Eclipse IDE and install BIRT. Then you have two options to get your reporting programming skills to the next level: you go online and follow the tutorials or get yourself a copy of BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting, on sale September 21.

BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting it's the new book from Packt publishing, written by John Ward. This book has everything you need to successfully create appealing reports with charts, tables, links and drill downs from data you can pull from multiple data sources. All you need to deliver data in a way that is easy to understand and analyze by your clients is explained on this book step by step with easy to follow instructions, and nice to read code snippets and figures.

Some explanations might be a little long and you may find yourself flipping through pages to get to the meaty parts but you cannot blame the author for being so thorough. Being thorough is the quality we'd like to find from other programmers when we read their comments or documentation, so is all good.

This book covers lots of subjects on BIRT and the Eclipse interface. However if you need to create dynamic reports with dynamic templates programmatically you might find yourself doing a little googling. Don't get me wrong, we are programmers and we need to be efficient at what we do, hence we use Eclipse. I just want to address the hacking part of the brain inside all of us.

The data analysis on this book is only related to the part of collecting and "assembling" data sets, so take it with a grain of salt. There is more to data analysis to what is portrayed on this book. Nevertheless you can complement what you learn from this book with other resources and books on this matter. If you need help figuring out what to buy I can give you a hand, so feel free to drop me a line.

Surely there are lots of products that do "Intelligence reporting" (or whatever buzz phrase they will come up with next) but all of them lack of something or do things in overcomplicated ways. That's where you can step in and make a killing. And that's when you need a book like BIRT 2.6 Data Analysis and Reporting to come up to the plate and knock it out of the park.

"You can't shine if you don't glow"...

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Obama rant Brit banned from US for life

Obama rant Brit banned from US for life: "A BRIT teen who sent an email to the White House calling President Obama a 'p***k' has been banned from America FOR LIFE."

Stupid California Police Warn Parents of Pedobear, the 'Pedophile Mascot'

Stupid California Police Warn Parents of Pedobear, the 'Pedophile Mascot': "Pedobear is a meme featuring a cute cartoon bear who pops up wherever people are being creepy about kids on the Internet. Cops in California don't understand this, and have issued a hilarious warning about Pedobear."

Ten Health Concerns Resulting from Internet Usage

Ten Health Concerns Resulting from Internet Usage: "Hey there, pay attention to this."

The Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor

The Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor: "A few years ago, R. Bruce McDonald figured it was time to do something unique with his 1966 Cub Cadet. The obvious solution was of course to remove the stock 12 HP Kohler engine and replace it with a Garrett GTP 30-67 gas turbine."

HTML5 video players

HTML5 video players: "We are trying to help you deciding which HTML5 video-based player to choose for your web project. This site will hopefully be updated regularly. Feedback is appreciated via Twitter (Hashtag: #videosws)."

10 Ways To Earn the Respect of Others

10 Ways To Earn the Respect of Others: "Regardless of whether you are a teenager, a student, a new member in your team/company, or someone starting out in the industry, you can be well respected by others. In this post, I share 10 ways on how you can be a well respected person. These 10 ways can be carried out no matter who you are"

JUSTIN BIEBER HIT WITH A REMIX! WATER BOTTLE! REMIX SONG!

All the blessings to whoever threw the bottle. HEAD SHOT!

A Nation of Wimps

A Nation of Wimps: "Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers."

Ruby On Rails Programming : Introduction and the Model View Controller Model Explained

Ruby On Rails Programming : Introduction and the Model View Controller Model Explained: "Lately, i’ve been quite interested in learn more things abour Ruby Programming. To be sincere, i always wanted to learn a bit more about the language, but I’ve been into some WordPress Theme programming the past 2-3 months. Hopefully, i will write some posts about this subject as well, in the future."

Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat Review + Screenshots Tour

Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat Review + Screenshots Tour: "For Ubuntu enthusiasts, you should know that the next iteration of Ubuntu – Maverick Meerkat is set to release on 10 Oct 2010. For those who are keen to find out what’s new in this release, here is the full review (and screenshots) of Ubuntu Maverick."

Real-world tests of small wind turbines in Netherlands and the UK

Real-world tests of small wind turbines in Netherlands and the UK: "Two real-world tests performed in the Netherlands and in the UK confirm our earlier analysis that small wind turbines are a fundamentally flawed technology. Their financial payback time is much longer than their life expectancy, and in urban areas, some poorly placed wind turbines will not even deliver as much energy as needed to operate them (let alone energy needed to produce them). Given their long payback period relative to their life expectancy, most small wind turbines are net energy consumers rather than net energy producers."

Introducing Apache Shiro

Introducing Apache Shiro: "Shiro is an Apache Incubator project aimed at making authentication and authorization easier. Get to know Apache Shiro and walk through examples that let you experiment with Shiro for authentication and authorization in a Groovy web application."

Musopen sets classical music free

Musopen sets classical music free: "Great music like Beethoven's symphonies belong to the world because any copyrights that may have ever existed on the works have expired."

7 Linux fdisk Command Examples to Manage Hard Disk Partition

7 Linux fdisk Command Examples to Manage Hard Disk Partition: "On Linux distributions, fdisk is the best tool to manage disk partitions. fdisk is a text based utility."

Web Services in Apahe

Web Services in Apahe: "Ask five people what 'web services' are and you will likely get at least six different opinions. Because the term evokes such ambiguity, we need to set ground rules for this article and define what we mean by 'web services'. Therefore, for the purposes of this book, 'web services' are the interactive exchange of messages from one system to another using the Internet as the network transport and HTTP/HTTPS as the messaging protocol. Message exchange transpires without human intervention and may be one-way—that is, called without an immediate response expected—or two-way."

World Cup Hangover Hits South Africa

World Cup Hangover Hits South Africa: "Ubuntu: it’s a treasured Bantu word roughly translated as 'unity.' But 'unity' doesn't quite do it justice. Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee defined it as a concept meaning 'I am what I am because of who we all are.' During South Africa's decades-long struggle against apartheid, ubuntu meant unity of purpose among the country’s black majority against a brutally oppressive system. It meant the assertion of humanity in the face of an inhuman system."

LED bulbs creep into the home (photos)

LED bulbs creep into the home (photos): "LED lights are already widely used for lighting in retail outlets, such as restaurants, and as part of electronics equipment, such as flat-screen TVs. But now there are more options for LED bulbs in the home."

This Image Is Not a Photoshop Trick

This Image Is Not a Photoshop Trick: "This is not a Photoshop. It's not an optical trick. And it's not an illustration. It's just a simply great photo taken near the Linevo village, in the Volgograd region of Russia."

Simplify, and Savor Life

Simplify, and Savor Life: "Savoring life starts with a mindset. It’s a mindset that believes that excess, that rushing, that busy-ness, that distractedness, isn’t ideal."

Guess What, You Don’t Own That Software You Bought

Guess What, You Don’t Own That Software You Bought: "A federal appeals court said Friday that software makers can use shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses to forbid the transfer or resale of their wares, an apparent gutting of the so-called first-sale doctrine."

Star Wars The Solo Adventures 2D

Star Wars The Solo Adventures 2D: "This is the winner of 'Best Animation' from the Star Wars Fan Film Movie Challenge, sponsored by Lucasfilm. It was shown at Celebration V in Orlando Florida in circular polarized 3D. Here it is in 2D"

The Solo Adventures 2D from Daniel L Smith on Vimeo.

The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men

The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men: "The result is this look at how 20 famous men used their pocket notebooks. The list is hardly comprehensive; the practice was so widespread among eminent men that it would likely be easier to compile a list of famous men who did not use them, than did. And the choices are a bit eccentric; men who were famous for their interesting and numerous notebooks are well-represented but also included are a few from the past and present that just happened to cross our path during the course of our research."

Net Neutrality: what does the Google Verizon proposal mean for GNU Linux?

Net Neutrality: what does the Google Verizon proposal mean for GNU Linux?: "Net neutrality has been a hot and persistent topic on the internet for some time, so I’m not even going to attempt to summarize the debate here. Anyone who values their personal and online freedom knows it’s a crucial issue. Regardless of your operating system or the software we use it will affect each and every one of us. However, if you use GNU/Linux you’re already tech savvy and familiar with the politics and philosophy of free and open software, so you’ll be particularly sensitized to the impact of threats to net neutrality on free software. Just how could it affect users of GNU/Linux?"

5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding

5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding: "If you consider a few notable fundraising efforts from popular web startups, you begin to see how this aforementioned hypothetical “someone” might think his investment would be prudent and even profitable. Here are five popular web startups we’ve seen raising large amounts of money since the 2008 downturn, and a quick look at how they were able to do so."

Why Android is Bad for Business

Why Android is Bad for Business : "The news seems to be all Android, all the time these days, and various analysts have recently revealed predictions that Android will soon be the leading mobile platform. Despite the popularity of the Android platform, though, there are some critical elements of Android that make it unsuitable for business use."

'Here You Have' Is a Windows Problem

'Here You Have' Is a Windows Problem: "The fact, however, is that malware like this does not go hand-in-hand with having a networked computer--it goes hand-in-hand with Windows. Microsoft Windows is the reason our culture gets threatened again and again by malware; if the world ran Linux instead, it wouldn't be a problem. Here's why."

5 Things I Miss From Linux When Using OSX

5 Things I Miss From Linux When Using OSX: "I have been a Linux user for over 10 years. I have used it exclusively on my home systems since that time and although it was a struggle at the beginning, I haven’t had any desire to use any other operating system … until now. Recently I purchased a MacBook Pro. Principally because I like the hardware, and can put Linux on it. However, it has also given me the opportunity to use OSX. In fact I’ve been using OSX quite a lot – given I’ve paid for it, I want to really see how it works."

Widgets, maps and an API make World Bank data sing - O'Reilly Radar

Widgets, maps and an API make World Bank data sing - O'Reilly Radar: "The new data.worldbank.org looks to improve data-driven decisions."

6 Perl File Handle Examples to Open, Read, and Write File

6 Perl File Handle Examples to Open, Read, and Write File: "In this article, let us discuss how to manipulate the file handlers in Perl."

How to Collaborately Create Drawings With Google Docs

How to Collaborately Create Drawings With Google Docs: "Google Docs is one of the best online office suites available till date. You can create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents directly from your browser and store them in your Google account. Later, you can edit or download these documents from any computer you want, and that too in various compatible formats."

Very Creative Photography

Very Creative Photography: "Open your mind to absorb this..."

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines: "Remember a Russian created Tetris..."

Quentin Tarantino is a Phony! a BIG FAT PHONY!

Psychologists identify killer dance moves for men

Psychologists identify killer dance moves for men: "Psychologists have used avatars to pinpoint the killer moves that can make men great dancers"

Kulula Airlines: Flying 101 livery

Kulula Airlines: Flying 101 livery: "Kulula (South Africa’s favourite low fare airline), have recently released this fantastic new aircraft livery entitled “Flying 101”. Kulula are well known for their fun marketing exploits and this one lives up to their high standards. Each part of the aircraft is labelled with humorous captions such as “Loo (or mile-high initiation chamber)” and “Landing gear (comes standard with Kulula Flying 101super-fly mags)”"

Best Burgers: Consumer Reports Survey

Best Burgers: Consumer Reports Survey: "Among the standouts were In-N-Out Burger and Five Guys Burgers and Fries. The biggest loser: McDonald's. Burger King and Wendy's fared better than McDonald's but far worse than the highest-rated chains."

The brain speaks: Scientists decode words from brain signals

The brain speaks: Scientists decode words from brain signals: "This magnetic resonance image (MRI) of an epileptic patient's brain is superimposed with the locations of two kinds of electrodes: conventional ECoG electrodes (yellow) to help locate the source of his seizures so surgeons could operate to prevent them, and two grids (red) of 16 experimental microECoG electrodes used to read speech signals from the brain."

Quantum physics adds twist to chess

Quantum physics adds twist to chess: "The unpredictable nature of quantum physics has been mimicked by Queen's University computer scientists to invent a new version of chess."

The Power User's Guide to Google Analytics Hacks, Tips and Tricks

The Power User's Guide to Google Analytics Hacks, Tips and Tricks: "Google Analytics (GA) is the most widely-used web analytics monitoring platform on the planet. Many users, though, don't use GA to its fullest capacity. Tracking organic vs paid search traffic visits is insightful, but Web marketers, SEOs and site owners can dig deeper and become even more informed by using advanced tricks such as tracking script hacks, custom filters and advanced segmenting features."

Staring Out Over the Bridge

Staring Out Over the Bridge: "When you were a kid and wanted to do something your parents or teachers didn’t like, you may have heard the question, “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?” The idea is that it’s not good to do something stupid, even if everyone else is doing it. The logic is think for yourself instead of following the crowd."

The secret to the immortality of McDonald's food

The secret to the immortality of McDonald's food: "The chain's burgers can resist rot for years. Scientists explain why they have the shelf life of the undead"

You Built What?! A Propane-Powered Fireball Gun

You Built What?! A Propane-Powered Fireball Gun: "The model shoots fireballs 20 feet into the sky"

A DIY 9Shooter: Shooting Stills & Video Simultaneously & Audio Too!

A DIY 9Shooter: Shooting Stills & Video Simultaneously & Audio Too!: "The post below shows a simple way to capture video while taking still pictures. Sure, there is some added weight and yea, video will not get a dedicated person and will just 'follow along', yet, this is a neat way to achieve video with just one person shooting, This is also a great instructional tool for yourself to see how you interact with your model, what things work and what makes them shrink."

VCR coffee table

VCR coffee table: "Here is Blanquita, a recycled coffee table project. Luisa Montealegre made it with 92 VCR tapes!"

Why I'm not excited about the new Apple TV

Why I'm not excited about the new Apple TV: "I'll admit it. I'll buy almost anything Apple makes. I was going to hold out on the iPad, but after reading more about it, I wound up in line the first day it was for sale. As they say, resistance is futile."

Dlvr.it Publishes Your Feed to Various Social Networks Instantly

Dlvr.it Publishes Your Feed to Various Social Networks Instantly: "Long past the times where you just publish your blog content and people will come. Nowadays, to ensure that your readers can receive your latest update, not only do you need to have a RSS feed for your site, you also need to aggregate it to various social networks."

How to Rip Audio CD in Linux

How to Rip Audio CD in Linux: "As MP3 players and mobile devices become very common, more and more people are beginning to convert their audio CD collection to music files so they will listen to them while on the move. In Windows and Mac, the conversion can be done automatically with Windows Media Player or iTunes. What about Linux? Let’s take a look."

Get to know Linux: Using grep

Get to know Linux: Using grep: "If you use Linux long enough, you are going to wind up getting to know (and using) the command line. And if you use the command line long enough, you are going to find yourself using the grep tool. Grep is one of the most useful linux utilities in that it will search WITHIN a text file for a string of characters. Grep is such a useful tool that it is often used in shell scripts and much, much more."

How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas

How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas: "Combining HTML with the all new feature, you can make some pretty awesome web apps! In this Premium exclusive tutorial, we will create a neat interactive drawing application using HTML and JavaScript. Along the way, we’ll also learn the basic concepts of the all new feature"

Find stillness to cure the illness

Find stillness to cure the illness: "“Silence is a source of great strength.” ~Lao Tzu"

Astronauts want plan ready for asteroid hits

Astronauts want plan ready for asteroid hits: "The United Nations is currently studying the report, which outlines plans to detect and deflect any objects in space that might threaten the planet."

FREE Make Magazine Volume 21

To celebrate I came back from hiatus in one piece I'm giving away a Make magazine volume 21. Just write me an email on how did you learn of this site and what you article you liked the most. The funniest email gets the magazine.

This contest applies for anybody on planet earth (NASA charges an arm and a leg for out of earth mail)

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Learn Linux, 101: Maintain the integrity of filesystems

Learn Linux, 101: Maintain the integrity of filesystems: "Learn how to check the integrity of your Linux® filesystems, monitor free space, and fix simple problems. Use the material in this article to study for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification—or just to check your filesystems and keep them in good working order, especially after a system crash or power loss."

Three locks for your SSH door

Three locks for your SSH door: "Security always requires a multi-layered scheme. SSH is a good example of this. Methods range from simple sshd configuration through the use of PAM to specify who can use SSH, to application of port-knocking techniques, or to hide the fact that SSH access even exists. Applying these techniques can make life much harder for possible intruders, who will have to go past three unusual barriers."

Porting Perl To Python

Porting Perl To Python: "Porting legacy Perl to Python can be a daunting task. In this article, learn some of the theory behind dealing with legacy code, including what not to do."

Are we living in a designer universe?

Are we living in a designer universe?: "The argument over whether the universe has a creator, and who that might be, is among the oldest in human history. But amid the raging arguments between believers and sceptics, one possibility has been almost ignored – the idea that the universe around us was created by people very much like ourselves, using devices not too dissimilar to those available to scientists today."

8 Ways to Ensure Human Survival

8 Ways to Ensure Human Survival - Top 10 Lists: "Nuclear devastation tops a long list of ways for us to go out, including asteroid impacts, solar storms, disease outbreaks, etc. Here’s a fun fact: Over 99% of all species that have ever existed on our planet have gone extinct. Still, assuming Earth someday becomes inhospitable due to some catastrophe, here are 8 ways for us to avoid extinction."

HOW TO – Take great photos of your projects

HOW TO – Take great photos of your projects: "This tutorial by John De Cristofaro (johngineer) aims to teach you how to take photos of your hacks and projects for sharing on the web, and perhaps even in print. It focuses on smaller items, less than 6”x6”x6” in size. Bigger projects present their own unique problems that are beyond the scope of this article. However, you can always “scale up” the methods presented here to take pictures of larger subjects, at least to a point."

GameBoy Emulation in JavaScript

GameBoy Emulation in JavaScript: "It's often stated that JavaScript is a special-purpose language, designed for use by web sites to enable dynamic interaction. However, JavaScript is a full object-oriented programming language, and is used in arenas besides the Web: the Widgets available for recent versions of Windows and Apple's Mac OS are implemented in JavaScript, as is the GUI for the Mozilla application suite.

With the recent introduction of the tag to HTML, the question arises as to whether a JavaScript program is capable of emulating a system, much like desktop applications are available to emulate the Commodore 64, GameBoy Advance and other gaming consoles. The simplest way of checking whether this is viable is, of course, to write such an emulator in JavaScript."