October 2009
29 posts
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55+ Extremely Useful Online Generators for... →
As I searched for a complete resource of online generators, I did not find any. I found multiple different categories of online generator lists such as favicon generators, css generators, badge generators, color generators, and so on. So I decided to create this ultimate list of online generators.
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100 Incredible Open Lectures for Math Geeks →
While many math geeks out there may have been teased for their love of numbers, it’s math that makes the world go round, defining everything from the economy to how the universe itself operates.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Disturbed (7)
Rise Against (5)
Caliban (4)
Metallica (3)
Thursday (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Scientists give flies false memories →
By directly manipulating the activity of individual neurons, scientists have given flies memories of a bad experience they never really had, according to a report in the October 16th issue of the journal Cell
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A head of time →
For decades, neuroscientists have theorized that the brain “time stamps” events as they happen, allowing us to keep track of where we are in time and when past events occurred. However, they couldn’t find any evidence that such time stamps really existed — until now.
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Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock? →
The last common ancestor of all life was not a free-living cell at all, but a porous rock riddled with bubbly iron-sulphur membranes that catalysed primordial biochemical reactions. Powered by hydrogen and proton gradients, this natural flow reactor filled up with organic chemicals, giving rise to proto-life that eventually broke out as the first living cells - not once but twice, giving rise to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Equilibrium (7)
Die Ärzte (5)
Good Riddance (5)
Rammstein (5)
Bob Marley & The Wailers (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Learning Scala via C# Part 1 →
There are new languages that come about all of the time. Lately it seems that most of the languages du jour are dynamic or functional languages. We have all seen a lot of talk about languages such as Ruby, Python, F#, Groovy, Erlang, and Clojure. All of these languages represent a huge shift in programming paradigm from many of the current “corporate” languages such as C# and Java. They also all...
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Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# →
So, if you are like many C# developers you have probably been hearing a lot recently about dynamic languages like Ruby and Python.
First black hole for light created on Earth →
lidel:
The device, which works at microwave frequencies, may soon be extended to trap visible light, leading to an entirely new way of harvesting solar energy to generate electricity.
Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and... →
dhotson:
Pretty cool, although I should really learn some Obj-C. :-/
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Zombie Virus Fund →
The World Would Be More Interesting If Zombies Existed
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MySpace replaces all server hard disks with flash... →
MySpace said the solid state storage uses less than 1% of the power and cooling costs that their previous hard drive-based server infrastructure had and that they were able to remove all of their server racks because the ioDrives are embedded directly into even its smallest servers.
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Applied Philosophy, a.k.a. "Hacking" →
Hacking is most commonly associated with computers, and people who break into or otherwise subvert computer systems are often called hackers. Although this terminology is occasionally disputed, I think it is essentially correct
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Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn →
Those who think they’re unlucky should change their outlook and discover how to generate good fortune, says Richard Wiseman
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
In Flames (6)
Green Day (6)
Beatsteaks (5)
Amon Amarth (4)
Thrice (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Minimizing Complexity In User Interfaces →
Clean. Easy to use. User-friendly. Intuitive. This mantra is proclaimed by many but often gets lost in translation. The culprit: complexity.
jQTouch Beta 2 →
davidkaneda:
The new beta of jQTouch is ready for download with a ton of enhancements and fixes. For those who don’t know, jQTouch is a jQuery plugin which helps create immersive experiences on the iPhone and iPod Touch. New in beta 2:
8 core page animations (including several 3d options) and the ability to easily add your own. See the animations running like butter in a demo video.
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10 useful video sites to teach you new tech skills →
piclick:
Here are 10 video sites that will improve your tech knowledge, starting from amateur tips and tricks at the top, to more advanced techniques and tech skills towards the bottom of the list.
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The Black Art of Optimising →
Optimising program code for maximum performance is often considered to be some sort of black art. Also, quite a number of programmers believe in micro-optimisations that rarely ever improve program execution time, but nearly always introduce subtle bugs or obfuscate the code, or both.
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Adobe Flash Professional CS5: Applications for... →
Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store
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Fresh Web Icons →
These icon sets are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. This means you can freely use these icons for any purpose, private and commercial, including online services, templates, themes and software.
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21 Shoes That Every Geek Would Love →
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
In Flames (5)
Disturbed (4)
Break the Silence (4)
Millencolin (4)
Darkest Hour (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found →
Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor. The find reveals that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy, the iconic early human ancestor specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago.
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Ancient Genetic Defenses Against AIDS Virus... →
The battle against AIDS is one of the holy grails of biomedical research, second only to curing cancer and undoing aging itself. Now some scientists have reactivated ancient genetic defenses against retroviruses (combining the plots of at least three science fiction movies and two archeological-horror action flicks), rediscovering something even our sickened cells have forgotten.
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Attn Nerdy Pervs: See Through Walls Using a... →
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a way to use wireless signals to detect movement through solid walls and doors.
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Free Science and Video Lectures Online! →
This month I have a tasty collection of free computer science courses. All the courses have videos included.