March 2010
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9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere →
Great article about why so many smart, intelligent people seem to waste their lifes in favor of a mediocre one.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Peter Fox (15)
Böhse Onkelz (10)
Coldplay (3)
Korn (3)
Parkway Drive (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Raindrop Logo in CSS →
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Git Community Book →
This book is meant to be a starting point for people new to Git to learn it as quickly and easily as possible.
Looks like a comprehensive collection of Git knowledge. From Zero to Git Hero in one read, sounds promising.
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About Unicode and Character Sets →
I just stumbled over an older article by Joel Spolsky and the following quote really makes me want to read it thoroughly… I must admit, I would be be one of the onion peelers…
If you are a programmer working in 2003 and you don’t know the basics of characters, character sets, encodings, and Unicode, and I catch you, I’m going to punish you by making you peel onions for 6...
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The 1KB CSS Grid →
Other CSS frameworks try to do everything—grid system, style reset, basic typography, form styles. But complex systems are, well, complex. Looking for a simple, lightweight approach that doesn’t require a PhD? Meet The 1KB CSS Grid.
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Instrumenting Your Application with the... →
I convinced my boss to license the DevExpress Components somewhen in the past because I was really convinced of them myself. I must remind myself to read more of the personal blog postings of the DX Developers. Often they are talking about some features you never realized where so easy to implement, even if you’re working with the components on a daily basis.
In this article Paul Kimmel...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
Mudvayne (3)
Caliban (3)
Korn (3)
Satanic Surfers (2)
Bridge to Solace (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Type Selection: Beyond the Look of the Letter →
Great article about finding the right font for the job
(via @typefacts)
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jQuery UI 1.8 released →
The jQuery UI team is thrilled to announce the final release of jQuery UI 1.8 with 5 new plugins, 1 new effect, and hundreds of bug fixes and improvements.
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Table Disk Space Usage By Filegroup and Partition →
Pretty T-SQL script returning a granular level of detail when looking at disk space usage of your databases. Shows disk usage of each table broken out by partition and filegroup. Could come in handy!
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Google quits censoring search in China →
nerdology:
Wow.
nothing more to add, a courageous step in the right direction.
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Good sleep, good learning, good life →
Sleep isn’t just a form of rest! Sleep plays a critical physiological function, and is indispensable for your intellectual development! Those who do not respect their sleep are not likely to live to their full mental potential!
I really need to read this later, I’m having serious problems with falling asleep lately…
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The Complete iPhone Development Toolbox →
dhotson:
Looks highly useful. Lots of links to check out.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
Metallica (8)
Rammstein (8)
Skindred (5)
Thursday (4)
Nirvana (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The 4 Types of Emails Programmers Receive →
I know all of these types of emails, although I think that the last type is a myth…
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The type of the value being assigned to variable...
Yet another couple of hours wasted searching a silly microsoft ssis bug, sorry, intended feature. I tried to use the Execute SQL Task in a package, that should simply execute a stored procedure with an output datetime parameter that should be mapped to a local datetime variable inside of the package. Simple enough, but it constantly failed throwing this error message:
[Execute SQL Task] Error:...
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Ambilight for video tag →
Another great HTML5 implementation idea. I seriously have to try to keep up with all the good new webdev stuff coming up these days, besides all my microsoft riddled day job fiddlings…
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Relative Paths in SSIS →
We have chosen to use relative paths in Integration Services on several projects now, and since it has worked well, it is time to share this tip with the community. The whole purpose of using relative paths is to make packages more portable, as opposed to packages and dtsConfig files having to live in a specific directory structure or drive letter on servers and developers’ laptops.
This...
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“The normal nomenclature for { and } is “open-brace”, “close-brace”, or...”
– {{ mustache }} (via dhotson)
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MY SISTER SAID IF I GET ONE MILLION FANS SHE WILL... →
I had to become a fan of this…
(via)
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This is amazing. HTML5. No Flash. No Java. Works... →
mrdoob:
This is the result of all the weekend playing with various drawing algorithms and <canvas>.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →
Rammstein (8)
Ugly Duckling (4)
Rise Against (3)
SOiL (2)
Seeed (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Popular Science 137-year archive →
We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It’s an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology’s incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28) →
Unheilig (16)
David Guetta (14)
Rammstein (3)
Drowning Pool (2)
Placebo (2)
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Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis →
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.
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20 Fresh Sets of Free Icons for Web Designers →