Load Average | etbe
interpreting linux load averages
Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures
Advice to Microsoft regarding commodity software
The Big Chill: Ch-Ch-Chatting with the IT manager at the South Pole
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American
Teaching people to have a “growth mind-set,” which encourages a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or talent, produces high achievers in school and in life.
OneBag - The Art and Science of Travelling Light
Merging and branching in Subversion 1.5 - Java World
Edge: BETTER THAN FREE By Kevin Kelly
how to make money when your content is available for free
Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software
some commentry on the release of binary MSOffice file formats by Joel Spolsky
Hack-free CSS for IE - Arve Bersvendsen
loading css in IE only. Bring on ie 8 so this is less necesary!
Real modules for Ruby — Thoughtfolder
just remember that a module is a class can only be instantiated as a superclass of a class that includes the module. include and extend are methods that modify the class inheritance chain at runtime.
Is QWERTY harming language design? - O'Reilly Ruby
COMMENT: Here cometh the reality check | CommsDay
good opinion piece on FTTN in Australia
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : E-mail is not a platform for design
stick to sending plain text email
git rebase is not harmful, it's just _not_ always the best solution, that's all. - MadBlog
An Approach to CMYK
The big fat lie about battery life
If you are lucky, (or rich), you will have a Li-Ion or LiPo pack, which are the shiznit when it comes to batteries.
Writing, Briefly
The Duct Tape Programmer - Joel on Software
Jamie Zawinski is what I would call a duct-tape programmer.... He is the guy you want on your team building go-carts, because he has two favorite tools: duct tape and WD-40. And he will wield them elegantly even as your go-cart is careening down the hill at a mile a minute
The Apple iPad, explained to geeks
On the one hand, we will have the smartphones and iPad-esque tablets, aimed at the average consumer. They will do simple things, they will do them well, they will be extremely well connected into the Internet, they will be geared for what a consumer does: consume. Lots and lots of media. ....... On the other hand, we'll have a more traditional PC. It will be geared for content producers, developers and us geeks who need (or think we need) the power and flexibility
Stuff: Paul Graham
I have too much stuff. Most people in America do.
Understand The Web · Ben Ward
A single vendor’s benevolent curation of their framework will always outpace the collaborative, interoperable developments of the web ... but the web will always be the canonical source of information and relationships. That’s what it was built for.
Cult of less: digital minimalists on the rise
Now, Sutton can fit everything he owns into two small 50cm x 50cm x 50cm boxes and two small suitcases.
rc3.org - A third kind of freedom
What Apple offers in exchange for giving up Freedom 0 ... is a new freedom for computer users — the freedom to install stuff on your computer without screwing things up.
WikiLeaks just made the world more repressive - The Globe and Mail
It’s not just the militant activist in Guelph, Ont., reading the cables. It’s the military dictatorships and the secret police in capitals all around the world. In the days and weeks ahead, people who dared to share information with U.S. diplomats will be rounded up
Why You Should Never Pay More Than $10 For HDMI Cables
Fundamental Guidelines Of E-Commerce Checkout Design - Smashing Magazine
Social business powers Ninefold cloud while competitors fold - Walter Adamson
How much should you pay developers?
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