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GoLang Exercism

Not like the spitting up green pea soup exorcism but Exercism.io, one of many great resources for learning programming languages by solving actual…

Make: Online | Why Every Maker Should Learn Chinese

via Make: Online | Why Every Maker Should Learn Chinese.

Nǐ hǎo 你好! Permanently on my desk, and everywhere I go is an iPad/iPhone app called Pleco, which has my custom flash cards that I use to quiz myself about 300 Chinese (Mandarin) characters. I’m getting pretty good with the help of a weekly instructor found via Craigslist, daily walks through Chinatown in NYC, and a website called Memrise. In less than a month I’ve been able to specifically translate (a lot of) the data sheets for products I’m sampling/purchasing for my job at Adafruit Industries, and for fun/downtime I’m translating some of the Chinese graffiti in Blade Runner (I always wanted to know what they said).

www: the origin of the BLINK tag

A very interesting story of the origins of the BLINK tag.

Official Google Blog: Holiday templates to keep you organized

| Official Google Blog: Holiday templates to keep you organized | The holidays are upon us, and theres much to do: Gifts to be wrapped, lights to be strung, candles to be lit, and a long list of tasks at the home and the office. A little creativity can come in handy at this time of year. You can save time and money with the Google Docs template gallery for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Whether youre a small business owner or the chief holiday organizer, the gallery includes a few special templates designed to help you spread a little holiday cheer. Here are a few tips to help you get everything done on time

Mac mini dual monitors using DualHead2Go - voice.firefallpro.com

Aside from my minor grievances on the software grounds, I have been a pretty happy customer. Except for one thing. The total lack of upgradability in the…

perl.com: Hidden Treasures of the Perl Core

an old article but very handy...

| perl.com: Hidden Treasures of the Perl Core | The Perl Core comes with a lot of little modules to help you get thejob done. Many of these modules are not well-known. Even some of the well-known modules have some nice features that are often overlooked. In this article, we'll dive into many of these hidden treasures of the Perl Core.

launchd: Better than sliced bread - Chris Hanson

Processes launched at startup on Mac OS X are managed by launchd. There’s no careful balancing of init.d or SystemStarter scripts on modern releases of…

Nobody learns if nothing is brok3n: Turning a dmg into an iso

Here is how you turn a dmg into an iso on OS X:…

How to Querying the RPM database - tuxfiles.org

After issuing this command, rpm either tells you the version of the package, or that the package isnt installed.

Microsuck | Microsofts Really Hidden Files

When I say these files are hidden well, I really mean it. If you dont have any knowledge of DOS then dont plan on finding these files on your own. I say…

Ubuntu Linux view the status of my NIC

A. You can verify connectivity or status of your network Interfaces/card using standard Linux command. Open your terminal and use following commands:…

Please backup your hard drive now… twice - goodCRIMETHINK

In college, a freak transformer explosion and subsequent power surge killed my hard drive. From that point on, I swore to always back up my data, and…

Official Google Blog: Controlling how search engines access and index your website

The key is a simple file called robots.txt that has been an industry standard for many years. It lets a site owner control how search engines access their…

Official Google Blog: Robots Exclusion Protocol: now with even more flexibility

| Official Google Blog: Robots Exclusion Protocol: now with even more flexibility | This is the third and last in my series of blog posts about the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP). In the first post, I introduced robots.txt and the robots META tags, giving an overview of when to use them. In the second post, I shared some examples of what you can do with the REP. Today, I'll introduce two new features that we have recently added to the protocol.

The Secret Language of Babies - Amazing Medical Breakthroughs

all around the world have the same reflexes, and they therefore make the same sounds," she says. If parents dont respond to those reflexes, Priscilla…

Illustrator CS2 crashes on Intel Mac 10.4.8

Adobe Illustrator CS2 crashes on an Intel Mac Pro running Mac OS 10.4.8 when a designer tries to use a tool on the pathfinder palette. This only happens…

Using Sun Java Studio Creator 2 on Mac OS X

Java Studio Creator is an easy-to-use visual tool for developing Web applications with Java. Designed for the corporate developer who needs to be…

CNET's Ruby on Rails Toolbox

Find out all the open source servers, plugins, libraries, and other tools used by two of CNET’s Ruby on Rails powered sites, Chow.com and Chowhound.

Over 160 Free Personal Information Managers

Over 160 Free Personal Information Managers - lifehack.org…

Python 101 cheat sheet

This is a great Python cheat sheet.

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Intro to Open Source Scripting on Mac OS X

One of the biggest advantages of Mac OS X’s UNIX heritage is the huge range of open source scripting languages available. Scripting languages are often…

Handy CSS layout generator for web developers

Someone on IRC pointed me to this CSS generator, and the number of options and output are impressive. The ability to have verbose comments in the CSS is a…

Become Your Own Web Host in 75 Steps

One of the biggest issues involved with becoming a web publisher is the question of hosting. With an internet clogged with false hosting review sites…

Google Pack of usefull tools

So you bought a new PC for yourself or a relative during the holidays. There was the initial excitement about its speed and the nice screen %u2013 and…

HOW TO - Enhanced Podcasts

| MAKE: Blog: HOW TO make Enhanced Podcasts (images, links and more with audio) | Apple's new iTunes 4.9, iPod color, allows you to view (and listen to) "enhanced podcasts" these are audio files that can have slideshows, URLs and some cool features we have discovered. Apple's included documents and a Wiki was all I needed to make our MAKE enhanced podcasts, but I also wrote a how-to. Here's how to get, make and all you need to know about enhanced podcasts! As a bonus, we put together some fun ideas we think many might use...

iPod ebook How To

| MAKE: Blog: MAKE ebooks for your iPod guide! | There’s a somewhat little know and often-unused function of iPod called "Notes" which can actually be quite handy for storing and reading text, creating a locked "kiosk mode", quizzes, games as well a full-length ebooks. The Notes reader is located in Menu > Extras > Notes. Only the more recent 3G and 4G iPods, including the iPod photo and iPod mini both have the iPod Notes application. Here’s our how-to on making them!

Google Sitemaps

Initially, we plan to use the URL information webmasters supply to further improve the coverage and freshness of our index. Over time that will lead to…

Linux and Mac OS X, all on one PowerBook?

Mac OS X is built of two components, Darwin, the BSD-based Unix underpinnings, and Aqua, the beautiful graphical user interface we Mac heads have all…

Mac OS X Security Advisory

| Mac OS X Security Advisory | Vulnerability: | Malicious DHCP response can grant root access

| Affected Software | Mac OS X 10.3 (all versions through at least 26-Nov-2003) | Mac OS X Server 10.3 (all versions through at least 26-Nov-2003) | Mac OS X 10.2 (all versions through at least 26-Nov-2003) | Mac OS X Server 10.2 (all versions through at least 26-Nov-2003) | Probably earlier versions of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server | Possibly developer seeded copies of future versions of Mac OS X

Homemade Dot-Mac with OS X, Part 1

O’Reilly Network: Homemade Dot-Mac with OS X [Aug. 09, 2002](…

Homemade Dot-Mac with OS X, Part 2

O’Reilly Network: Homemade Dot-Mac with OS X, Part 2 [Sep. 20, 2002](…

New study on graphic communications market released

MacMinute: New study on graphic communications market released

| July 17, 2003 - 08:15 EDT | IDG World Expo and TrendWatch Graphic Arts today announced results of their Spring 2003 study of the creative markets during a presentation at Macworld CreativePro Expo. A few highlights of the study show that 82% of respondents use the Mac OS as their primary system, 17% have upgraded to Mac OS X, while only 22% said they use a Mac as their primary system at Internet design and development firms.

Mac OS X Panther

| Mac OS X Panther is set to roar onto the scene later this year, and itís something you donít want to miss. No matter how you use your Mac, Panther makes better, sporting improvements from head to paws. Learn more about the future today in this Sneak Preview, and stay tuned for more news of the future. | Link | | As a super-modern operating system, Mac OS X already combines the power and stability of Unix with the simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh. Its gorgeous user interface, Aqua, brings your desktop to life with expressive icons, vibrant color and fluid motion. Cutting-edge graphics technologies offer capabilities beyond anything ever seen in a desktop operating system. At the foundation of Mac OS X lies an industrial-strength, Unix-based core operating system, called Darwin, that delivers unprecedented stability and performance. And only with Mac OS X can you run Microsoft Office, Quark XPress and Adobe Photoshop, browse a Windows network and use Unix commands ó at the same time.