It’s 10x more effective than bleach in killing bacteria and it’s safe.
Month: February 2009
dilbert on life extension
Emacs Newline Replacement
emacs is still wasting my time with a horrible UI that does not expose its power, unless you have a few years to dedicate to it.
.gov CMS
the white house launching a .gov domain without paying Boeing is huge if only because it just saved millions of $ of taxpayer money (and from a technical angle if you think drupal is bad imagine what kind of CMS Lockheed Martin or General Dynamics could cook up)
Java exceptions
ClassCastException You need to stay in the class or caste you were born into. Java will not accept dailits acting as kshatriyas or noblemen pretending to be working class.
Gold fever sweeps suburbia
suburbia, having wrecked the economy with its mc mansions, is busy creating the next bubble: gold.
L Train CBTC
Motormen working the Brooklyn-Manhattan line will remain on board as a token gesture to humanity’s fading relevance, and as way of placating Luddites worried about some sinister runaway HAL train making a break for New Jersey. The “Communications Based Train Control” [CBTC] will kick in tomorrow, (theoretically) enabling NYC Transit to relieve overcrowding by running trains closer together than the current signal system allows.
the first step to destroy the MTA unions. watch service improve overnight. the rest of the nyc subway still runs on a control system that is 100 years old.
Crime is #1 in Italy
Revenue raked in by Italy’s mob surged 40% last year, turning crime into the nation’s No. 1 business
Facebook Photos
If Facebook has one standout application it has to be Photos. It is the largest photo site on the Web. 69% of Facebook’s monthly visitors worldwide either look at or upload photos. 10b photos have been uploaded to the site. And it’s been pulling away from its competitors.
picasa fail
Very gradual change
Gregor J. Rothfuss 