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Palm Treo Pro unboxing and hands-on at Engadget Mobile (6)
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Filed under: Cellphones You love the new Palm Treo Pro -- right? Not sure yet? Haven't seen enough photos? Okay, we get it. Well if you're really interested (and we know you are), take your bad self over to Engadget Mobile, where we've got some exciting and enlightening pictures of the latest Windows Mobile device from the folks in Sunnyvale. Get over there now! Seriously... what are you waiting for?Read | Permalink | Email this ...Contribute comment -
JustHackIt: It’s Like a Dating Site For Hackers (25)
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Got that hacking jones, but can’t find anyone to hack with? Head on over to JustHackIt, a site aimed at developers that launched last night. It is a place for developers to find each other, work on projects, and maybe even start a company. Developers can post projects they want to do and search through postings from other hackers. The site describes itself this way: The idea: Outside of Silicon Valley, lots of hackers are ...Shared by Breyten (15) Cliff (0) Compuwizard123 (16) cuqui (19) eschnou (9) Eunice (12) evo (1) FINiK (0) Guerwan (10) Jakob (28) Jayx (6) John (1) Kesor (8) madMilo (0) mikecs83 (0) mr.petruccio (36) Noyda (10) onlythoughtworks (35) Oren (13) Rebecca (7) Ricardo.Borelli (4) shark (17) Todd (14) Tomi (8) Vinuth (5)Contribute comment -
JustHackIt: It’s Like a Dating Site For Hackers (23)
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Got that hacking jones, but can’t find anyone to hack with? Head on over to JustHackIt, a site aimed at developers that launched last night. It is a place for developers to find each other, work on projects, and maybe even start a company. Developers can post projects they want to do and search through postings from other hackers. The site describes itself this way: The idea: Outside of Silicon Valley, lots of hackers are ...Shared by Aaron (7) aches (1) arthur (12) blackbelt (0) Breyten (15) Cliff (0) cuqui (19) eschnou (9) FINiK (0) Guerwan (10) Jayx (6) John (1) Kesor (8) madMilo (0) mikecs83 (0) minoru yokoo (0) Noyda (10) onlythoughtworks (35) Rainer Wasserfuhr (66) Rebecca (7) Todd (14) Tomi (8) Vinuth (5)Contribute comment -
Favorite Programming Quotes (47)
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The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time…The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time. Tom Cargill Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. Larry Wall Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. Bill Gates Debugging ...Shared by Aaron (3) Adam Byram (2) ali (10) Ali T (17) Avinash (189) Bill DeRusha (3) Dave Cheong (13) Dennis Hostetler (20) Erik (30) FINiK (0) Foster Bass (0) genieyclo (6) JBu92 (25) Jon (13) Jon (1) Jonathan Clarke (0) kashkool (29) Kesor (8) Kirsten (4) Korben (2) Leena (822) Lisa (0) Lucas (15) Mirza (20) NasirJumani (126) Nishadha Silva (4) Ophir (0) Paul Denlinger (16) Pierre (29) Pranav Ashok (1) RobertBrown (5) sashank,ms (0) Shane Osborne (2) Shobhit Prabhakar (7) Simon Carpentier (1) stephan (0) Steve (0) Ted (9) Thomas Johnson (4) Tiago Jorge (48) Tim (3) Toby M (0) Tom Davies (108) Tony Schreiber (0) Tor Erling (69) ZarK (1) zhaiduo (1)Contribute comment -
How do you maintain your coding skills? (2)
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Jason Chambers has a great blog entry called Do Architects need coding skills?, which talks about why architects need to be able to code. Given that this site is called Coding the Architecture, our thoughts on this will come as no surprise. In addition though, he also asks the following. However, a more contentious question maybe - Do Architects need to maintain their coding skills once they've achieved the lofty status of architect. Well, I ...Shared by benoit h (6) FINiK (0)Contribute comment -
Palm's Treo 850 is really the Treo Pro? (9)
onFiled under: Cellphones, Handhelds Would you look at this. A very official looking page -- at a Palm.com domain, no less -- has unveiled the previously rumored Treo 850 as the Treo Pro. We're still digging the new look, though the keyboard does look suspiciously small in these shots. At a cursory glance we've got WiFi, a camera and a 3.5mm stereo jack. A couple more pics after the break.[Thanks to everyone who sent this ...Shared by Bwana (62) cesaracardoso (69) David (0) dep (1) FINiK (0) JPeters (13) Michael (18) Paul Miller (4) Victor Agreda Jr (14)
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Top 10 How To Videos [Lifehacker Top 10] (150)
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Your crafty older relatives used to have to mail-order their video tutorials or wait for "This Old House" reruns to get their DIY on, but the age of streaming video has been good to those who like to tinker and try out neat tricks. From prying open beer bottles with telephone bills to picking locks, from sealing chips to folding T-shirts, we've posted a lot of concise but instructive clips at Lifehacker. Today we're featuring ...Shared by Aaron Marks (1) adang001 (6) AfroWhitey (3) Ahmed Zainal (1) Alex Shliomovich (1) aliencam (1) amende (1) Amihai (20) Andrew Violette (1) andrewcsfan (13) Ansaar Modack (24) Babychen Mathew (264) bendi (1) binduwavell (1) Blake Robinson (2) Brad Davis Seal (24) Bryan Waters (1) Cai Chen (778) Caio (3) CBC (8) cec (0) CED (0) Chad (104) Charles (2) Charles (22) Chilly (1) Chimpadink (1) Chris (12) chris (5) Chris (0) Chris Hagerman (8) Christian (0) Clay Carson (7) Compuwizard123 (16) Crysti the Great (6) Dan (0) Dan McCall (5) Daniel (5) Daniel DeZago (0) David Ebaugh (3) deusdiabolus (58) Dino (6) dobata (324) DOCBook Howto (98) Dr.Eric Fickes (17) DrCris (3) Ed (0) Eric (1) Eric Herboso (4) Ethan Citrin (2) felipefonseca (3) finalcut (3) FINiK (0) Francois (8) G Code (12) George (7) giginger (19) Gus (8) H. Duthel (82) happy_soil (12) Hasan (21) hedbngr (2) Heraldk (13) idham (6) Jade (8) Jan Vazquez (4) Jeff Stai (3) Jeremy Jarratt (29) João (2) Joe (53) Joel (4) Joey Doll (3) John (15) JR Boyens (1) Junsu Park (3) Karlyn (0) Ken Sykora (2) Kevin (17) KincaidKMF (2) KingBee (4) Krystal (17) Kye S. (3) Lee McNaughton (1) Leena (822) Logan Lindquist (15) Lou (3) Marc (1) Marcel (21) Marianne (3) Mario (2) Masoud (8) MDWeezer (6) Mike Cadogan (45) Muhammad Saleem (232) Nathan (4) Net (2) Nguyen Dinh Nguyen (5) Nick Fornarotto (0) Nickname unavailable (2) Nigel (0) Noah (7) Patrick (77) Patrix (12) pedro (0) Pedro Silva (8) Pete (0) R (35) Rachael (1) Richard (3) Richard Dewick (8) Richard Rosenstein (5) RJO (14) Rodney Holloman (2) Ryan Sprake (4) Ryan Triggs (0) Sam (28) ScorpFromHell (8) Setu (4) Shawn F (0) SilverStag (3) Simone (10) smerrell (2) Sohail Mamdani (4) Srinvard (28) Steve Allen (8) Steve Olson (15) Steven Elliott (0) Stonis (8) stormin (0) tarraguna (1) Terje (0) Thinh (142) thr33 (23) Tim (12) Todd Lohenry (8) Tom (2) tOMPSON (5) trukshelly (1) tybeck (2) Ulises (5) ULTIMATE CREATOR (2) Vandywolfer (0) Venson Kuchipudi (0) Verónica Muñoz (23) willdeluca (2) Witek Koroblewski (3) xabbott (0) yigalc (7) Zach (4) Zsombor (16)Explore read four notes- Joey Doll said: eight watch batteries from a AA. nice.
- trukshelly said: DUDE.
- Charles said: I want an awesome flashlight too
- David Ebaugh said: don't know about top 10 but still useful.
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Google Maps: Unusually Similar Trees = Black Helicopters (41)
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I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for Google Maps getting all clone-happy in this part of Holland. It's probably just a secret alien landing site or something.The whole area is full of Photoshopped artefacts. Theories welcome. Thanks to MK!Shared by Aaron H. (7) adam (6) Andrew Taylor (22) Arkante (1) Arrigo (1) Bill (0) Carl (5) Daniel (0) Darky (9) Dave (12) Del (12) erikeric (8) FINiK (0) Greg (4) heather (4) Hrafn Th. {hthth, raven} (4) J. James B (28) Jayce^ (4) Jon Winstanley (1) Jonathan Bloom (0) Kelly O (0) Ken (1) Kenny Eicher (0) Liam (3) Nat Torkington (24) Nick (9) OwlBoy (0) Pascal (0) phillip (12) Scribeoflight (8) Sheena (3) Shelton (46) Spery (6) Stephen DesRoches (0) Steve (11) subsky (12) Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (34) Tony Ruscoe (13) Veronica (3) Vodex (16) Zef (6)Contribute comment -
Keepin' it real fake, part CXXVII: OQO G900 mimics Palm Centro (1)
onFiled under: Cellphones Well it seems OQO is lowering raising the bar from the handset it appears to be aping by packing more goodies into its decidedly Centro-inspired set. The G900 features a 624MHz CPU, 128MB memory, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE, a 2 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6.1, Bluetooth, and raises the bar with a dash of WiFi. Of course, this set may not find its way to a provider's shelves near you, ...Shared by FINiK (0)Contribute comment
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iStockphoto: Darling I've Had The Most Wonderful Idea! (18)
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xkcd: Cautionary (370)
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- Abhinav Modi said: Linux has come a long way, but such fears still persist..
- Bill said: Sorry Dave H.- hope switching to Linux hasn't been too painful!
- Brian Rowe (Sarterus) said: WAY too true
- Graham said: That was me in first year... 6 months into Linux I was up overnight tweaking kernel options.
- Ryan said: Ubuntu hurts my eyes on my laptop. I think I'm only two or three weekends away from resolving the problem.
- timmow said: I had a flatmate like this...
- Chris said: Ha, so true...
- suren said: LOL !
- cnu said: haha
- Oren said: interesting how XKCD can post the SAME comic idea over and over and over and I still find it hilarious.
- rushabh doshi said: i've been through this phase :)
- Sean said: ... I couldn't agree with this more
- Lee said: Linux addiction is a serious problem. I have always drawn the line and compiling the kernel. Like "sweet Lady H" if you go down that road, you life as you know it is over.
- arty said: Parents, talk to your kids about Linux... before somebody else does.
- Rafael said: Converse com seus filhos sobre Linux... antes que alguém o faça.
- Skrud said: Been there. Done that.Friends don't let friends compile Gentoo.
- Mike said: ALT TAG: "This really is a true story. She doesn't know I put it in my comic since her WiFi hasn't worked for weeks." That had to be the funniest part, I know all too well about WiFi and Ubuntu.
- Pickles said: What starts out so innocently...
- panuta said: hahahahahahaha ... did I laugh enough yet? let me laugh again ... hahahahahahahahaha
- sanyam said: This really is a true story, and she doesn't know I put it in my comic because her wifi hasn't worked for weeks. :))
- lalui said: Ubuntu ;-)
- chills said: wow... It's kinda sad... but I can really relate to this one...
- Steve said: LOL
- SimpleRich said: See this Vox and Chris... it's a warning - you're ruining lives!
