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jGrowl - Unobtrusive Notification System for jQuery (19)
on WebAppers (167) permalinkWe have mentioned Growl-like notification system for web a while ago, they are Send Notifications Instantly with Growl Mootools and Roar - Another Notification Widget with MooTools. Here is another Growl-like script for web which is written in jQuery called jGrowl. jGrowl is a jQuery plugin that raises unobtrusive messages within the browser, similar to the way that OS X’s Growl Framework works. It has the ability to create multiple container instances, allowing a developer ...Shared by chayner (21) DaveK (8) Diego (1) djcramer (5) Dzey (35) gmorais (29) Hendrik Dacquin (8) Ian (15) Ismo (14) JonathanZ (28) lzyy (11) PabloC (27) Piers (7) raven696 (13) Revar (78) rmg7344 (135) Uno (86) Wayne (268) zemaNORIS (64)Contribute comment
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Make Vista Use Multiple Cores to Speed Boot Time [Windows Vista Tip] (64)
on Lifehacker (11576) permalinkWindows Vista tip: The Hackosis blog points out that Windows Vista uses only one CPU to boot itself by default, regardless of whatever dual- or quad-core hardware you're using. Enabling multi-core boot might save you a bit of time, and the fix is pretty simple. Run msconfig from the Start Search box (or after hitting Win+R), then head to the "Boot" tab, check "Number of processors," and change the drop-down box to fit your processor. ...Shared by Adam Selwood (104) AJ (1214) Alex Dang (54) Antonio (81) anupam (20) beanj007 (154) blackbelt (31) Brant (38) Chris (46) DouglasP (5) Drew Olanoff (568) Duane (371) ema (42) Éric (52) Eunix (123) G4dz00k5 (3) ghassem (78) GioStam (4) Gregor (83) Jamie R (51) Jamin (158) Jared (88) Jason (23) JayCrossler (73) Jeremy P (46) Jerome (84) Jon Erickson (90) jon|k (30) Jordan T-H (54) Josh (35) Justin (31) jwindsor (27) K. (20) KenFan (376) Ladeira (9) local (16) Marcel (54) Matt (31) Matthew (820) Nathaniel Dean (129) ndench (45) Neko (26) NiXC (15) paco_reyes (145) Phani (11) Piers (7) raddevon (74) Razzu (65) Roger (81) rveguilla (54) Ryan (134) ryan.capote (142) shawnmor (74) SilverStag (33) sirmikester (266) Siva (70) Srinvard (280) tarman (125) Techboy (37) TO-Double-D (154) Todd (405) V C (421) Walter DeFoor (169) xxdesmus (147)Contribute comment
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Impressive home networks (12)
on Royal Pingdom (76) permalinkMost of us have at least one computer at home, some may even have a few. And then there are the ones that almost run their own data center at home, for private use. We had a discussion here at Pingdom when one of our staff members re-configured his home network and added lots of fancy stuff. Well, we thought his network was cool before we found these. Here’s a list of our favorites: Lay ...Shared by Alex M. (23) Andrew Mitry (37) clarke (23) Eric Lau (45) Kai (45) Michael Dragone (90) Mike F (2180) Piers (7) Rutger Blom (92) Tim (375) Whiz (72) Zoe (58)Contribute comment
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Teens use technology [Google Earth] to party in strangers' pools (14)
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14 useful and FREE online tools for DNS and network troubleshooting (6)
on Royal Pingdom (76) permalinkWhen troubleshooting network or DNS problems related to your website, server or other online services, it can be very useful to have access to online tools that can help you narrow down the problems. This article contains 14 useful online tools that can help you with this. And they are all free. We will go through five categories of functionality, covering tools that let you: Perform DNS lookups Perform tests on DNS settings (DNS health) ...Contribute comment
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Geohashing (84)
on xkcd.com (1917) permalinkShared by Adam (4) Adam Hupp (18) Alex (242) Arto (20) ash (181) Ben (24) Benjamin Golub (129) Bill (85) Blaenk Denum (90) brad (4) Bramha (17) Brandon (76) Breyten (100) Brinkofacomplex (0) Caio (19) Chandoo (87) Charlie (4) chimeric (68) Chung (337) Cocoy (176) Dan Russell (119) darkeye11547 (622) dave (58) David (27) dbb (84) docbaily (87) Drew Olanoff (568) Eater (113) eatmytag (0) Eduo (106) evo (55) forcey (50) Francis Barton (14) George Sudarkoff (28) Gotsyk (0) Goyal (51) issa (116) J. Phil (666) Jacob W (106) jameswfrost (7) Jeremy P (46) Joatmon (2) John Mettraux (50) John T. (5) Jon (23) Jordan (98) Joshua Prowse (10) jtokash (88) kleinman (27) knv (44) maniac (24) mario r (49) Mark (519) Matthew (21) Matthew (29) mernisse (40) Michael (78) Michael Sallmen (33) Mike Lundy (0) neilfws (52) Nick (162) Nikki (305) Paulo Pereira (54) Peter H (91) Piers (7) Rizzn (278) Rob (94) RobC (12) Ryan (38) saxjazman9 (93) Schwuk (1) SFSlim (248) Sid (77) Tech For Novices (361) TJ (103) Traut (20) tsangal (154) Tweek (8) Tyler (16) Voyagerfan5761 (43) WindPower (70) xp (26) ysamjo (55) Zach (298)Explore read 16 notes
- Eater said: Clever. (Not that I'll participate, since that entails going outside and such.)
- forcey said: Geek选择约会地点的方式……很不错诶……
- Charlie said: This is genius. Only gives one meeting place for each 1-by-1-degree area though. Maybe carry it over another decimal place to make things more convenient?
- Adam said: So, yesterday's "meet-up point" for us was somewhere in the middle of nowhere on the Arsenal. I'm not sure what the point of this is, but whatever.
- jameswfrost said: A neat idea!
- Eduo said: Genial. Necesario para una máquina del tiempo, claro.
- Jacob W said: I have absolutely no idea what this means. DAMN YOU, XKCD, YOU'VE OUTNERDED ME YET AGAIN.
- Nick said: One of the coolest ideas I've ever seen, especially from a web comic."
- WindPower said: Wonders of md5
- Brinkofacomplex said: wtf..?
- Rob said: come there and confess.
- Paulo Pereira said: que cena manhosa
- John T. said: This could make for teh funz. I still haven't starting geo caching after getting a GPS for a wedding gift...
- Tweek said: I'm totally doing this.
- eatmytag said: ah. nu förstår jag: http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page
- Ryan said: I am totally geohashing this weekend, but I bet this Saturday's meetup will be over the ocean.
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C’mon hon, juzt 1 mor round! (15)
on Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? (36) permalinkC’mon hon, juzt 1 mor round! I can get the litter box back! I swearz! u betteh. cuz i nawt goin bak 2 mai old job. picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: LAKEOFFYRE » Recaption ThisShared by Alix (48) Amihai (45) Andrew (0) Andrew Phillips (8) ash (181) Chung (337) Dan (0) Danielle (45) Ian G (186) jadielady (90) Piers (7) Raoul (164) Rob (176) Shoshannah F (214) Voyagerfan5761 (43)
- Danielle said: What I want to know is how they got the cat into the casino.
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Scoop: Job Cuts at PHP Startup Zend Could Be Aimed With An Eye Towards a Sale (13)
on TechCrunch (11314) permalinkIsraeli startup Zend Technologies has fired 25 percent of its R&D team (at least ten people), as well as others across the company, in an attempt to become cash flow positive, says a source close to the company. Zend offers its own distribution of PHP, the popular open-source scripting language for Web applications. It sells software and support services around that (just as Red Hat does with its distribution of Linux). We have an e-mail ...Shared by blntechie (8) Bruce (54) cisellis (127) James Forbes Keir (100) Jason (10) Leon (14) Mike Reynolds (127) Morten (26) Piers (7) rene (102) Roland Tanglao (306) Sidnei da Silva (17) Xavier (20)
- Piers said: I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing right now
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Fortune Cookies (176)
on xkcd.com (1917) permalinkShared by 100rabh™ (74) AbhishekGoyal (24) Adam (26) adrcc2 (24) Adrian (9) Aga (77) Ali (11) amy (53) Andrew (169) Andrew Terry (19) Andy (9) Ankesh (191) Anna (15) anutron (11) arty (114) ash (181) Ashe (20) Aurélien Bompard (4) bdeamb (16) Benjamin Golub (129) BJ (30) Blaenk Denum (90) bnoise (74) Bokashiman (2) Brad 2.0 (19) Brakara (8) Brett L. (43) Brettsky (50) Bruce Boughton (5) Bryan (0) cesiro (11) Chad (387) Chadwick (32) Chandoo (87) Charlie (4) chayner (21) Chris (22) ChrisB (7) Christy (29) Chuck Lawson (24) Chung (337) Cocoy (176) Compuwizard123 (134) Curt (164) Dan (8) darxoul (9) deadlyicon (1) Dean (26) Dennis Laumen (87) Derek (33) dj empirical (269) DJ Unagi (29) Dylan Thomas (23) Ed (22) Eric Atkins (80) Eric Hinojosa (0) FelipeC (46) Fernando (97) Fernio (27) flu (5) Frank (55) Garrett (71) ggasp (0) Goyal (51) Grapes 2.0 (40) Gutshot (79) haggaret (64) hedbngr (13) HelenaN (62) Isabelle (36) issa (116) ivey (28) J.Wo (16) Jake Spurlock (29) Jakob (148) Jason (121) Jason (263) Jason Sares (64) Jc2k (7) Jeff Daly (169) John (1) Jon (23) Jordan Bouvier (3) Jorge (51) jrodgers (5) Just Mohit (120) Justin Yost (161) kapoing (18) Kevin (209) Kevin (16) knv (44) LeapsandBounds (110) Leon (14) louisgray (701) m0d (10) mace (35) Manu (7) marcell (97) Marina Martin (19) Marisa (0) Mark (519) Martin Gordon (89) Maryam (626) Matt (26) Matthew (1) mernisse (40) Mi, de Camila (21) Mikey (162) Mister (18) Mr (21) mrshl (60) Nate (1) nHelke (21) Nick (162) Nishant (9) odwl (37) ovpaul (16) Page (33) Parastoo (62) Patrick (23) Paul (43) Pellizzari (45) Peter H (91) Piers (7) Pipsy (37) pkj (56) Podcast Mike (123) Puck (10) Rachit Chandra (6) rafiq (92) Randy (20) Regan (18) Rizzn (278) Rob (22) Robert (19) Ronald van der Putte (17) Ross (60) rushabh doshi (1) Ryan (48) Ryan (85) Ryan Kennedy (22) Ryan Triggs (5) Sam Harrelson (89) sanyam (32) saurabh (2) saxjazman9 (93) Sean T.-S. (26) Sebastian (34) SFSlim (248) SiliconViper (80) smue (160) Snipergirl (8) sol (1) Steinkirch (99) Stephanie (7) stern (54) sugree (247) sweethell (0) terry (105) Thadman (60) tsangal (154) Tung (17) Tweek (8) twoluvcats (20) Ultraviolet (30) vanlandw (89) vevck (60) Vince (12) vinoaj (5) Voyagerfan5761 (43) Yann (91) Zach (298) Zeca (9) Zhasper (118) zizzy (0) Владимир Анохин (29)Explore read nine notes
- vinoaj said: Hilarious!
- Владимир Анохин said: "Ты прекрасный руководитель"
- Garrett said: A UCB reference for all of you uninformed mortals out there.
- Randy said: 'Ignore Previous Cookie' EXCEPT in bed. Nahh doesn't work so well
- vanlandw said: lol
- Rachit Chandra said: Anyone remembers the game you played at school?
- Vince said: lol!
- mernisse said: I may have to adjust the way I play 'the game' (btw, you just lost 'the game')
- Patrick said: after this mountains top another mountain is waiting for you.
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Security Holes (164)
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- Goyal said: Commenting out helps.
- Chris R. said: Slightly offended by this comic. Stupid xkcd anyway.
- kapoing said: ih ih, o novo ubuntu é mesmo o vista com temas :)
- Pedro Pinheiro said: Love the Ubuntu one... so user friendly it has started to be shunned by the linux community :)
- Curt said: Haha, that's great! RIP Ubuntu... :P
- Fernando said: eu amo xkcd. for ever and ever.
- npike said: he mentioned slackware! go slackware!
- FelipeC said: Ubuntu is just Windows Vista + few custom themes! hilarious :)
- Matt Southworth said: Amazing. I just wrote our sysadmins a dispatch on this.
- Adam said: Classic.
- Drewcipher said: LOL, internet.
- Adam said: rotfl
- Arto said: Jeff Goldblum's laptop, indeed. (If you grok that one, you've just scored 10/10 on the geekometer...)
- Adrian said: Haha! I'm partial to Ubuntu but that last one really got me laughing
- Sam said: :-)
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24 Fans…Rejoice (1)
on Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton (413) permalinkJack Bauer die-hards, you won't have to wait ’til 2009 to see new episodes of the hit show 24. Fox is gifting you with a two-hour "prequel event", slated to air Sunday, November 23rd. The prequel will set the stage for season 7, which is set to premiere in January 2009. You'll see Jack's old 'pal' Tony Almeida in the prequel! Are y'all excited? [Image via Mavrix Online.]Shared by Piers (7)Contribute comment
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ooooh! (38)
on Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? (36) permalinkooooh! I’m scary baby panda oooooooooh u nawt sew skarree compard 2 dis. picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: laurinemily » Recaption ThisShared by Alix (48) ash (181) Benjamin (161) Bobby (97) Bonwag (0) cisellis (127) CrazyVet (143) Dan (0) Ellie (1) eugene (155) Fourbin (153) geekgrrl (108) Heather (180) Ian G (186) jadielady (90) James (48) Jameson (24) Jeff (6) Jeffrey (55) Jim (56) John Beeler (12) Matt (39) Mattie (9) Nicki (120) Piers (7) Rafael (35) Raoul (164) Rob (176) Rob (10) rodbegbie (7) Ryan Kennedy (22) Sergey Galyonkin (7) stantont (58) Stephanie (7) Tanka (43) Thursday (8) Todd (405) Tully (34)
- Mattie said: I need to stop looking at photos of cute animals. It reveals my girliness far too much...
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Google Doctype, an Encyclopedia for Web Developers (81)
on Google Operating System (1814) permalinkGoogle released an encyclopedia of the "open web". "The open web is the web built on open standards: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more. The open web is a beautiful soup of barely compatible clients and servers. It comprises billions of pages, millions of users, and thousands of browser-based applications."Google Doctype is an encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone who has a Google account and wants to kee
