“Study Sheds Light on What Makes People Shy”
Curious. And it sounds awfully familiar too.
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“7 Thoughts That Are Bad For You”
Oh great, even more things that science finds are bad for you. 😉 But this list might be useful, since the thoughts and personality traits mentioned in it can be changed. (I know, most of them were my constant companions in my younger years.)
“Software Discovery is Broken”
How do you find good software? Industry veteran John Dvorak (no relation to the keyboard layout of the same name 😉 ) says you can’t, barring personal recommendations from other users. There are too many scammers out there. I’m sorry to say that I have to agree. I haven’t gone looking for much software by …
“What are the Internet’s most dangerous search words? Bearshare and screensaver.”
Looking for love is an honorable pursuit, even if it’s “in all the wrong places.” Looking for screen savers… that’s another matter.
“Samsung joins the Skype-TV crowd”
It seems that we’ve finally achieved one of the icons of the 1950s vision of the future: the living room videophone. And it might even catch on. But come on, guys… you promised that sixty years ago. That’s a heck of a long time to deliver on a promise. And where’s that flying car you …
“Gmail Detects and Warns You If Someone Else Is Using Your Account”
Wow… there’s been some debate over whether Google’s response to the whole Chinese hacking episode is just posturing, but more recent news seems to suggest that they’re seriously pissed at the Chinese government. And now comes the news that they’ve added code to show users when an account is accessed from an unexpected geographical area …
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“Chips make you chipper: Official”
So eat chips (that’s Brit-speak for “fries,” to us Yanks) and you’ll be okay with the bombing of Hiroshima? Hm, makes me wonder what they put on the fries over there — and whether I could get some too. 😉
A Rant About Computer Books
I really, really wish that computer book authors would pay more attention to their work. I know that I’ve mentioned the Montgomery reduction algorithm here before, and the sad state of nearly all of the few things that describe it. I finally got it to work properly a while back, thanks in part to the …
Windows 7
Last Friday, I discovered that I needed a 64-bit version of Windows for development purposes. I had a 64-bit version of Windows XP on a spare machine, but I haven’t set it up since the recent move, and until we get more stuff organized, I frankly don’t have the room. But it occurred to me …
“Liquid glass will change your life, eliminate detergent profits”
Very intriguing. Unfortunately it sounds too good to be true, so it probably isn’t.