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techcrunch : Single User Interface For Twitter And FriendFeed
2008-05-07 12:49:00 Note: Unless you are a Twitter and/or FriendFeed addict, this post isn?t for you.Twitter / FriendFeed desktop client Alert Thingy just released version 1.3 of the software.It is now a fully functioning client for both services (reading and writing). They?ve also added an easy Flickr uploader - just drag a photo into the application and upload it to Flickr.The thing I like most about the new version of Alert Thingy though is that you access Twitter and FriendFeed in a single window and a single interface (Twhirl, a competitor, requires two windows). That means less desktop space is used. They are also de-duping Twitter messages (since they also appear in FriendFeed), a nice touch.Switching between Alert Thingy, Twhirl and even the newer browser sidebar with similar functionality is trivially easy - there are no real switching costs. That means all of these products will be in a constant battle over features. That?s great for us users. And since Alert Thingy and Twhirl are more side p... More About: User , Interface , Single , User Interface
Holding a Program In One's Head
2008-05-07 12:44:00 A good programmer working intensively on his own code can hold it in his mind the way a mathematician holds a problem he's working on. Mathematicians don't answer questions by working them out on paper the way schoolchildren are taught to. They do more in their heads: they try to understand a problem space well enough that they can walk around it the way you can walk around the memory of the house you grew up in. At its best programming is the same. You hold the whole program in your head, and you can manipulate it at will.That's particularly valuable at the start of a project, because initially the most important thing is to be able to change what you're doing. Not just to solve the problem in a different way, but to change the problem you're solving.Your code is your understanding of the problem you're exploring. So it's only when you have your code in your head that you really understand the problem.It's not easy to get a program into your head. If you leave a project for... More About: Holding , Head , Program
Web 2.0
2008-05-07 09:52:00 Does "Web 2 .0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated. Originally, yes, it was meaningless. Now it seems to have acquired a meaning. And yet those who dislike the term are probably right, because if it means what I think it does, we don't need it.I first heard the phrase "Web 2.0" in the name of the Web 2.0 conference in 2004. At the time it was supposed to mean using "the web as a platform," which I took to refer to web-based applications. [1]So I was surprised at a conference this summer when Tim O'Reilly led a session intended to figure out a definition of "Web 2.0." Didn't it already mean using the web as a platform? And if it didn't already mean something, why did we need the phrase at all?OriginsTim says the phrase "Web 2.0" first arose in "a brainstorming session between O'Reilly and Medialive International." What is Medialive International? "Producers of technology tradeshows and conferences," according to their...
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine
2008-05-07 08:37:00 Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here.Google isn?t just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Tonight at 9pm PT they?re launching Google App Engine (Update: The site is live), an ambitious new project that offers a full-stack, hosted, automatically scalable web application platform. It consists of Python application servers, BigTable database access (anticipated here and here) and GFS data store services.At first blush this is a full on competitor to the suite of web services offered by Amazon, including S3 (storage), EC2 (virtual servers) and SimpleDB (database).Unlike Amazon Web Services ? loosely coupled architecture, which consists of several essentially independent services that can optionally be tied together by developers, Google?s architecture is more unified but less flexible. For example, it is possible with Amazon to use their storage service S3 independently of any other services, while with Google using their BigTable service... More About: Head , Web Services
techcrunch : How Much Is Twitter Worth?
2008-05-07 08:12:00 Yesterday CNET?s Charles Cooper reported that Twitter had signed a term sheet to raise $15 - $20 million in a new round of venture fundingIt?s fairly well known that they are out talking to VCs (it?s hard to keep that quiet), but our sources are saying no deal is imminent, and that Twitter is still meeting with potential suitors.The company has received a number of term sheets, according to one source. Valuations range from $60 million on the low end to more than $150 million on the high end. There is, clearly, a bit of salivating going on around Twitter.One reason for all the attention: growth rates suggest that it is now just a matter of when, not if, Twitter usage will go mainstream. Twitter usage has ?exploded? in the last couple of months, says our source (this is supported by Comscore, which shows total page view doubling from 10 to 20 million between February and March, although it is nearly impossible to guess at total Twitter usage since there are no many access points othe... More About: Worth , Techcrunch
Replacement Arm (good as new)
2008-05-07 07:58:00 Scientists have had a string of remarkable successes lately, taking signals from the brains of monkeys and men, and using them to move mechanical arms.Darpa, the Pentagon's blue-sky research division, now wants to ratchet that work up about ten notches, by developing a "neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore full motor and sensory capability to upper extremity amputee patients. This revolutionary prosthesis will be controlled, feel, look and perform like the native limb."So, basically, what Luke Skywalker gets in Empire Strikes Back, after Darth chops off his hand. Except, researchers won't have a long, long time to get this limb ready. Darpa wants the robo-arm stat -- in four years or less.The limb would have to be wired directly into the peripheral nervous system, instead of the brain-controlled arms being demonstrated today, Darpa tells researchers interested in working on this "Revolutionizing Prosthetics" project. Under agency guidelines, the arm will need enou... More About: Good
Installing Love
2008-05-07 06:59:00 Tech Support: Yes, how can I help you?Customer: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love . Can you guide me though the process?Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?Customer: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?Tech Support: The first step is to open your Heart. Have you located your Heart?Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install Love while they are running? Tech Support: What programs are running?Customer: Let's see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.Tech Support: No problem, Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love fr...
Hints of iGoogle Turning Into Its Own Social Network
2008-05-07 06:57:00 Google has long used its personalized homepage, iGoogle, as a launching point for its foray into social-networking applications. Any developer who builds an OpenSocial app, for instance, can make it work as a widget (er, gadget) on iGoogle. So far, it?s been more of a personal home page. But now iGoogle is taking another step towards becoming a full-fledged social network in its own right.It is a tiny step, but could be indicative of the direction iGoogle is going to take. Google has opened up a sandbox for developers where they can try building some new types of iGoogle apps not available to the general iGoogle user population. Most significantly, they can add activity streams (i.e., updates) and friends lists in new navigation panes on the page. Any change in a third-party iGoogle widget will be able to be reflected in the updates pane. (This has actually been a long time coming, since adding activity streams was always part of the OpenSocial plan). And they can also play around w... More About: Network , Hints , Social Network
Discovering Cuyo, Palawan
2008-05-07 06:52:00 Palawan, made up of 1,768 islands, is the second largest province of the Philippines. Its total land area is spread between the main island where the capital city Puerto Princesa is located and among the peripheral islands of Busuanga, Culion, Linacapan, Dumaran, Cagayanes, Balabac, and group of about 40 islets and islands collectively known as Cuyo.Cuyo is divided into two island groups. Up north is the Quiniluban group to which Pamalican island is part and where the 89-hectare, ultra-exclusive Amanpulo Resort belongs. To the south are the Cuyo islands, where the village of Cuyo is located.An hour and 30 minutes by air and 24 hours by sea from Manila, Cuyo is a fourth-class municipality composed of 17 barangays. With a population of 18,257 people (2000 census), it is one of the unexploited islands in the country. Home to a fort?which shelters a church and a convent in its high stone walls?constructed during the Spanish period to protect its population from Moro pirates, Cuyo has on... More About: Palawan
Lifestyle ng Call Center
2008-05-07 06:49:00 1. dahil halos di na kayo nagkikita ng nanay at tatay mo, ang tawag na nila sayo ay "boarder" at sinisingil ka na nila sa upa mo.2. pag sasagot ka ng telepono, lagi na lang may opening spiel...example:*toot* .... thank you for calling (the company) this is (your name) how may i help you?3. eksperto ka na sa power nap, yung mga 15mins break nyo, itinutulog mo na lang para fresh pagkacalls uli, mya na yung 1 hour nap.4. di mo na alam bumiyahe pag may araw, nalilito ka bakit andaming tao,at bakit di na dumadaan ang dyip dun sa mga kalsada na 1 way.5. marami ka nang naiipong jacket... nakakahiya naman kung pare-pareho jacket mo araw-araw at super ginaw naman pag wala.6. sanay kang maglakad-lakad ng nakamedyas.7. ang tawag mo sa mga friends mo...dude, bro, coach,tl, sup.8. di na dugo ang dumadaloy sayo... kape!9. finefake mo na wag maging "slang" pag nagbabayad ka sa tindahan o kaya sa jeep para wag akalain na pasosyal ka... masama pa, mas panget pakinggan.10. tadaaaaa! nagsasalita ka sa... More About: Lifestyle , Call , Center , Call Center
Ploning Official Full / Cinema Trailer
2008-05-07 06:47:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDZTGV5x0 4&fmt=6 More About: Cinema , Trailer , Full , Official
Madonna Decena - Britain's Got Talent
2008-05-07 06:46:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLRBx3YBWD k&fmt=6 More About: Madonna , Britain , Talent
Podcasting in Plain English
2008-05-07 06:42:00 http://www.commoncraft.com/podcasti ng More About: Podcasting , English , Plain
RSS in Plain English
2008-05-07 06:29:00 http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plai n_english More About: English , Plain
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
2008-05-07 06:25:00 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 More About: Insight , Jill , Taylor , Stroke
Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe
2008-05-07 06:23:00 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/242 More About: Questions , Universe , Stephen Hawking , The Universe , Stephen
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine
2008-05-02 01:37:00 Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here.Google isn?t just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Tonight at 9pm PT they?re launching Google App Engine (Update: The site is live), an ambitious new project that offers a full-stack, hosted, automatically scalable web application platform. It consists of Python application servers, BigTable database access (anticipated here and here) and GFS data store services.At first blush this is a full on competitor to the suite of web services offered by Amazon, including S3 (storage), EC2 (virtual servers) and SimpleDB (database).Unlike Amazon Web Services ? loosely coupled architecture, which consists of several essentially independent services that can optionally be tied together by developers, Google?s architecture is more unified but less flexible. For example, it is possible with Amazon to use their storage service S3 independently of any other services, while with Google using their BigTable service... More About: Head , Web Services
The Future of Web Startups
2008-05-02 01:20:00 1. Lots of Startups So my first prediction about the future of web startups is pretty straightforward: there will be a lot of them. When starting a startup was expensive, you had to get the permission of investors to do it. Now the only threshold is courage.Even that threshold is getting lower, as people watch others take the plunge and survive. In the last batch of startups we funded, we had several founders who said they'd thought of applying before, but weren't sure and got jobs instead. It was only after hearing reports of friends who'd done it that they decided to try it themselves.Starting a startup is hard, but having a 9 to 5 job is hard too, and in some ways a worse kind of hard. In a startup you have lots of worries, but you don't have that feeling that your life is flying by like you do in a big company. Plus in a startup you could make much more money.As word spreads that startups work, the number may grow to a point that would now seem surprising.We now think of it a... More About: Future , The Future
Google App Engine at Campfire One
2008-04-08 13:16:00 Announcing Google App Engine at Campfire One on April 7, 2008
YM Online Presence to Your Web Pages
2008-01-24 12:50:00 Online presence allows people to see if you are currently online and using Yahoo! Messenger. To add online presence, you simply need to add some HTML to your web page.offline modeonline modeIf a Yahoo! Messenger user clicks your online presence, an instant message window will open for them so they can type you an instant message.get YM Online Presence here More About: Online , Pages
I Wouldn't Steal
2008-01-21 10:56:00 Whenever you rent a movie, the multinational media industry forces you to watch their propaganda. They claim that [downloading movies is the same as snatching bags, stealing cars or shoplifting]. That?s simply not true ? making a copy is fundamentally different from stealing. The media industry has failed to offer viable legal alternatives and they will fail to convince consumers that sharing equals stealing. Unfortunately, they have succeeded in another area ? lobbying to adapt laws to criminalize sharing, turning consumers into criminals. They argue that their laws are necessary to [support artists], but in reality all they?re protecting is their own profits. The Greens in Europe and worldwide has been opposing these laws. We believe that consumers are willing to pay if offered good quality at a fair price. We also believe that sharing is expanding culture ? not killing it. To protest against the faulty propaganda from the industry, we made our own film. The difference is ? you ... More About: Steal
Best Solution Ever for multiply.com Music Download
2008-01-16 04:56:00 Multiply User Support say "It appears that the Music Download Links have been removed here at Multiply. This was not unexpected, and due to Multiply being used for sharing of illegal, copyright protected music. "... moremultiply.com has been removed the 'Download' link for the music posts, but you can still listen to the mp3 files if you choose to play the playlist.now i got some solution to how you can download music from multiply site i tryed to my own and... ohhhh so sweet!!! 1) the OrbitDownloader it's free, no adware and it's easy to use.2) after you download and install the OrbitDownloader. Right Click on Play this Playlist and choose Download by Orbit3) Save it as (PlaylistName).OLT4) Run OrbitDownloader, click File, then Import List of Download.5) Open the file of the playlist that you saved.6) You can remove the check of any song that you don't want to download.Click OK to start download7) downloading! Cheers!CHEERS EVERYONE!!!!HAPPY DOWNLOAD!! More About: Windows , Solution , Multiply
How to turn off CD-ROM Autorun
2008-01-10 17:16:00 Why do this ? Turn ing off Autorun stops the following from happening - When you insert a CD into your CD-ROM drive Windows automatically loads the program on the CD. For Audio CDs Windows opens your default music program and automatically plays the CD. This is how to disable that from happening.Click Start / Settings / Control Panel then double click on System. (There are a couple of other ways to get to this window.1) Right click My Computer and choose Properties2) Hold down the Windows key and press Pause/Break).Then click on the Device Manager tab.Click on the '+' sign next to your CD-ROM to expand the CD-ROM listing. Then highlight your CD-ROM drive by left-clicking on your drive once. Then click on Properties.Now click on the Settings tab.Take the tick away from the Auto insert notification check box. Then click OK.You will have to restart Windows for the change to take effect.
how format the hardisk in dos
2007-12-14 03:30:00 SyntaxMicrosoft Windows 95, 98, ME syntaxFormat s a disk for use with MS-DOS.FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/F:size] [/B | /S] [/C]FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors] [/B | /S] [/C]FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/B | /S] [/C]FORMAT drive: [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8] [/B | /S] [/C]/V[:label] Specifies the volume label./Q Performs a quick format./F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (such as 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88)./B Allocates space on the formatted disk for system files./S Copies system files to the formatted disk./T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side./N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track./1 Formats a single side of a floppy disk./4 Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a high-density drive./8 Formats eight sectors per track./C Tests clusters that are currently marked "bad."
How to create folders
2007-12-14 03:29:00 Folders (or directories) are containers for files that enable you to organise your data. This tutorial will show you how to create your own folders. There are a number of techniques to create a folder, all of which achieve the same effect?First MethodRight click on an open area of your desktop, or in an open area of Windows Explorer.Then left click NewThen left click Folder. Once your folder appears either on your desktop or in Windows Explorer you will notice that the folder name is highlighted. This is giving you the opportunity to name your folder. It is always best to give your folder a very memorable name that accurately describes its contents. Type in the name you want to give to your newly created folder, and then hit Enter to complete the process.Second MethodThis method is for use in Windows Explorer only. Open up Windows Explorer ((Hold down the Windows Key and press E) or left click Start/Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer)Navigate to the place you where you want your... More About: Folders , Create
Three Things that Microsoft can't explain
2007-12-14 03:29:00 1) An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as ?CON?. This is something funny and inexplicable? At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn?t answer why this happened!TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A ?CON? FOLDER2) For those of you using Windows, do the following: - Open an empty notepad file - Type ?Bush hid the facts? (without the quotes) - Save it as whatever you want. - Close it, and re-open it. Noticed the weird bug? No one can explain! 3) Again this is something funny and can?t be explained? At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn?t answer why this happened!Open Microsoft Word and type=rand (200, 99)And then press ENTERTry it out yourself? More About: Things
Here are some men and women who mocked God
2007-12-14 03:28:00 Deathis certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death! Make a personalreflection about this. Very interesting, read until the end. It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Here are some men and women who mocked God: JOHN LENNON: Some years before, during his interview with an AmericanMagazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do nothave to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjectswere too simple, today we are more famous than Him" (1966). Lennon,after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, wasshot six times. TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil): During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died. CAZUZA (Bi-sexual Brazilian compose... More About: Women , Men and Women
How to install Windows
2007-12-14 03:28:00 for: Windows ME Users, Windows 98 Users, Windows 95 UsersAfter you partition and format hard disk, you can install Windows 98: Insert the Windows 98 Startup/Boot disk in your floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.When the Windows 98 Startup/Boot menu is displayed, select the Start computer with CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.Insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following at the command prompt X: and then press Enter.Now that you are at the X: prompt type setup**NOTE**"X" is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive in these instructions.When you receive this message, Please wait while the Setup initializes.Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system. To continue press Enter. Press Enter.Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Setup procedure:Windows 98 Setup can be divided into the following phases: Pre-file copy phaseFile copy phaseEnumeration/detection phaseConfiguring system settingsC...
Regfix for Windows XP Num Lock Issue
More articles from this author:2007-12-14 03:28:00 Windows XP will switch off the Num Lock key when it boots. In some cases it's enough to make sure that the Num Lock key is enabled when you shut down; Windows will remember the status of Num Lock, and enable it on the next boot. In other cases this may not work, and Windows will always default to switching Num Lock off when booting. To fix this:Start the Registry Editor.Go to Start.Select Run...Type regedit.Click OK.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel Keyboard.Double-click the value InitialKeyboardIndicators, and enter 2 as it's Value data and then click OK.Close the registry editor, and restart Windows for the changes to take effect. More About: Windows , Windows Xp , Issue 1, 2 |
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