April 2010
40 posts
Using C# with Desktopcouch == desktopcouchsharp →
As I have mentioned several times, during my everyday job I deal with C# and although I every now and then I complain about it, I consider the language to be quite good overall. One of the things…
Outbreak →
Axis Of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song... →
Australian comedy group ‘Axis Of Awesome’ perform a sketch from the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Footage courtesy of Network Ten Australia. See http://www.axisofawesome.net/ for…
Hilarious Dunk- Dude Gets Stuck In Basketball Rim →
Hahaha what an arse! Video is uploaded with permission from- http://www.youtube.com/user/crazysocks7
Eliminating Comments: the Road to Clarity →
I used to think commenting my code was the responsible thing to do. I used to think that I should have a comment for just about every line of code that I wrote. After my first read of Code…
Careful with some MVPs →
For those who do not program targeting Window and Microsoft products such as SharePoint, Office, etc.. might not know what as MVP. According to wikipedia Microsoft’s MVP definition is:
The…
Implementing a floating layout in Clutter →
One of the things I have had to do when I changed from using goocanvas to use clutter was the implementation of a layout that will mimic the behavior of nautilus when it uses the icon view. I though…
Idea people versus results people →
I liked this quote from Hugh MacLeod the other day:
Idea-Driven People come up with Ideas (and Results), more often than Results-Driven People come up with Results (and Ideas).
His quote brings…
New evidence of (transient) liquid water on Mars! →
Does liquid water still flow on Mars?
We know that in the distant past — like, a billion years ago — liquid water was abundant on Mars. We also know that water currently exists on Mars in the form…
House Name Fail →
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Richard Dawkins is Not Arresting the Pope →
If you’re like me, when you see headlines like this, your ears perk up:
Richard Dawkins: I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI
What does that article say?
Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens,…
“I would give just about anything to sit David Brooks down in front of some...”
– Matt Taibbi (via azspot) (via dalasverdugo)
Bad Publicity Forces Lawyers Out of Anti... →
Following the likes of Davenport Lyons and more recently ACS:Law, lawyers Tilly Bailey & Irvine (TBI) made their first steps into the file-sharing settlements market this year.
Since TBI has been…
Doctor Octoroc Presents 8-Bit Doctor Horrible →
With the world still reeling from the chippy grandeur of Brad Smith’s epic Moon8 – which, in case you missed it, recreates the entirety of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon via Famitracker…
Rounded rectagle actor in clutter →
One of the things I required to re-write the macaco-contacts UI in clutter is a rounded corners rectangle, but there is not one!! Well, here is the code you need to implement to have a rounded…
HOWTO make an iPad that respects freedom →
Danny O’Brien explains the simple step that Apple could take to make the iPad into a device that fosters unlimited innovation and freedom: ‘Imagine an iPad. It’s the same iPad, built by Jobs and…
HOWTO make an iPad that respects freedom →
Danny O’Brien explains the simple step that Apple could take to make the iPad into a device that fosters unlimited innovation and freedom: ‘Imagine an iPad. It’s the same iPad, built by Jobs and…
KFC's Double Down: bacon and cheese sandwiched... →
From the Consumerist: “The Original Recipe [Double Down] sandwich will set you back about 540 calories, 32g of fat and 1380mg of sodium. The not-as-bad-for-you Grilled Double Down totals…
A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad →
My friend Todd Lappin says: “A fascinating UI experiment. My daughter likes playing with my iPhone, but this was her very first encounter with an iPad. As you’ll see, she took right to…
A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad →
My friend Todd Lappin says: “A fascinating UI experiment. My daughter likes playing with my iPhone, but this was her very first encounter with an iPad. As you’ll see, she took right to…
Hell →
This is Not a Spiral →
The blue elements in the image above appear to be a arranged in a continuous spiral, but in fact they form a series of concentric circles. Your brain will argue so strongly for a spiral…
Denyse O'Leary supplants Ray Comfort as... →
After holding the title courageously for most of his adult life, Ray Comfort has been forced to relinquish his unofficial designation of World’s Stupidest Christian™. Meet the newly crowned…
Documentation, documentation, documentation! →
Documentation, documentation, documentation! this is what the Steve Ballmer of the open source (who ever it is) should say to the open source world. Before you keep reading I…
Best email signature ever! →
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A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
Q. Why is top posting bad?
As seen in Simos Xenitellis email, for instance, here.
Stakeout (2/2) →
Today’s comic is here even though Wes and Tony were helping people with disabilities.
La Policía desaloja a cien musulmanes de la... →
No exageró el nuevo obispo, Demetrio Fernández, al recordar durante su reciente toma de posesión que en la Catedral no se podía permitir el rezo compartido. No se trató de una afirmación…
Cow head →
For centuries, rumors have circulated in Japan about a ghost story so horrific that people die of fright soon after hearing it.
The dreadful tale — known as “Cow Head” — appears to date back…
Pedobear on a child's birthday cake? →
This is so inappropriate I don’t even know what to say. I doubt, however, that this really is a child’s birthday cake, or even a real cake at all.
Juha Siltala: Ubuntu to be licensed under... →
Mark Shuttleworth announced today that work is underway to rewrite the GNU General Public License to allow proprietary derivatives, say sources close to Canonical, Ubuntu’s main sponsor….