January 2010
15 posts
Luís Oliveira: How a Common Lisp Programmer Views... →
Shared by givens Haskell Via @robotickilldozr.
Jan 26th
The social behavior incentive (how your app can be... →
I’m an addict. You already knew that, didn’t you? After all, I’m just about to pass my 30,000th Tweet and on Facebook I have more than 10,000 friends and on Foursquare I follow more than…
Jan 24th
“Please, do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least...”
– Conan O’Brien
Jan 23rd
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Jan 14th
WatchWatch
The difficulty of reading when a friendly cat is around. Also called: Hemi loves steepest descent!
Jan 11th
Why do big companies suck? →
Shared by givens So true (Note: In a new series of posts, now called reader’s choice, I’ll write about whatever people submit and vote for. If you dig this, let me know if the comments, and
Jan 8th
Facebook app adds push notifications, contact... →
The Facebook app’s addition of push notifications means you’ll know the minute someone writes on your wall. The new version also helps you keep your contacts’ photos up to date.
Jan 8th
Consumerist Exposé on Best Buy PC ‘Optimization’ →
Consumerist: When the Consumer Reports engineers compared three “optimized” computers to ones with default factory settings, there was no performance improvement. In one case, an optimized laptop…
Jan 7th
CES: D-Link Boxee Box brings couch potato paradise →
The D-Link Boxee Box connects the popular media software directly to your TV, with plenty of useful hardware features.
Jan 7th
Healthcare Spending and Life Expectancy →
Youall know about this already, but I wanted to post this plot of health-care expenditure and life expectancy (click on the graph to see a larger version): A somewhat misleading (in my…
Jan 6th
The neurons that shaped civilization: VS... →
Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which…
Jan 6th
“What’s your profession? Retired homemaker.”
– Mom
Jan 3rd
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HNY
Best wishes in 2010
Jan 1st