21 July 2006

JavaScript: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language: "JavaScript, aka Mocha, aka LiveScript, aka JScript, aka ECMAScript, is one of the world's most popular programming languages. Virtually every personal computer in the world has at least one JavaScript interpreter installed on it and in active use. JavaScript's popularity is due entirely to its role as the scripting language of the WWW."

20 July 2006

Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes, by Stephen King: "THAT'S RIGHT. I know it sounds like an ad for some sleazy writers' school, but I really am going to tell you everything you need to pursue a successful and financially rewarding career writing fiction, and I really am going to do it in ten minutes, which is exactly how long it took me to learn. It will actually take you twenty minutes or so to read this essay, however, because I have to tell you a story, and then I have to write a second introduction. But these, I argue, should not count in the ten minutes."
Five common PHP design patterns: "Design patterns are just for Java™ architects -- at least that's what you may have been led to believe. In fact, design patterns are useful for everyone. If these tools aren't exclusive to architecture astronauts, what are they, and why are they useful in PHP applications? This article explains."
Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)
Techtree.com India > Guides > Software Guides > Guide to Useless Services (Windows XP SP2): "Fortunately, not all of the default services are required by all users, so you can turn some of them off to free up some memory. "

17 July 2006

18 Tricks to Teach Your Body - Men's Health - MSN Health & Fitness: "Soothe a burn, cure a toothache, clear a stuffed nose..."

15 July 2006

E.T.'s Arctic Cousins? - - science news articles online technology magazine articles E.T.'s Arctic Cousins?: "The group, led by Benoit Beauchamp, director of the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America, are examining strange, alien-like life forms living in the discolored snow and investigating the unique environment that sustains them."

12 July 2006

www.shibumi.org/EotI: "End of the Internet"
Penetration Test: "Penetration Testing Framework"

08 July 2006

Are you in the 98% or 2% of the population?: "At the end of this message, you are asked a question.
Answer it immediately. Don't stop and think about it.
say the first thing that pops into your mind. "
Digg News Google Gadget example (without RSS)
Extra Dimensions in Cosmology: "If modern physics has taught us anything, it is that our normal intuition of how the universe works cannot be trusted. A perfect example is Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, which states that the speed of light is the only constant, length and time can vary, and our notion of the simultaneity of two events is incorrect. Another example is quantum mechanics, which says that properties of an object such as momentum and position cannot be determined precisely, only probabilistically. A concept regarding the structure of the universe that again opposes our instincts is that of extra dimensions."
Imagining the Tenth Dimension
IntelliAdmin.com: Why Windows takes so long to shut down.: "This is why Microsoft released the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service

This free utility automatically cleans up user profiles and prevents you from playing the timeout wait game."
H₂O Studies - a photoset on Flickr: "A study of H₂O in its many forms. Water covers 70% of our planet, and I find it one of the most intriguing things to look at."

03 July 2006

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: No Prayer Prescription -- [ PSYCHOLOGY ] -- Send good vibrations, but keep it to yourself: "The three-year Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP), published in the April 4 American Heart Journal, was the largest-ever attempt to apply scientific methods to measure the influence of prayer on the well-being of another. It examined 1,800 patients undergoing heart-bypass surgery. On the eve of the operations, church groups began two weeks of praying for one set of patients."

01 July 2006