January 2012
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7XX-rfc - Extending HTTP Status codes for... →
thechangelog:
A funny list from John Barton of HTTP status codes to cover reasons not found in the original set such as:
749 - Reserved for Chuck Norris
778 - Off By One Error
Plenty of pull requests already.
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion,...
– Dave Barry
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If I can’t build it, I can’t understand it.
– Richard P. Feynman
December 2011
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Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
– Rudyard Kipling
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Cosmos a series by Carl Sagan
So I just completed the Cosmos series by Carl Sagan for the first time today and I’m drowning here with hope and deep sorrow simultaneously.
It is 31 years old but yet its message is still as enduring as it was back then. I can not eloquent describe how I feel about the show.
My mind wanders, and I feel that we as a species share a common hope for a grand future, but our disposition...
senshuk:
You may never know how significant a little act of kindness or word of encouragement may be to someone, but at least know that you have the ability to resonate the best of yourself unto others, and that should be enough.
“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” — J.M. Barrie
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October 2011
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Clients From Hell: Client: “I don’t want to... →
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I don’t want to download it. Just give it to me over the phone.” Me: “It’s a computer program, I can’t give it to you over the phone. I can mail you a DVD, or I can tell you how to safely download it over the internet.” Client: “Look, I’m not downloading anything, and I’m not getting…
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Dennis Ritchie, the creator of everything Apple products are based on (C and UNIX) died without much fanfare last week. If Steve was the king of the front end and visible, Dennis was the king of the invisible underpinnings.
He was best known as the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the UNIX operating system, and as co-author of the definitive book on C, The C...
September 2011
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August 2011
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I need, therefore I imagine.
– Carlos Fuentes
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
I have been playing with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 since yesterday when it shipped and so far it’s been marvels. Using it for over a day now has satisfied me that I made the right choice buying it instead of a different Android tablet or the iPad 2 altogether. And by the looks of the market place there are plenty of App’s for Honeycomb out there. Plus it can also run App’s...
July 2011
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It’s nice that #lastfm library services is back online. I was a bit worried after my entire library disappeared yesterday but they managed to get everything working again.
Plus it’s a good thing that I backed up my entire last.fm library just in case a month ago. As you never know when a disaster can strike.
Sweet #Diaspora now connects to #Tumblr as well :). Now only if it could just connect to #identica it would be really swell.
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In our time… a man whose enemies are faceless bureaucrats almost never...
– Chaim Potok
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June 2011
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What ever you are doing just drop it and go outside. Take your binoculars or telescopes with you and enjoy the wonderful phenomenon that is the lunar eclipse.
Luckily its a clear & windy night here in Jeddah and the eclipse has reached full strength turning the moon in to a very dim red dot in the sky.
Watching it happen even with a small telescope gives you a different...
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Oh Yeah Facts: How many senses do you have? →
ohyeahfacts:
At least nine. The five we all know about: Sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch, were first proposed by Aristotle, but there are now four more which are agreed among scientists to be official senses, these are:
1. Thermoception – the sense of heat (or it’s absence) on our skin, …
May 2011
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Finely home sweet home. The #Nokia #QT session for today is over and my back is killing me plus the training session has been extended till tomorrow as they were not able to cover everything today. But I won’t be going tomorrow as today was enough for me. I got what I needed out of it. Now on to make the best use of what’s left of today I’m off to watch me some TV series &...
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Had an amazing time at KAUST today as it’s not every day you get to watch a movie at a cinema in Saudi Arabia as there are no cinemas here. But now I’m too tired from the weekend & it’s going to be a long week starting with Nokia QT daylong event in the morning at the Jeddah Hilton Hotel so I should get some shuteye.
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April 2011
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It...
– Albert Einstein (via jnunemaker)
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floatingparticles:
mnwka:
ATTENTION INTERNET: THIS IS A PENGUIN BEING TICKLED.
GODDAMMIT FUCK THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD.
INTERNET GOLD.
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The internet only appears to be flat, as we perceive it in two dimensions. In...
– Hauntological Futures | booktwo.org (via deplorableword)
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you are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. you are the sum of your influences. the german writer goethe said, we are shaped and fashioned by what we love. - austin kleon
via texturism / ellen [emphasis mine]
March 2011
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The fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco...
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February 2011
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I dream that my son will grow up to be a good person, a free person. I dream...
– The Kite Runner
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Listening to some Japanese Jazz music late in to the night while setting up rvm, ruby and company on the new netbook for development work on the go.
Listening To:
Uyama Hiroto
Nujabes
NOMAK
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Its a damn shame that all of the SG1 team android duplicates created by Harlan get killed in this episode but hey at lest they take out Cronus and the real SG-1 manages to capture Cronus’s Ha’tak.
Stargate SG-1: Season 4, Episode 21 “Double Jeopardy”
January 2011
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“We’re all mutants, What’s more remarkable is how many of us...
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The best sunrises are the ones you see as you’re going to bed.
– John Huchra
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December 2010
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How Would You Like Your Graphic Design? →
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War is peace. Freedom is treason.
– By Unknown.
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del.icio.us is no longer delicious - the end
It’s not only sad that delicious is shutting down but for those of us who acutely used the services to store our bookmarks over the years have a nice problem on our hands.
If you use delicious then I would suggest that you stop adding any new bookmarks to it and download all of your existing bookmarks using one of the following two methods.
The first method is quite easy and more suitable...
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Chrome for a Cause
Every tab you open this December 15 through 19 will serve a good cause.
Join the cause Install the Chrome for a Cause extension to participate. Each tab you open will raise money for charity.
Contribute your tabs At the end of each day, choose one of five charities to support.
There can’t be a more effortless way to help charities then installing this extension and opening a tab after...