February 2010
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This is why parents should always check their... →
Homework: Draw a picture of what you want to be when you grow up.
The mother’s explanation:
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard…
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Interesting Facts about Farting... →
How much gas does a normal person pass per day?
On average, about 14 farts a day.
Do men fart more than women?
No, women fart just as much as men. The only difference is in the way our farts are executed. For example, women will wait for a nice gentle breeze before they release,…
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“At the end of the day, I know it’s a cliche, but people are our most important...”
– Tim Cook
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cityofsound: For the life between buildings - some... →
minimalmac:
There’s been lots of talk of it being a ‘third’ product, in-between iPhone and laptop. To me, this reminds me of ‘third places’. That’s a Ray Oldenburg term, of The Great Good Place, and generally refers to cafés, bars, libraries etc. Thus the iPad to me feels more like a product for third places rather than a third product. Its form factor and service model is defined for in-between...
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“Two rules for success:
1. Don’t tell people everything you know.
2.”
– (via cheaperthanacupofjoe)
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FAIL: 9to5mac.com down
9to5mac.com seems to be down for a couple of hours now, presumably after their latest post about finding evidence in the latest SDK that Video Chat is coming to future iPhones.
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WatchD&D on the Microsoft Surface
“The team from CMU shows us their project, a version of D&D that runs on the Microsoft Surface. Earlier we dispatched a few orcs before coming into this cave and encountering…. well what will in the next build be a mini-boss.”
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Animation Using CSS Transforms →
(via The Art of Web)
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How to enable Web Inspector in Safari
Simply open up Terminal and enter the following command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true
Then, when viewing a web page, you can left click and select “Inspect Element” to open the Web Inspector. Done!
The Web Inspector lets you browse the live DOM hierarchy in a compact HUD style window, catering to the needs of web developers and WebKit hackers...
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Design your Blog like You’d Design a Product →
(via TonyWright.com)
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WatchQuick Tip: Different Layouts for Different Widths
(via Nettuts+)
It’s becoming more and more common for web sites and applications to provide different layouts dependent upon the user’s window size, or resolution. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways, ranging from CSS to JavaScript solutions. In this video quick tip, we’ll learn how laughably simple it is to do this...
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CSS Killswitch →
How to non-destructively disable your client’s website if they refuse to pay you :P
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
This game is one of the best i’ve played on the iPhone, and propably any mobile platform.
from Gamespot:
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players navigate their way through the streets as...
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Mac: Mail Selection in Safari
While Safari lets you easily send some page or it’s url via e-mai, it doesn’t offer you the option to only mail something you selected on that page. I will show you how to do just that, by right clicking on your selected text in Safari and selecting Mail Selection.
Here is a simple Applescript i wrote to do just that:
on run {input, parameters} set selectedText to item 1 of...
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Automatically Reinstall Ubuntu
If you find that after an update etc there is something really wrong with your Ubuntu and your System Dependency Tree is broken, chances are there is a very simple way to fix things.
Just type this following command:
sudo apt-get install -f
Now, if that didnt fix things, you’ve got a bigger problem. Fear not, just give this command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a
and wait (probably a...
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