Ford Motor Company reports a third quarter loss and decides that employees are spending too much time in the bathroom. If this were my company, I’d check the lunchroom.
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USATODAY.com – Tech people appear hyped about their industry again
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Kevin Maney posts a review of the Web 2.0 conference held in San Franciso earlier this month.
The Story of the Most Popular Guy on MySpace
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A guy named Samy documents his experience after hacking MySpace to become more popular. Pretty amusing read. It seems he learned his lesson and will be more honest moving forward.
Riya – Real Competition for Flickr?
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Nalla sent me a link to TechCrunch » First Screen Shots of Riya, an article about a new photo service with built in photo recognition. This looks pretty cool, aside from the stated 4 hour upload time per gigabyte of data.
VMWare Offers Free Player
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VMWare, Inc. offers a free virtual machine player according to this article. Download the new free player at the player download page.
Free JAAS Book
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Cote, from the Drunk and Retired Podcast has made his book on the Java Authentication and Authorization Service available for free. In it, he explains how to create Policy, Configuration, and LoginModules that are backed by a database. This should be of interest to some folks I know.
The Freakonomics Guys Switch To WordPress
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First they visit Google, now the Freakonomics guys switch their blogging software to WordPress.
Something Funny about Satan Tags …
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After posting the last post, and going back and tagging it and the original Emily Rose post, I thought about how funny it is to have a ‘Satan’ tag. Is it just me? There just seemed to be no tag more appropriate.
Painless Merging with SVK: An Interview with Chia-liang Kao
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Nalla pointed me to an article called Painless Merging with SVK: An Interview with Chia-liang Kao. In it, the author of SVK talks about why SVK makes source control and merging easier, along with giving some insight into those using SVK in their development environments, including Apple.
Bar made from Crystal Clear Artic Ice Opens
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In London, a bar opens that is made completely of arctic ice. You have to check this out. It’s the Fortress of Solitude for Alchoholics! For a small cover charge you are given a thermal cape and heavy gloves and a heavy glass made entirely of ice.
Bieber Labs 