- Managing Nerds – I had a hard time reading this because my head was bobbing so vigorously in agreement. Too many gems in here to pick just one to quote. Just go read it, this is Rands at his best.
- :Ni! and :help! – heh.
- Report: iPhone 5 will be “Completely Redesigned” – an iPhone 5 is on my mobile roadmap.
- What Factors Justify the Use of Apache Hadoop? – “Its not going to replace your database, but your database isnt likely to replace Hadoop either.”
- YouTube AT-AT day afternoon – awesome (thanks Shawn)
- “The majority of support emails and reviews have been from nice people who genuinely want to help,…” – now imagine this same crap from people using free, open source plugins.
- Blackbird Mercedes Goes Tron – that’s hawt.
- View man files as PDF – handy!
- Football concussions and brain damage, from high school to the NFL. – By Shankar Vedantam – Slate Magazine – “These hits did not knock players out, but they caused systematic changes in their brain functioning. Unlike the violent helmet-to-helmet collisions in the open field that have drawn warnings and suspensions from the NFL, these blows usually involved routine blocks and tackles, often along the line of scrimmage.”
- Mail service costs Netflix 20 times more than streaming – TechSpot News – I stream anything I can, but BluRay looks a heckuva lot better than any streaming content I’ve ever received.
- Verizon iPhone Announcement – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – 01/11/11 – Video Clip | Comedy Central – pitch perfect, as usual.
- Some Customers Suck – preach on, brother!
- Confession #93: Im Only Socially Isolated When Were Together – of course *I* have no idea what Dave’s talking about here…
- Samsung Includes Fake Call in Features – that’s pretty awesome.
- Sub-optimization – I like it.
- Google to Launch Groupon Competitor [EXCLUSIVE] – I’m on record saying it was a mistake for Groupon to pass on Google’s offer. We’ll see.
- Google Cr-48 for Coding – Apple seems to be the only company that can get touchpad software right.
- Learning from Twitter – good tips.
- How To Send Paypal Payments Using Your Credit Card – this actually works.
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