“Mac or PC” – Oh Really?

19Oct09

I get asked this question by so many people that I’m tired of having to repeat myself all the time. It’s commonly phrased something like, “What’s the difference between Mac and PC?” or “How do you compare the two operating systems?” Well, the answer is quite simple.
You can’t.
Why can’t you compare the two? Well, because [...]

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Tags: apple, different os, drivers, fundamental, hardware, hardware-software relationship, linux, mac, mac vs pc, microsoft, monopoly, operating system, os, software, third-parties, windows

StackOverflow Trilogy Stickers Have Arrived

19Sep09

The League of Justice (i.e. the StackOverflow trilogy) stickers arrived today in the mail! YAY YAY YAY! Somehow or other, there were two StackOverflow stickers, along with a ServerFault and SuperUser one, in my envelope, when there should have been only three total, but this is awesome! I will post pictures of the stickers soon!

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Tags: .NET, C#, geek, internet, Programming, serverfault, stackoverflow, stackoverflow stickers, stackoverflow trilogy, superuser, Technology, web 2.0

Ordering StackOverflow Trilogy Stickers!

10Sep09

On Tuesday, the awesome guys at Stack Overflow finally gave us addicted users a chance to receive some trilogy stickers! A few weeks ago, they received their order of 40,000 StackOverflow, ServerFault, SuperUser, and How-To Geek stickers, and now, if users send in a self-addressed stamped envelope, they will find some sitting in their mailbox [...]

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Tags: admin, awesome, community, computing, it, jeff atwood, joel spolsky, open-source, Programming, sase, self-addressed stamped envelope, server administration, serverfault, serverfault stickers, snail mail, stackoverflow, stackoverflow stickers, stackoverflow trilogy, stackoverflow trilogy stickers, stickers, superuser, superuser stickers, tech, trilogy stickers, vinyl

Apple: No More Tethering on AT&T, No More Pre Syncing

15Jul09

Apple recently released new versions of the iPhone and iTunes SDK. The main purpose of these updates is not to add or improve new features, but to remove some major holes in their software.
Another beta of the iPhone 3.1 SDK was part of the released items, and it held more disappointment for users than happiness. [...]

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Tags: apple, apple is mean, apple is stupid, apple palm, apple sucks, at&t, breaking, iphone, iphone sucks, itunes, palm pre, tech, tethering

Microsoft Faculty Summit 2009 (10th Anniversary)

15Jul09

This year, I attended the 2-day Microsoft Faculty Summit 2009 at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. This was my first time ever visiting such an awesome company as Microsoft, and I was very amazed and delighted. I was able to speak to one of the programmers at Microsoft, and I was very intrigued. I [...]

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USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher from ThinkGeek has .NET API

22Jun09

ThinkGeek has updated the warfare category of their catalog with a new USB-powered missile launcher. Its perks: it has a built-in laser to guide the missiles, it has a very powerful software frontend, and most importantly, it offers an API!!! Finally, developers can terrorize others by coding applications that make use of the firing capibilties [...]

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Tags: .NET, .NET API, API, C#, desktop warfare, geek, geek toy, geek widget, hardware, missle launcher, missle launcher API, rocket launcher API, thinkgeek, usb