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8 Sites for Watching English Evolve
Posted by John in Just for fun, Shared on November 27th, 2008
In one of my favorite television shows, “Futurama,” there is a running gag that in the future, the word “ask” has been replaced by the more colloquial “aks” (pronounced axe). It might be a long time before the accepted spellings and pronunciations of common words like “ask” change, but the joke highlights a very real ...
Net censorship plan backlash
As opposition grows against the Government's controversial plan to censor the internet, the head of one of Australia's largest ISPs has labelled the Communications Minister the worst we've had in the past 15 years. Net censorship plan backlash - BizTech - Technology - theage.com.au. Just an update to the previous article about Conroy asking for Expressions of ...
Conroy calls for filter pilot volunteers
The federal government yesterday called for expressions of interest from internet service providers to conduct a live pilot of the controversial internet content filtering pilot it is planning. With the pilot hoped to be commenced by 24 December 2008, the expressions of interest (EoI) document has been peppered with what appear to be small enticements for ...
7 Places to Find the Code You Need
Posted by John in Programming, Shared on November 4th, 2008
A recent thread on SitePoint’s forums discussed how best to learn from other people’s code. For many people learning by example is the optimal way to pick up a new programming language, idea, or technique. But finding that ideal piece of code to look at and learn from isn’t always easy. That’s where code search ...
Google Gadgets in Gmail
People spend a lot of time in email applications, so it makes sense to have links to other applications and useful information next to the email. Some would like to see their bookmarks, others would find useful to have their agenda and the list of to-do items. Google Gadgets in Gmail. Ah these gadgets. I love them ...
8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast
Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever. But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes work and for the cost of precisely nothing at all. Here's what you need ...
Virtual insanity
I see what’s happening here. I don’t understand it though. It’s quite silly. “A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband’s digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday.”
Adobe Releases Flash 10 Player
Adobe today officially released the tenth version of its ubiquitous Flash player on the world. Flash 10, which was previously known under the code name “Astro,” adds a large number of new features to the Flash player, but the most flashy (forgive the terrible pun) are certainly the 3D support, the new text engine, and ...
YouTube helps you discover your inner moron
YouTube helps you discover your inner moron - web - Technology - smh.com.au. Google is trying to salvage YouTube's image and improve the quality of discussion on the freewheeling video sharing site by allowing people to listen to their comments before they are posted.
xkcd – Steal This Comic
Steal This Comic xkcd - A Webcomic - Steal This Comic.
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