The people on EFNet #C++ told me about the Uberman’s Sleep Schedule, and they encouraged me try it out and report on its effectiveness. It seems that it would take a super man to live on only three hours of sleep per day as is prescribed by this schedule. The article claims that the Uberman’s […]
Eryn Brown’s Revenge of the Dotcom Poster Boy, which is featured in wired.com, talks about Jason McCabe Calacanis. Calacanis’ story is very exciting. He pushed for content long before its recent surge in demand, which is driven by businesses looking to rank highly on popular search engine result pages. Calacanis’ publications allowed him to deal […]
Wired.com has an Associated Press article that discusses the NSA’s Lamest Spy Tool: Cookies. The first sentence in the article claims “the National Security Agency’s internet site has been placing files on visitors’ computers that can track their web-surfing activity,” without bringing up any of these files’ limitations. Articles like the one featured on Wired.com […]
Andrew Glover’s Ruby off the Rails compares Java with the Ruby programming language. It discusses the conciseness of Ruby code and several language features. The article also encourages Java programmers to explore the possibilities that Ruby provides: If you’ve ever envied the ability of multilingual friends to bridge language gaps wherever they travel or gained […]
According to this article, Microsoft and Google have reached a confidential settlement on the matter of Dr. Kai-Fu Lee. It is great to see that both sides of the dispute resolve this before involving the courts. I have been following the story of Kai-Fu Lee here and here, perhaps too closely.