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Can you go into some more detail why you would not choose it? I am curious.

That list is just for .com domains. This Wikipedia entry lists old .com, .org, .edu and .net domains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_currently_re... Also, I found …

Without thinking I tried moving the character around using the vi "hjkl" navigation keys, and it works! Mad props for that.

Regarding the heat issue you are having with your laptop: I was having similar problems with a different laptop, and I got an "XPad Slim" ( http://www.xpad4laptop.com/ ) cooling pa…

Interesting. I didn't realize amazon affiliate links carried such a negative connotation. I'll definitely keep that in mind for future posts and remove a few of the affiliate links…

I doubt I'll make anything. I honestly just posted the article to show how easy it is to upgrade the MBP hard drive. It's my first time messing with Amazon Affiliates, and blogspot…

Ha, got that right !

Last year a friend taught me about the bash trick "CTRL-R" on the command line for reverse history searching, and it is an amazing time saver. It acts as a great alternative to #8,…

I learned the basics of Haskell by doing some problems from http://projecteuler.net . It's probably not as exciting as actually building something using the language, but it's defi…

The maintainers of the contraptor project have done some pretty neat demonstrations with an Arduino. I was particularly impressed with this X-Y plotter/drilling assembly: http://ww…

Yeah the title is definitely misleading. The word "hacking" isn't even mentioned in the article besides in the title. Replace "hacking contest" with "programming competitions" and …

Whole Foods is a good place to go for freshly roasted beans - Most locations I have been to roast their coffee in the store and put roast dates on it.

I am in the same boat with the french press - I really can't tell that much of a difference between a cup of freshly roasted/ground french press coffee and a cup of coffee at Starb…

This course website from the University of Maryland has a very good introduction to C. http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2005/cmsc212/ It starts off with the fundamentals then gets i…

I started using the Railscast TextMate theme a few months ago and have been quite satisfied - it's got a dark grey-ish brown background. http://railscasts.com/about

Is this still true after the recent bailouts? (honest question)