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Now turn it into 3D (spheres), add an Oculus Rift and get William Gibson's cyberspace (aka Neal Stepenson's metaverse)

None of them are built but they are all for free :-) http://mvalente.eu/2014/03/31/some-random-wild-ideas/

Here's a Grooveshark playlist http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Music+For+Coding/66934126

I'm usually a metal/hardrock guy, but coding to that is impossible. Major le me singing and playing air guitar and air drums.

Ulrich Schnauss, System 7, Man With No Name, Art of Trance, Dimension 5, Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Astral Projection, Kraftwerk, VNV Nation...

Lisbon, the West Coast of Europe. Better beaches, better food and better wines than the other West Coast. Plus: better trams and a better bridge. Perfect geographic location, halfw…

"Equalization of Opportunity Act" anyone? The "Anti-dog-eat-Dog Rule"? Socialism FTW.

You know there's a bubble going on when expensive chairs are being discussed and voted on.

Guess its time to drop Dropbox, so to speak, and move definitely to UbuntuOne

Reasons: "The difference between the two societies is that in the society which performs poorly: a) the stupid members of the society are allowed by the other members to become mor…

Try out http://gobolinux.org/ -- MV

Maybe they should change the name and replace Z with a D. Python on Dope sounds fierce. Snakes and drugs are cooler than jewels and trains.

The alternative to RoR is not Python, but some framework using Python as the underlying language. Python on Zope would be my choice. It kicks RoR ass since 1999.

Think about: - potential customers: businesses or consumers? If you're targetting businesses be aware of a large sales cycle; that means you'll need more working capital. Lots of c…

Early adoption was due to it being an extension to the IM Away messages. After that, especially after users started to use @x as a form of addressing, it basically became IRC 2.0, …

Between 500€ and 1000€ -- MV

Some important projects have decided to be located in Portugal http://living-planit.com/aboutus.htm -- MV

Lisboa, Portugal, Europe http://seedcapital.pt/2009/11/18/lisbon-by-the-sea/ -- MV

Buy and read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" -- MV

When you use Apache/Nginx/etc, you're using a webserver. Usually you will also use a serverside programming language like Python, Ruby, PHP, etc. The webserver is usually programme…

To make money with stocks you want to buy cheap/low and sell for more/higher. It doesnt have to be in that order. If you expect a stock value to go down lower than X dollars, you c…