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Personally I do not believe this is a solved problem. Technically maybe, in practice not at all. It is quite a job juggling the controls of the different companies. Microsoft even …

I think this will be full of similar experiences: Some time ago my wife's cards suddenly got all kinds of charges, clearly not ours. So we call the bank and while they put the blam…

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In Europe sleeper trains have become somewhat extinct. High speed rail is just so fast and Ryanair so cheap, they became unprofitable. However, there seems to be a revival going on…

To understand article 11, I think you should look at the reason it was created: Journalists (and newspapers) are looking for a way to get paid for their articles beyond luring peop…

If you want some of that back, look into a combination of Boomerang for Gmail (needs a browser extension) and Multiple Inboxes (in advanced tab of gmail settings) I use Boomerang f…

I've had success with bass[1]. Typically, I use it when some kind of tool requires sourcing bash scripts. [1] https://github.com/edc/bass

You Python developers have it easy :) Developing in Java on AppEngine adds an additional herd of yaks to the meadow.

Looks good and it's something I could use. I would like to see a more compact dashboard though. One screen that shows me how successful I am on all my questions (I only entered yes…

Exactly, as a single consultant, I don't have the time to sell to every one, so I use this tactic to pre-qualify potential clients. It's also a great way to learn more about the cu…

Exactly how it works in Belgium too. Whenever I ask my accountant if I can expense something to the firm, the answer is "We can try"

I don't think it's a limitation of OO per se, it's just the way you use it. The "use composition over inheritance" advice comes to mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_ov…

I think Elance (and others) are a great proving ground. In a very controlled environment, you can experiment with what works and what doesn't. Over the last year I've been part-tim…

I use Evernote to track everything, including this. I dump everything looks cool into a "maybe" notebook. Before I add anything I search to see if there's a related note. This lets…

It's the Google Charts API ( http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ ) I've been using that a lot lately because it's just so easy and convenient.

I made this as part of the "Launch an app month". I did launch the app, and I'm pretty happy with the minimal viable product that is there. I'm much less happy with the marketing. …

(I am the creator of that graph) It sort of assumes that you already know C. Back when I started studying software development, C was the starter language, the one language that ev…

I know, but it was the quickest way to create it. Do you have a good suggestion for an open source Visio-like program? I've tried numerous, but all their interfaces are terrible an…

If you prefer not to move, there are many remote opportunities to be found on the net. It depends on what type of work you are looking for. I've had great success freelancing on el…

I will be launching http://www.expensesspreadsheet.net (not live yet) It's an expense tracking application. Entirely focused on the way I personally track my expenses (but couldn't…