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I used to work for a small company and was their only IT person. This was an internet business with a dozen employees and I was responsible for taking care of the office computers …

There's nothing wrong with learning bleeding edge--it's fun! But don't bank on it to provide a job. I'm not a front end dev, so YMMV and etc, but I think it's always good to learn …

Weight lifting specifically, but trying to be more healthy generally speaking. I'm addicted. I feel great, and am starting to change appearance. If anyone is interested, I use body…

I know complete rewrites are rarely a good idea, but I believe I'm in one of those exceptional cases where it's the right answer. Can anyone recommend any books or other resources …

When I signed up for their business class service about a year ago, it was not required that I use their modem, but they did suggest it (noting that any failure of equipment would …

Thanks for posting this! I skimmed through the paper and it seems like this is geared towards users who are completely blind (or at least those with poorer visual acuity than mysel…

I wasn't aware that google glass had an application open to get a pair, but I completely missed it (my own fault, I know). I'd be very, very excited to get my hands on a unit to te…

My supreme thanks to the author for writing this and to all those who have submitted additional items to the list in the comments here. I'm writing my first few Django apps in seri…

Forgot to mention, remote work is perfectly fine.

SEEKING FREELANCER I'm looking for a Python+Django developer who can help me with a project. Would prefer someone who has intermediate to advanced Django knowledge, very readable c…

If the US were to integrate coding into the school curriculum, our K-12 schools could rise to the global ranks that our university system currently occupies. But it can't just be a…

Hah. PHP brain rot. But alas, I do know many other languages. I'm a professional programmer. I was just using that as an example I felt meaningful at introducing myself to other pr…

I started programming when I was young and learned a lot in a very short time (qbasic -> client side web -> perl -> php) within a year. As I've continued learning my pace has slowe…

I've been looking for django books that use 1.4 but didn't find anything, so great news for me. Purchased it right away and can't wait to give it a read this weekend. Thanks!

The tenth anniversary edition of American Gods is read by a great cast, and is more like a play than an audio book. Each character is read well. Really sucked me in.

I don't doubt these are real issues on reddit. Even with that, good content does rise to the top most of the time. As to the ops questions: you should look into creating a list of …

I use namecheaps free email forwarding feature and send them on to gmail. Has worked great so far for being such a simple solution.

> In fact, if you have bad vision, sharp good high-quality fonts will help. As someone with absolutely terrible vision, I'll have to disagree with this point. I've been keeping my …