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2010-08-18 13:57

Plants vs. Zombie: Android invasion imminent?

I think I bought Plants vs. Zombies the day it came out for PC, maybe having burned through it three times, but I'm still excited about this little snippet from TechCrunch, only because it more than hints that PvZ is coming to Chrome, and if it's... Continued »
2010-08-17 06:12

On the passing a trusted companion

And so it goes. My loyal Xbox has finally bitten the dust, after five faithful years of serving up media content on televisions big and small, of powering impromptu PowerPoint presentations, of even streaming music for the odd apartment party. Now... Continued »
2010-07-23 16:50

Somerville: Where only the strong survive.

On October 2nd, 2009, at approximately 12:15 p.m., a Green and Yellow Cab Company taxi hit me while I was jogging. In broad daylight. Right here: Notice the crosswalk And then the bastard drove off. This was actually the second time I'd been hit by... Continued »
2010-06-10 06:23

Why I Still Love Drupal

Last Thursday, at 4:37 PM, I got an e-mail from a team at MIT I've been developing for: We need brand new feature X, and we need it up and working by tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, I had an out of town guest, a day job that needed attending, a... Continued »
2010-05-21 19:12

Can you find the news on CBSNews.com?

CBS Evening News is what many consider a serious news show, but I wouldn't have guessed it looking at an article landing page recently: Or more clearly ... That's a whole 80 words of text show up above the digital fold. Count 'em. Compare this to... Continued »
2010-05-21 12:08

Not the thing you want to see first thing in the morning [GMail hacked]

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2010-05-06 03:32

The Zombie Apocalypse, Signed

So rarely are two of my interests so perfectly merged: American Sign Language and Zombies. I don't like embedding YouTube videos generally, but this deserves mention: Continued »
2010-04-25 20:19

A nice Django tutorial/development environment for Windows users

Python was the second programming language I learned, and I recently wanted to brush up again on my Django (a development framework for Python that makes it easier to build up full-fledge web apps). Getting Django to work on a Windows machine... Continued »
2010-04-09 21:25

Irony from ASBPE: Fighting its own trends

Since joining TechTarget, I've gotten occasional e-mails from the ASBPE. None have really been notable, until I was invited to hear ASBPE's "Ten Trends that Could Make (or Break) Our Editorial Careers" (emphasis mine): Among the 10 trends to be... Continued »
2010-03-30 14:57

What's in a news nugget?

What, exactly, is a news nugget, and what's in it? Dave Winer suggests a nugget-of-news is 185 characters, on average. I was skeptical: He came to this number by taking the average New York Times Headline + Summary Description. That's not a news... Continued »
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