eBooks for geeks

December 31st, 2008

Many reference books on technical subjects (main focus here being computers and web-development) are available as eBooks. They have many advantages, including loss-prevention/recovery, flexible access (read it on your iPhone or your Kindle), and searchability. Some, like the O’Reilly books, don’t hinder you with cumbersome DRM, putting the reader’s comfort and respect ahead of their own unfounded fears of copyright infringement.

Tags: books, ebooks, iphone, o'reilly, reading, reference

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Social bookmark icons

August 9th, 2008

The icons found attached to articles on this site, and attached to news and blog sites almost everywhere on the web are shortcuts to share your interest with others.

When you find an insightful article or post, you can usually click on an icon and add that specific article to the social network of your choice. Many or most of these sites require you to be registered with them in some way, but if you’re already a member of a community such as Facebook, feel free to share.

Tags: del.icio.us, digg, facebook, Google, reddit, share icons, slashdot, social bookmarks, stumbleupon, Technorati, yahoo

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Women Comprise 40 Percent of U.S. Gamers

August 2nd, 2008

Surprising, but we should know better - it may have been kids’ stuff when the industry was in its infancy, but people grow up and many gamers are adult women.

Videogame-playing teenage boys are vilified by politicians and distraught parents, but with the average gamer age being 35 and 94 percent of parents being present when games are purchased or rented by kids, it’s time to rethink that attitude.

Read the full ESA press release.

Tags: ESA, gamers, girls, politics, video games, women

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May 25th is Towel day

July 15th, 2008

To celebrate a hoopy frood who knew where his towel was at, May 25th is towel day. It’s still a bit far away, but all self-respecting geeks should mark their calendars and be prepared like no other, with towel close at hand, to show respect for a wonderful, witty, prolific and insightful man.

RiP, Douglas Adams, 1952-2001.

Tags: Douglas Adams, HHGTTG, towel

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Google Products

June 1st, 2008

You may know of them as a search engine, and a free mail service, but Google has an amazing amount of tools for use on the web — some are even made to be used when you’re not even on the internet!

They also have some great solutions for businesses. You can be one person, or have enterprise-level needs, but you’re sure to find a Google product to help you with your day.

Tags: Google

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Wordpress

May 31st, 2008

This site is built with WordPress, an open-source blogging framework, but there are many uses to which it’s been put. Check out some examples of sites that use WordPress for more than just blogging.

Tags: WordPress

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