Fear and Loathing and Windows 8
A former Apple employee criticizes Microsoft for being ‘arrogant’ and forcing a new paradigm onto their users. There are two comments I’d make to that, and both involve a type of pot.
50 Years of Tornados (or, don't live in the eastern half of the US)
“Using information from data.gov, Nelson categorizes the storms by the F-scale with the brighter neon lines representing more violent storms.”
Awesome map.
In the United States, hard work, more than intelligence, more than inherited wealth, will win the day in the long run. You may not become a millionaire. But you won’t be poor.
[http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/20053]
Want a tiny Linux-capable, ARM powered board for right around $25? Throw in on-board Ethernet, 802.11n, one full-size USB port, and Micro-USB power, and the TPLink TL-WR703N is hard to resist. (Although it’s important to note that there’s no video out.)
Really slick looking little LiPo charger, powered via USB, and, as you can see, barely bigger than a USB plug.
Brave New Thermostat
Very interesting article about the Nest, that new thermostat I’ve wanted since the moment I saw it.
Arduino-Based Curtain Automation
His righteous indignation at the lack of a DHCP implementation is pretty awesome.
I was so offended by the halfassery inherent in shipping something that calls itself an “Ethernet” board that doesn’t do DHCP that I wanted to throw it away on that basis alone.
The Little Coder's Predicament
An interesting article that should ring home with just about every developer I know. I was actually just telling someone my programming history the other day, which started with the ubuiqitous QBasic and program listings from my older sister’s math book, of all places. And, seriously, how many of us didn’t dream of one day writing a game as beautiful and compelling as Gorillas.
Crash-only Design
“Crash-only programs crash safely and recover quickly. There is one way to stop such software—by crashing it—and only one way to bring it up—by initiating recovery.”
