I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.
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Slashdot is running a post with a link to an excellent article about KDE.
Be careful though – if you have a fresh version of KDE installed, this article might result in you playing with your desktop for the rest of the working day. :)
“Computer Languages History” is in excellent website devoted to…well…history of computer programming languages. Currently, it lists about 50 programming languages with links to language websites.
There is also an excellent timeline, which shows the relationships between different programming languages starting with Fortran in November 1954 and ending with PHP of May 1st, 2004.
Obviously, it is an ongoing project, so updates should follow with new versions released.
How much of data can fit on a floppy, CDROM disk, or a hard drive? Kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes… What can one store in one megabyte? How much storage one needs to store all Shakespear’s work?
There is an interesting attempt of visualizing storage data sizes here. It’s worth pointing one’s grandma here. :)
Slashdot has an excellent post today linking to the article by Joel Spolsky – “How Microsoft Lost the API War“.
It’s somewhat lengthy but is worth a read. Trust me. :)
Browser popup window has been a hot topic for few years now. There are sites that shamelessy open popup windows without asking your permission and even making those windows virtually impossible to close. Other sites have a more descent policy and they actually warn you about popups that they use or even give you an option to open link in a current window.
Because of so many sites abusing popup window technology, many browsers (like Mozilla) started to add popup blocking functionality. There are also standalone applications that limit the amount of nerves you lose while browsing.
PopupTest is the site that allows you to test how good your popup blocking software works. Many different technologies are implemented there. I have tried all of those with FireFox 0.8 and found that only three types of popups can get through to me – mouseOver, drop down, and sticky. I don’t know if it is possible to configure FireFox to block those, but I don’t mind much, since these are rear for the sites I visit.