Weekly digest – 2012-03-18

  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/WFzEmpkE SHORT stories – "Fresh Guacamole" – PES #
  • http://t.co/YeM026gi – Crazy complicated Wine De-corking Machine! http://t.co/X3nSrFau #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/naKAnFhX Invisible Mercedes #
  • I saw in the news "Evernote web interface has been redesigned".That made me very happy.Until I realized it was Dropbox, not Evernote.Argh!!! #
  • New note : Implementing Semantic Search http://t.co/b80TPiK4 #
  • New note : Here is why vim uses the hjkl keys as arrow keys – good coders code, great reuse http://t.co/JL9olNGu #
  • @kushakov Happy Birthday! Best wishes and all :) #
  • Ouch. $8,100 for a single 16 GB RAM chip. HP 16GB (1x16GB) DDR3-1066 MHz DIMM – Workstation memory – HP: NL674AA http://t.co/hRWMJfTt #
  • I just tried to code a quick web app WITHOUT using a framework. Shot myself in the foot, lost half a day. CakePHP it is then. #
  • While I wasn't looking, CakePHP 2.1.0 came out. Lots of candy. http://t.co/5SDPyVqv #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/NHyyLObT Movie: The Movie #
  • Taylor's Port helps me keep my sanity.I am in between Google's genius and random merchant's idiocy.Not the best place to be at 5am. #
  • New note : YoYo Games : GameMaker http://t.co/T7H90MSB #
  • New note : CamanJS – Image Manipulation in Javascript http://t.co/geEzxztq #
  • Ah, my old enemy – stairs… (c) Kunf Fu Panda. #

No more print for Encyclopaedia Britannica

New York Times reports, somewhat sadly, that Encyclopaedia Britannica will not continue with the printed version any more.

After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.

[…]

In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital age — and of competition from the Web site Wikipedia — Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project.

Via Slashdot.

Vim navigation and Unix home explained

I came across an interesting (and useful!) bit of Unix history – an explanation for the vi navigation.  Until now all I knew was that HJKL keys were on the home row for those who touch type.  Apparently, there is more to that.  ADM-3A terminal which was used to create the original vi had the actual navigation arrows printed on the keyboard.  Here is a photo of how it looked:

Read the original post that also demonstrates why the Escape key was chosen for mode changing, and also why ~ is used for home directory in Unix operating systems.

Weekly digest – 2012-03-11

  • What a day I'm having today … work-wise, I've covered till next Thursday. #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/HfRqDHtO Весна идёт, весне дорогу! #
  • It's been a REALLY long time since I had to fix partition table by hand to bring a server up. No wonder I prefer web to hardware… #
  • New note : Using sfdisk to fix partition table problems – Ubuntu Forums http://t.co/hXaR06Ud #
  • @mashable @LanceUlanoff C'mon guys. It's just a freaking tablet. No sensation there until it cures cancer. #
  • @MiKandiStore Since I got #porn on my phone, I stopped dragging the 40" plasma around. #FreeHands :-) #
  • Some good advice on hiring programmers at Coding Horror: How to Hire a Programmer http://t.co/NMeMeZR9 #
  • New note : TapIt!™ | Mobile Advertising | Promote Apps | Monetize iPhone / Android Traffic | Measure Performance http://t.co/hdBkReQx #
  • New note : Nexage | Mobile Advertising. Demand More. http://t.co/oXKofN8i #
  • New note : Flippa: The #1 Marketplace for Buying and Selling Websites http://t.co/5mj3MWrk #
  • New note : Jumptap | The Leader In Targeted Mobile Advertising http://t.co/yQT6Ezh0 #
  • New note : AdMob | Promote Apps | Monetize Traffic | Measure Performance http://t.co/TtHmVn3w #
  • New note : More Consumers Using Tablets to Holiday Shop [Study] http://t.co/TaNLJh1N #
  • New note : WebPhone -VoIP software for the browsers http://t.co/IUK7y5kV #
  • @KarthikDot there ia better technology for fraction of the price. Look around. :-) #
  • @KarthikDot there are better user experiences out there. Mice with multiple buttons, phones with copy-paste and tablets that are standalone. #
  • @KarthikDot syncing data is not the problem. Not being able ti give tablet as present to someone who does not have a computer (gramps) – is. #
  • @KarthikDot Tried any Android 4 devices? They are pretty good. :-) #
  • @KarthikDot that is incorrect. You can buy and join millions of people who have them already. #
  • I just became the mayor of ImpreStyle Ltd on @foursquare! http://t.co/GHuOfjWo #
  • RT @goroskop12: Все события которые ждут нас уже в ближайшем будущем приводят в ужас. Этот гороскоп скоро будет под запретом…. http:// … #
  • CNN says Nicosia is in Sicily, not Cyprus. Oops. | Personal blog of Chris Ergatides http://t.co/NV4zhsUw #
  • @kushakov Пардон. Или эккаунт сломали, или кто-то из разрешённых приложений балуется. Повырубал всё. Если не поможет – сменю пароль. :) #
  • @kushakov хмм. Сменил пароль и убрал практически все приклады, кроме явно доверенных. Будем посмотреть. #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/VFUm4RUZ DEEP PURPLE – LAZY – LIVE 1972 MACHINE HEAD TOUR #
  • I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/xDhHsPwR Deep Purple – Child in Time | Live 1970 #
  • I feel like Jeff Bezos back in 1994 – "There is a better way to do this!". Albeit for a different industry. #
  • @kushakov вроде смена пароля помогла… #
  • I just ousted @o_yudina as the mayor of The Ship Inn on @foursquare! http://t.co/o1zg53ay #
  • Databases .. gotta love them. 10 shops, a few 100K products, about a 100 fields per product .. and all of a sudden my laptop is slow. #
  • New note : Top10SQLPerformanceTips – MySQL Forge Wiki http://t.co/fu6FTO2h #