I’ve just learned of yet another great loss – Dennis Ritchie, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 70. It’s difficult to describe his contributions and achievements to non-technical people, but anyone with even a grain of knowledge of computer history and modern affairs can appreciate what this man have done. … Continue reading Dennis Ritchie, RIP
As some of you know, I’ve almost abandoned my Flickr account. I haven’t uploaded any photos there in the last couple of years. And I’ve also voiced my increasing preference of Google Picasa on several occasions. I’ve even started re-uploading all my pictures to Picasa and tagging people in it. Which is how you probably … Continue reading Flickr vs Google Picasa : The Battle Continues
The community has voted on the name for the next release of Fedora Linux. The name ‘Beefy Miracle‘ has won the voting race. It got most of the votes despite all the noise and protests from the ‘serious’ people. Personally, I am in favor of this name for a number of reasons. Firstly, I don’t … Continue reading Fedora 17 is a Beefy Miracle
Illegal To Take a Photo In a Shopping Center? – Slashdot http://t.co/PlyINUZx # Android Market looks very different today. # My brother is looking for a job. Grab him if you need a sysadmin or web developer. http://t.co/kcImJ71U # СпасибоПутинуЗаЭто – SapsiboPutinuZaEto http://t.co/cPKyN8Om # Lunch break. Silent. Bored. (@ FXCC) [pic]: http://t.co/q9pCOlWt # 21st century. … Continue reading Day in brief – 2011-10-11
The Web is full of inspiration office snapshots from the companies that care about their people – Google, Yahoo, and a few others. However, until now, I’ve never thought of finding an index of such office designs. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a location-based and company-based indexes with pictures from all such office around … Continue reading Office snapshots