Those who say "Nobody would install Silverlight just to watch this site" have often installed Firefox – just because of its tabs # ??????? ????? ?????? ??????????. ?????? ???? :) http://img.artlebedev.ru/kovodstvo/idioteka/i/8346386E-4DA2-4D03-AD79-9F41C76C0F2E.jpg # @eldarmurtazin Yes, I'm exited about WP7. At least a reasonable language to develop apps. Not Java-the-modern-COBOL and not C with classes. # Every …
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Impressive technology, but lack of a moving story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqVDr-RG9E # Cryptography behind PlayReady – explained in a comic: http://www.moserware.com/2009/09/stick-figure-guide-to-advanced.html # Powered by Twitter Tools
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WebP is a strong move in terms of WebM promotion. # Powered by Twitter Tools
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Is Intel worried about the world leaving the PC platform in favor of *Pads? http://bit.ly/dccHdp # Germany is Top 2, 188 removal requests. Is it good, bad or ugly? http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/ # TED has brilliant speakers, but awful internet video delivery: poor quality, no downloads, wrong ads. #ted #android #app #fail # DON'T UPDATE TO IE9 …
From roof to taste
As a child, I was interested in etymology. Tracing words to their origins has helped me to understand and use them better. When I started to learn Chinese, this my hobby reincarnated. With all these Chinese symbols, the only way to learn them is to build memory hooks by accociating each symbol with a story. …
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Swype diesen Twit. Die neue beta von swype für android unterstützt deutsch. Leider nicht deutsch und englisch gleichzeitig. # Be wary when defining roles, don't assume different roles are played by different people. # Don't they have revocation mechanisms in HDCP? RT @TechCrunch: Was HDCP Just Cracked? – http://tcrn.ch/b5saka # @cnn believes there are more …
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Wild orange-cap boletus on potato puree (result of yesterdays mushroom hunt) http://plixi.com/p/43629558 # "A warlike, various, and a tragical age is best to write of, but worst to write in." by Abraham Cowley # :) RT @Damir: Does @form follows @function ? # Quicktime registered itself for *.psd files even though I perfectly have Adobe …
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Hat schon jemand die BILD Zeitung in 3D gekauft? http://www.bild.de/BILD/corporate-site/Presse/aktuelle-pressemitteilungen/2010-08-26.html # @bobuk Traffic jam deadlocks are (theoretically) possible. I wonder if Moscow will be the first city having them in reality. in reply to bobuk # This summer ended before it began… # Learned ??… Words with already known parts are easiest to learn. Wondering …
Silver Bullet Found
It is time to say it aloud: most of software development books are dangerous. And when I say books, I don’t mean the shameless waste of not renewable resources like ASP.NET in 21 days, Visual Studio for Dummies, and other printouts of help pages, screen shots, tutorials, and code sample listings. No, I mean books …
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Reading chinese is completely different from reading alphabet-based languages. You remember words not by their sound, but by their look. # My chinese progress sofar: can grasp the topic of some twits. # Nice selling trick (to call it a mouse): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHGODp0b8Ks # Do you also think adding filter and sorting features to the lists …