Stumbling upon the future

Nov 08
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» Getting Started with the Closure Library - Closure Library - Google Code
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» Warren Buffett And The G20 « The Baseline Scenario
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hard to believe brk.a was down to 72k back in April.

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews, talking about the data they…

Nov 06
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» OpenOfficeMouse: The Multi-Button Application Mouse for OpenOffice.org

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Take that Apple.

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» Earned-value and burn charts
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I still like to burn up and use cumulative flow, because it’s easier to see scope changes and where bottlenecks live.

Humans and Technology HaT TR 2004.04, June 22,…

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» View Source Tutorial: Fancy Web Page Using HTML5, CSS, and SVG
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Sorry Flash/Flex, Silverlight, etc. The Future is going to be written in HTML5, CSS, SVG, and JS.

I recently ran across a site that made my jaw drop when I realized it’s…

Oct 14
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» Breaking: And That Was Before They Saw How Much The Nano Cost: Reston Apple Store Robbed

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Be careful neighbors…
42412_f260.jpgIt’s been buzzing around on the Twitters all day, and now it’s been confirmed: the fancy Apple store in Reston Town Center, which sells…

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» Saudis Seek Compensation if Oil Exports Fall - NYTimes.com
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WTF?

Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global…

Oct 09
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» Gem Building is Defunct - GitHub
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Annoying. The move from RubyForge was definitely premature.

Gem building has been disabled since the move to Rackspace. This was because the system had to be rewritten to…

Oct 08
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» Facebook | How Happy Are We?

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Wow, what a great idea.
How Happy Are We?
by Adam D. I. Kramer Mon at 3:28pm
Every day, through Facebook status updates, people share how they feel with…

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» Sexy Executives alerts you to “severe staff anomalies at...
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Another “must-subscribe”.


Sexy Executives alerts you to “severe staff anomalies at Northrop Grumman,” featuring issues such as NEEDS NEW FRAMES, SKIN TOO TIGHT, and…