I bought a low-end, small footprint desktop: an eMachines EL-1300G. The cost at a local big box retailer was $159. A friend of mine was so impressed she went to the store right before Christmas to buy one as a gift for her sister. The price had dropped to $149. Of course, the systems came preloaded with Windows. Linux was not an option.
A couple weeks ago at the AIGA’s D.Talks – The Rise of Service Design, Hugh Dubberly said that one of the best ways to impact the future is through the application of design to education. To which I thought: wouldn’t it be great if designers played a greater role in education policy and programs to [...]
Adobe said Wednesday that’s it’s not going to put any more money into developing the Linux version of Flash Builder, once called Flex Builder, because there’s no money in it.
The move could be a harbinger of other companies re-evaluating their Linux investments given the still nasty economic environment and the Linux community’s notorious proclivity for not being a revenue generator. Oracle, for one, which sees software as a business it controls, recently pulled the plug on OpenSolaris.read more
There are a lot of programmers who really don't like project management -- they toss all things project management related into the "pointy haired boss" category and try not to think about them again. But if you're a job-seeking programmer, or a programmer looking to move your career ahead, then there are a few really basic things that could do you really well on an interview.
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: Bin-Blog Learn about the latest in Web Development as soon as I . do GIMP Plugin Web 2.0 Shadows Export To WordPress : Joomla Plugin Drupal Plugin : Page Ad By Binny V A Jul 17th , 2009 Category : Scripts Web Development This is my first Drupal plugin so I’m not sure how much mistakes I have made in creating this . Page Ad module allows the admin to add advertisement specific to a page It will create a textarea in the edit create page of content . Whatever HTML you type into it will be shown in a block anywhere on the client side display of that . page Download Page Ad Note : This module is for Drupal 5 I have not tested it in Drupal 6. Note 2 : I will not provide support for this plugin If you run into any trouble , you are on your . own Installation Download and extract the module
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: Bin-Blog Learn about the latest in Web Development as soon as I . do Quizzin WordPress Plugin for Quiz Creation WordPress Plugin Week Mastering phpMyAdmin : A Review By Binny V A Nov 26th , 2008 Category : Database MySQL Review Web Development Some time ago , I was approached by the publisher of the book to write a review of their book Mastering phpMyAdmin 2.11 for Effective MySQL Management by Marc Delisle Affiliate link This got a bit delayed because of the plugin week But I managed to finish the book today so here is the review . Bottom line most people are using phpMyAdmin for only the most basic operations(editing data , import , export , etc . If you are one of them , you don’t need the book you already know all you need to know about phpMyAdmin . But other(like me use it for
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: Bin-Blog Learn about the latest in Web Development as soon as I . do Drupal Plugin : Page Ad Link Code Insert : A GreaseMonkey UserScript Export To WordPress : Joomla Plugin By Binny V A Jul 19th , 2009 Category : Scripts WordPress After covering WordPress and Drupal its time for me to set my eyes on Joomla the next major CMS software in the OSS field . Today , I’ll release my first ever Joomla plugin the Export to WordPress plugin . This component’(as Joomla users calls it will create a XML dump of your sites contents This XML file is readable and importable by wordpress . This plugin is important if you want to migrate from Joomla to WordPress The XML dump will include all your posts , with categories and with all its . comments Note : This is my first Joomla Plugin so expect bugs . I
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Anybody starting a war with Red Hat better watch out. Its board has named General H. Hugh Shelton (US Army Retired), a two-term former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as its chairman replacing former CEO Matthew Szulik. Shelton’s been on the Red Hat board since 2003 and was previously its lead director. He currently serves on the audit and compensation committees.read more
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