October 29, 2008
· Filed under Humor, Programming · Tagged Humor, Programming
I was a little down today, so I decided to cheer myself up. At first I watched The Office, but after dinner I was thinking about Computer Science, so I remembered that I had a little stockpile of humorous Programmer jokes! Well, I suppose it it your lucky day, I’ve decided to post a few (and link to the sources of course). None of these are mine, but I hope they brighten your day 
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- We don’t really understand it, so we’ll give it to the programmers.
- Programming is a lot like sex. One mistake and you could have to support it the rest of your life.
- You never finish a program, you just stop working on it.
many more here
- After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
- Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable.
- If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
- If you can’t understand it, it is intuitively obvious.
- Any instrument when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner.
- It is never wise to let a piece of electronic equipment know that you are in a hurry.
- Any tool dropped will fall where it can cause the most damage.
full list here!
October 25, 2008
· Filed under Programming, Web 2.0 · Tagged C++, Java, Programming
As a very amatuer programmer, I find myself looking for answers all the time. Most of the time I have to ask a professor or another student when I need help. However, other times I find myself going online, on Sun’s Java forums, or some other java site. It seems to me that every time I look something up, I see posts asking for help. Though there are many helpful people, a lot of them can be not so nice- okay they can be downright nasty. So far, Stack Overflow is quite the opposite of this. 
One can freely ask programming questions in a fairly “Web 2.0-like” fashion.
It is a lot like Digg, where those with the most popular questions/answers are voted up or down, based on the answers and quality of the question. Another cool feature is that one needs to earn “reputation points” in order to vote questions up/down. One gets this “rep” by answering someone’s question with a helpful answer (much like the “best answer” option on Yahoo! Answers). The site is really informative, and can be quite humorous as well. For example, this question asks “What’s your favorite programming joke?” Helpful and Humorous, Stack Overflow is a great site for both amatuer and experienced programmers, of any language!
October 24, 2008
· Filed under Google, Web 2.0 · Tagged Android, G1, Mint, Newsletter, Open Handset Alliance, Web 2.0
A fresh way to manage money.
This week we focus on: Mint.
To put it simply, Mint is a personal finance tracker that allows you to input your Bank Account information (Checking Account, Savings, PayPal, etc) and organizes it, including setting budgets for various categories. The categories are user set or preset (i.e. entertainment, dining, business, school). It also allows you to track all transactions made for each individual account. Mint is quite a useful tool that allows one to check all finance-related subjects on one website, rather than going to a various amount of bank sites (I personally use it for both my bank and PayPal). Overall a great, free service. Just came out of public beta and is open to all, check it out at Mint.com.
I just bought an old Blackberry....Wish I had a G1
Gadget Guide
T-Mobile G1
October 22 was the release of the much anticipated Android platform, which functions on T-Mobile’s G1 (an HTC product, very high quality). This phone is set to compete with the iPhone as well as many other smartphones. Though only in its infancy, the G1 boasts many features that will appeal to the Open Source audience. Based on Java, all of the applications, until next year will be free of charge. Also, Google and the Open Handset Alliance have made a deal with Amazon to have their mp3 store as an application. However, one does run into a problem; the G1 does not have a headphone jack! This indeed poses a slight problem, but I can’t believe the whole administrative team at T-Mobile didn’t catch this. No doubt an “oops” moment for the development team. The G1 is impressive, including: touch-screen interface, up to 8GB storage, slide out QWERTY keyboard, and multiple application runtime support (simply put, it can run applications in the background, unlike the iPhone or any other smartphone. Spare the unfortunate headphone problem, overall the G1 is a good start to the first Android OS platform.
October 17, 2008
· Filed under Apple · Tagged Apple, MacBook, MacBook Pro
Like em or Hate em, Apple Churns Out New Products for Fall.
It’s been awhile since Apple released a new line of laptops that consisted of major overhaul. Sure, there was the exciting new MacBook Air that had everyone talking, which included an aluminum case, Multi-touch trackpad and was manilla-folder-thin. Just released in the month of October, Apple has once again raised the bar with its Macbook and Macbook Pro line – and the price too.
Is the cool look and new video capabilities worth the extra cash?
Previously, the Macbook line started at “just $1,099” now starts at a $1,299. Not a cheap laptop, right? Of course it does come with many features that are not on most computers, such as the unibody frame and Multi-touch trackpad. Yes, these features are very unique when it comes to laptops, but many argue that it is not worth the hefty price tag. Before October 14th, many believed that Apple would create a “sub-notebook” laptop that was under $999. As you can see, Apple has not yet done this, and instead decided to raise the prices of both models. The question remains; is the overall “cool” look of an Apple product worth it?
October 13, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Blog, Podcast, The Weekly Tech
Sorry for no updates last week, been busy, but I made up for it!
Video Here
October 1, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged RealPlayer
As I scan across the RealPlayer website, the first button I see is the download RealPlayer for Mac option.
Ay Ay!
And guess what, I’m not clicking it even if it does have the image of an attractive lady on the beach inside the screenshot of RealPlayer. Now, many of you are probably asking: “Why is there such a hate for this application? I’ve never had problems with it!” Well, it goes without saying that I most certainly have had problems with it
Actually, I shouldn’t be so hasty to blame the company of this media player, rather those who use this player exclusively. I used to watch many anime and other TV shows when I was younger and there were always sites that would stream new episodes via RealPlayer. As it happens, when I tried to download RealPlayer, it refused to play these and had a series of complicated drivers that I needed to install in order to just watch said anime. It usually ended up in frustration or anger, and although I know a lot more now about such things, I’m really surprised it has survived the test of time, when so many other (better) media players are out. Not to mention the rise of independent video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube. Quicktime has also made many strides in getting Xvid and DivX codecs, enabling users to play almost any format they want. If this wasn’t enough, freeware application VLC has almost all codecs known to man in their player, which is personally what I use for playing videos.
Anyway, that’s my short rant about RealPlayer, comments and questions welcome!
October 1, 2008
· Filed under Humor, Web 2.0 · Tagged Digg
