IBM's Blindfolded Calculator - Forbes.com

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 2:29pm — Elan Hasson
IBM's Blindfolded Calculator - Forbes.com
Source: www.forbes.com
A researcher's algorithm could teach computers a new privacy trick.

The blue and the green | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Thu, 06/25/2009 - 4:10pm — Elan Hasson
The blue and the green | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Source: blogs.discovermagazi...
Antiscience | Via my evil twin Richard Wiseman comes one of the best color optical illusions I have ever seen. The original was apparently posted on Buzzhunt Akiyoshi Kitaoka
    Crazy Cool.    

Panasonic's Toughbook CF-30 gets gnawed by tiger, stomped by elephant and 187'd

Thu, 06/25/2009 - 12:54pm — Elan Hasson
Panasonic's Toughbook CF-30 gets gnawed by tiger, stomped by elephant and 187'd
Source: www.engadget.com
In a whirring round of hurt that only a dear friend we know simply as Congmasta could deliver, a team of his irreverent cousins got ahold of Panasonic's Toughbook CF-30 to see just how far the envelope could be pushed. ...
    whoa.    

Practical PHP Programming | TuxRadar

Thu, 06/25/2009 - 11:16am — Elan Hasson
Practical PHP Programming | TuxRadar
Source: www.tuxradar.com
As you should be well aware by now, you can use PHP as a command-line scripting system to automate common tasks. We look at this in more depth later as we explore some of the alternative things you can do with command-line PHP. ...
    A very well written guide that I found more useful than the PHP Manual.    

A Gentle Introduction to .NET Code Generation

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 10:44am — Elan Hasson
A Gentle Introduction to .NET Code Generation
Source: www.simple-talk.com
Code-generation has been used throughout the age of the digital computer. The use of code to generate code might, at first glance, seem an odd thing to want to do, but the technique is alive and well, and is widely used in .NET. Nick Harrison explains, and introduces the CodeDom....

Brad's Sure Guide to Indexes

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 10:13am — Elan Hasson
Brad's Sure Guide to Indexes
Source: www.simple-talk.com
In order to best appreciate the reasons for, or importance of, the various administrative tasks that are needed for indexes, it is a good idea to take a look at how the various types of indexes work. Who better to help with a clear expanation for this than Brad McGehee?

Understanding Garbage Collection in .NET

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 10:09am — Elan Hasson
Understanding Garbage Collection in .NET
Source: www.simple-talk.com
Once you understand how .NET's garbage collector works, then the reasons for some of the more mysterious problems that can hit a .NET application become much clearer. NET may have promised the end to explicit ...
    An excellent explanation of how the GC works in the Microsoft .Net Framework.    

Microsoft Hires Key Yahoo Data Center Executive

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 2:06pm — Elan Hasson
Microsoft Hires Key Yahoo Data Center Executive
Source: www.crn.com
    Microsoft this week continued its trend of poaching top talent from Yahoo, appointing Kevin Timmons, former Yahoo vice president of operations, as the head of the Data Center Services organization within Microsoft's Global Foundation Services (GFS) division.    

Someone who I care a great deal about is sad.

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 2:04pm — Elan Hasson

Someone that I care for a great deal is very sad right now..so I'm giving them this sad panda to show them that things could be worse.

To my friend (you know  who you are!), I will be by after work to cheer you up!

and to hold you over until I arrive, REMEMBER,  at least you're not a poorly drawn SAD PANDA!!

 

 

PHP SDK for Windows Azure

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 10:35am — Elan Hasson
PHP SDK for Windows Azure
Source: www.connectedshow.com
In this episode Dmitry welcomes a new co-host, Peter Laudati. Next, we speak to Maarten Balliauw about the new PHP SDK for Windows Azure which is designed to help PHP developers use Windows Azure services.
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