“We don’t believe in coming to market like Apple — high margin, high quality, high price. We believe in high volume and low price.” — Steve Ballmer

Ballmer: Windows 7 will give ‘heck of a Christmas’ | News | TechRadar UK.

Clients work on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux… and of course it’s also available via the web.

Supposedly, an iPhone app client is on the way. In the meantime, the mobile site is quite good: http://m.getdropbox.com/

If I had to pick the critical technology for the 20th century, the bit of social lubricant without which the wheels would’ve come off the whole enterprise, I’d say it was the sitcom.

via Here Comes Everybody.

use IPC::System::Simple qw(system systemx capture capturex);

system("some_command");        # Command succeeds or dies!

system("some_command",@args);  # Succeeds or dies, avoids shell if @args

systemx("some_command",@args); # Succeeds or dies, NEVER uses the shell

# Capture the output of a command (just like backticks). Dies on error.
my $output = capture("some_command");

# Just like backticks in list context.  Dies on error.
my @output = capture("some_command");

# As above, but avoids the shell if @args is non-empty
my $output = capture("some_command", @args);

# As above, but NEVER invokes the shell.
my $output = capturex("some_command", @args);
my @output = capturex("some_command", @args);

Awesome! I’ve been doing things similar to capturex() for years, but this is just so much better.

There are times when I hate you PJF!

via GetUp! Campaign Actions.

Now if only that would work on my code…

First phone I’ve had that is more useful every day after I bought it!

“Constraints are Good”

When I write tests and I have the urge to test a private method, I take
it as a hint… I listen to the hint, and factor my design differently.

Acetaminophen, caffeine mix may harm liver

Consuming large amounts of caffeine while taking acetaminophen, one of the most widely used painkillers in the United States, could potentially cause liver damage, according to a preliminary laboratory study reported in the Oct. 15 print issue of ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology, a monthly journal. The toxic interaction could occur not only from drinking caffeinated beverages while taking the painkiller but also from using large amounts of medications that intentionally combine caffeine and acetaminophen for the treatment of migraine headaches, menstrual discomfort and other conditions, the researchers say.

Acetaminophen is another name for paracetamol…

Via: http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/?p=1252

mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet – Apache – ILoveJackDaniels.com

“Why do those idiots keep hitting that button?” is heard in IT shops much more frequently than “Why don’t we get rid of that button?”

Why? Because we are smarter than they are. That’s why we’re in IT.

How many times have you been annoyed at a website for the number of *Required fields you had to fill out before you could proceed? Now imagine going to that website 200 times a day and having to fill out all those damned *Required fields. Now you start to get an idea of what users go thru when you roll out your flashy new system with all the ooh ahs everyone loved in the demos. There’s a good reason “lakjdlaksdjlaskdjlaskdj” is found in so many databases: users have to type SOMETHING to move on.

Technologist Manifesto…, or Things Everyone in IT Should Know

The Awful Forums – How to make Garfield funny….remove his thought balloons