Category: Quick Posts
APOD – Flying over Planet Earth
Wow!
gdgt – Oh, one more thing about the Amazon tablet: the second, better version is coming very soon
I think I’ll hold off on Gen1 of the Kindle Tablet, if Gen2 is going to be coming out that soon.
NPR – OnStar Hits Reverse: It Won’t Keep Collecting Data From Old Customers
OnStar however still hasn’t changed it’s mind about selling data it collects from current customers at some point.
Vivek Haldar – Size is the best predictor of code quality
Essentially length of code tied with code metrics becomes a reasonable predictor of bugs.
Ars Technica – Three Senators condemn OnStar for tracking former customers
Glad I don’t own a vehicle with OnStar installed. It’s more than a little sleazy to collect and sell information from former customers.
binary/organic – Fight Google or Use their Services: Pick One, not Both
Google is so awesome the people complaining about Google are using Google to do their complaining.
Electronista – Microsoft CEO sees open dissent after general meeting
Microsoft is looking worse and worse every day.
PCMag – Google Patches Flash Zero Day Bug, Jumps the Gun on Adobe Again
The bad habit isn’t Google patching security holes it’s Adobe not patching them first.
Ars Technica – Hackers turn MySQL.com into malware launchpad
What the heck is Oracle doing with MySQL?
Mark Story – Using bcrypt for passwords in CakePHP
Awesome, I tried doing this in CakePHP 1.3 a few weeks ago but couldn’t get it to work right all the time.