From Around the Web
The 10 Most Famous Geek Arguments – Since what we think of as “geeks” first appeared in the late twentieth century, there have been geek arguments. Where sports fans have been getting in drunken bar fights over their favorite teams forever, it’s only recently that geeks created the Internet equivalent of a bar fight.
10 Password Strength Meter Scripts For A Better Registration Interface – Guiding users to have a strong password with the help of password strength meters, besides being an easy process, will help improving the security of the whole & show that the website pays attention to it.
15 things you need to know about Windows 7 – The reality is that Windows 7 is packed with new developments – it’s just that most people aren’t talking about them.
40 Useful and Creative Infographics – Six Revisions has posted a gallery of interesting infographics, including a Breakdown of Average Student Budget, Flickr User Model, and Global Internet Traffic Flow Map.
The Geek “Must Do Before You Die” Checklist – I’m not certain that I agree with all of these… The list includes such goals as: Build a PC, Build a Robot, and Build an HTML based Website using Notepad. It also points the way to tutorials to learn how to accomplish each goal.
It’s Time to Legalize Personal-Use DVD Copying – It’s OK to copy music from CDs, for example, and place it in an iPod. Yet, it’s illegal to do the same with a DVD. When it comes to the DVD, there’s not even a question of fair use. How can the DVD and CD be treated so differently?
The Ultimate Guide to .htaccess Files – This tutorial aims to break through this confusion by focusing on examples and thorough descriptions of Apache’s .htaccess configuration files. Among the benefits of learning .htaccess configuration is automatic gzipping of your content, providing friendlier URLs, preventing hotlinking, improving caching, and more.
Why can’t we concentrate? – Twitter and e-mail aren’t making us stupider, but they are making us more distracted. A new book explains why learning to focus is the key to living better.
Miscellaneous
5 Geniuses Who Were Massive Assholes
Google may know more about you than your mother does
Tech News
NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky Will Twitter Live From The Space Shuttle
One millionth English word could be ‘defriend’ or ‘noob’
A third of internet users are too scared for online shopping
Obama’s Antitrust Chief is Looking To Make an Example Out of Google
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