Magneus

Re: OKCupid, I left the feature on. I find that it provides some valuable intel. Sometimes, I'll find an unlikely candidate checking my profile out suspiciously often. It sometimes goes somewhere, sometimes not.

Well-worth the hassle of the occasional false positive, in my mind.

I imagine there will be similar utility, at least for certain users, with the LinkedIn feature.

Firefox (stuff I haven't seen on here yet): * Ubiquity * Fox to Phone

How about for headlines and URLs?

What plan is that, by the way?

I'm on the lowest Even More Plus with 500 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data, and it runs me $60.

Wow. This combined with the 40K seed money offered by the Chilean government makes Chile more appealing than ever.

Great climate, government that appreciates the importance of free trade, similar time zone to the USA... I must just be sold!

You state that you're building a tile based game without canvas/svg already, but is it a requirement to not use either canvas or svg?

If a canvas-based library is acceptable, I recommend Akihabara: http://www.kesiev.com/akihabara/

I haven't been following this very closely, but Guy Romain has mentioned a language called "RenderScript" in a presentation or two. RenderScript, to my understanding, is a sort of C-like language that the Android team intends to use to fill the gap between Java development and NDK development, enabling less painful game dev.

I'm not too familiar with it, so here's a few links:

Here's a post which attempts to walk through some RenderScript sample code: http://www.inter-fuser.com/2009/11/android-renderscript-more...

Here's a mention of it on Guy Romain's blog http://www.curious-creature.org/2010/01/07/nexus-one-live-wa...

Call me an elitist asshole, but I find your tone infuriating.

Clean it up. Learn some respect.

Call me crazy, but I think he's jumping to conclusions. There's no way Android grew that fast.

Check out this recent report from Nielsen: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/iphone-vs-...

It stakes Android at 9%, iPhone at 28%, WinMo at 19%, RIM at 35%.

I can't imagine that Android has surged ahead so soon, doubly so since RIM's still leading in sales numbers.

Consider a tiling window manager if you're a Linux user. Doubly so if you're a console jock. I find it's a great way to cut down on mousing time.

I agree. Unless he's hungry to learn, it's a big leap and will distract him from the development process.

If you're looking for a hosted solution that's a step up from a bargain-bin, Dreamhost-like arrangement, consider something like Heroku or Google App Engine.

Linode for me.

Not the first launch at $60. Warcraft 3 was also like this. I imagine there are also other titles at the same price point.

Seconded. Great site.

I haven't used any other dating sites, so I have no proper basis for comparison, but I've been very satisfied with the site, from matching system, search options, etc.

Bottom line: I ended up meeting my current girlfriend there and things are going very, very well with her. Anecdotal evidence, yes, but I hope it complements the nuggets of awesomeness you'll find on OKTrends (http://blog.okcupid.com).

This group is JUST starting right now. We're on week one:

http://universityofreddit.com/v2/class.php?id=57

Check out the laptop offerings from System76. They offer two netbooks and a 14" 'ultrathin' model. http://www.system76.com/index.php?cPath=28

I'm not expert here, but I believe the answer is: depends on how many extensions Apple decides to make.

I imagine that there will continue to be a significant feature deficit for quite some time, particularly with regard to lower-level stuff like the camera and accelerometer/gyroscope.

Here's a great article on the native code vs web app question: http://bit.ly/bwPn6J

Fun demo. Not really surprising, of course.

Anyone know when the Pixel Qi DIY kits will hit? Last I heard it was "end of Q2..."

In Linux, there's tons of tiling window managers that automate this process. It looks like there are some projects on Windows that emulate this: http://superuser.com/questions/10347/what-tiling-window-mana...

Sadly, no. I was at this conference, but I missed this.

Update: This link from the video explains it all.

http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2010/05/yahoos-ceo-carol-bart...

To set the stage, Arrington was pressing Bartz on the idea that the best companies are often "single-revenue-source" producers, and was implying that Yahoo, by getting away from search to his view, was moving away from what could work for the company. While asserting that Yahoo! is still a search company, Bartz disagreed, pointing to successful firms that were conglomerates.

Then Bartz seemed to think that Arrington was saying that because Yahoo! had not created a device they were not innovative and lacked direction. Bartz then focused on his "tiny company," saying that even with a firm as small as his, he didn't always know what direction he was going in. "So don't give me crap about what the fine people of Yahoo! are supposed to do, so F-off."

I signed up to volunteer. They haven't confirmed me yet. I'll let you know when they do.

Even that link?

I haven't tried changing my user agent, but I'm on Ubuntu right now and the linked "Google Earth Server Test" doesn't work for me.

Of course, that's not quite the same as Google Earth not working on Linux...

These numbers are a few months old, but they may help you make your decision:

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/02/25/6-ways-iphone-and-and...

Disclaimer: Personally, I only use my Mac for iPhone dev. I think it's inferior to Linux apart from media, phone sync, gaming, as you allude to.

I am underwhelmed with the interface. It's better than the Microsoft offerings, but it's not half as slick as it's touted to be. Despite what another user has said, I've found clashing keyboard shortcuts to be a problem, between XCode, spaces, etc. It's a bit of a PITA to get everything working just right.

GNOME may not be pretty, but I'd argue it's more functional.

Also, as an APT addict, it feels so clunky to go back to manual installation for everything.

I see Mac OS as the happy medium between Windows and Linux. You'll have to grab most of your software manually, and you won't be able to tweak everything to your heart's content, but you have access to a lot of commercial software, remappable shortcuts, POSIX compatibility (MacPorts), and more.

Keep in mind that if you ever have second thoughts, you can utilize VirtualBox or BootCamp to run your favorite OS, whether it's Windows, Linux, etc.

If you already use Vim or Emacs, I don't think you'll be blown away by TextMate. If you're coming from a lesser editor, definitely jump on it.

If you're missing a package manager, there's MacPorts. I've heard that HomeBrew is a good alternative, but have no personal experience with it.

If you're missing GNOME Do, or any of those command launcher programs, I recommend Quicksilver.

For a better terminal emulator than Terminal.app, there are a few options out there. I use iTerm. It supports 256-color and a bunch of other goodies.

Also, DTerm lets you open a terminal in the current working directory, based on the context of the currently active program.

Linux has support for this. You can either bind a key or set up a "long press" to be right click.

This can also be set by hitting, uh "option command D," I believe.

Use the academic resources that are available on the web.

MIT's OpenCourseWare has tons of content on there. I haven't used it for anything except SICP, but you should be able to find some relevant material: http://ocw.mit.edu/

Google recently opened up Google Code University. They seem to have a lot of tutorials on there. http://code.google.com/edu

Also, I found this professor's lectures pretty amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7l6Adoiiw&feature=PlayL...

There's tons more out there. Good luck!

Someone put together a Google Docs spreadsheet for this:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASrV38bNy1TlZHhqNjlmel8xMj...

Given, but he could at least learn a few basic steps, enough to get around the room. He'll also get the exposure to something new, which is most important (and probably what he's looking for).