Hi! Welcome to the Saturday Summary, my weekly link-dump of all things interesting. Again, I’m posting through Posterous so I can share with all my blogs. As always, you can see my links on Delicious and Diigo. Enjoy:
Eli Bendersky’s website » Blog Archive » The C++ bashing season is back
“It seems there is a lot of dislike and hate for C++ out there. This isn’t new – it has always been like this.”
Actually, C++ is my first programming language. I can’t really bash it myself.
The Hero Is In Your Pocket « Blog « WordPress.com
“Today we’re launching a couple of mobile themes that will automatically be displayed when your blog is accessed with a compatible mobile phone.”
10 Useful WordPress Coding Techniques « Smashing Magazine
“In this article, we have compiled 10 useful WordPress code snippets, hacks and tips to help you create a WordPress theme that stands out from the crowd.”
Essential Blogging – Google Preview – O’Reilly Media
“Essential Blogging — An O’Reilly manual.”
I’ve never been too keen on O’Reilly books, but this one seems suited for me. =)
BREAKING: Google Announces Search Deal With Twitter
“While we’re still digesting the news of Bing adding Twitter to its search engine, Google has some news of their own: they’re about to do the same exact thing.”
Job market lands more grads back at home
“They feel like failures. Disillusioned, like a runner who trips out of the starting gate. But many college graduates who’ve been forced by the worst job market in decades to move back home with Mom and Dad say they also feel, to their surprise, fortunate.”
“Here are 51 web apps to make web designer’s and developer’s lives easier than ever and crank up their capabilities.”
IdeaPaint: Turn Your Entire Office Into a Whiteboard | Design & Innovation | Fast Company
“With just one coat, IdeaPaint turns any surface into a dry-erase board.”
I’m going to do this when we buy a house.
Rape Victim’s Choice: Risk AIDS or Health Insurance?
“Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper precautions when her doctor prescribed a month’s worth of anti-AIDS medicine…Only later did she learn that she had made herself all but uninsurable.”
This is just sick. I’m showing this to all my anti socialized medicine friends.
Blogs.mu – DIY Blog Networks and Communities
“Blogs.mu is a site that allows you to setup your own WordPress based blog community or network – with the minimum of fuss. Set up blogs yourself or let users come to you.”
Facebook launches new homepage feed.
“The default News Feed that users will see is becoming “Today’s Top News,” which Facebook’s Peter Deng says will have the “most relevant information” when users get to the site. “The spirit of the change is that you’ll see a summary of stuff you missed while you were gone,” Deng says.”
Free Programming Classes : Learn How to Program
“A comprehensive real-time course on programming for everyone from total beginner to experienced programmer.”
Fonts for Designers Series Issue no. 1
“Fonts for Designers is a new series of posts that proposes every week a selection of the best free fonts for web designers. Each new issue will present five interesting fonts you can use on your web projects.”
Ooh, fonts! I’m going to love this series!
“Friendfeed is not dead. It’s transforming” says Friendfeed Co-Founder
“What is fact, is that Friendfeed as a tool and social medium, ranks above virtually every social networking stream based application currently available – yes, including Twitter with lists. To see it essentially fade into a ghost town would be a huge waste, particularly since the site still maintains an incredibly loyal userbase, whose limits have unfortunately been pushed of late.”
Poor FriendFeed. I’m going to miss it when it finally goes. But I’m going to use it until it does.
Clip it! Capture Any Web Page Into a Single Image
“Clip It! is a free Mac application that quickly captures and saves web pages into images for easy preview and presentation.”
PRS’s Latest Trick: Demanding Money From Shop Assistant Who Was Singing At Work
“[The PRS] threatened a shop assistant for singing out loud (public performance!) while stacking the grocery shelves, demanding she pay £1,000 for the privilege. Of course, why was she singing? Because PRS had already threatened the owner for having a radio — so he got rid of the radio.”
Flickr finally implements the tagging of friend, family and foe
“At long last, after what seems like an eternity compared to the usually-rapid pace that most social networks evolve at, Flickr has implemented people-tagging.”
Lifestreaming Service Storytlr to Shut Down and Go Open Source
“In a blog post on October 10th the team at Storytlr let users know that they will be shutting down the service at the end of this year. It’s just another casualty in a long list of Lifestreaming services that have shut down over the last year.”
More bad news. But at least it’s going open source. That’s good news at least.
Stop Overreacting: Hulu Not Ditching Free Yet
“So… this is really no different than what was said a few months back, when News Corp’s Jon Miller started saying that Hulu should add subscription offerings. It’s the official News Corp. position, ever since Rupert Murdoch suddenly flip flopped and decided free content online is evil. All News Corp. execs have now been making noise about trying to charge for content.”
Billionaire Offers $75 Million to End Pet Overpopulation
“Every year, six to eight million unwanted cats and dogs enter shelters in the U.S., and three to four million are euthanized according to the animal welfare organization Found Animals.”
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