Nelson Minar has good advice on dealing with Daylight Savings Time in software
Nelson Minar has good advice on dealing with Daylight Savings Time in software
Set your server to UTC, which doesn’t bother with the anachronism that is DST
It essentially gives patients a twofer, said Dr. Roger Khouri, the Miami plastic surgeon who pioneered the technique and is now reporting results in 50 women.
It essentially gives patients a twofer, said Dr. Roger Khouri, the Miami plastic surgeon who pioneered the technique and is now reporting results in 50 women.
—Dr. Khouri has pioneered a procedure that uses liposuction to remove excess fat from a woman’s waistline and then re-inject that fat into a her breasts. Wasn’t this a plot point in Fight Club?
Google Maps Navigation looks pretty amazing
Google Maps Navigation looks pretty amazing
Turn by turn directions, voice search, natural language search. Very impressive demo.
Available for Android 2.0, which means the Droid phone from Verizon, for now.
To date, I think those questions were answered best in an interview with Ars Technica’s Jon Stokes.
To date, I think those questions were answered best in an interview with Ars Technica’s Jon Stokes.
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Blogger Bob on the TSA blog, in part of his response to a recent XKCD cartoon.
There are many valid reasons to complain about TSA but would you ever have expected them to link to a cartoon poking fun at them or conduct an interview with a wonky nerd blog? You gotta admit, that’s pretty sporting of them.
if you want to know which areas of big companies are being ignored, watch for spam taking over
if you want to know which areas of big companies are being ignored, watch for spam taking over
—Andy Baio, in reference to John Resig’s post about the uselessness of Google Groups. Posting with a sliver of irony since Andy’s once excellent Upcoming.org is increasingly useless under Yahoo’s steed as it’s been overrun by spam, scalpers and dupes from bots.
something even bigger and more badass than a
Something even bigger and more badass than a 10-foot great white shark did this.
Google voice just got a whole lot more useful - now use it with your existing phone number
Google voice just got a whole lot more useful - now use it with your existing phone number
Minus some features, though
Sous vide supreme
A $400 immersion circulator for home use? Interesting.
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Since then, I’ve grown more critical of Rand’s outlook because it doesn’t include the human needs we have for grace, love, faith, or any form of social compact.
Since then, I’ve grown more critical of Rand’s outlook because it doesn’t include the human needs we have for grace, love, faith, or any form of social compact.
—Appalachian Trail enthusiast and South Carolina governor Mark Sanford thinks more people should read Ayn Rand. I’m sure Governor Sanford has all kinds of fascinating thoughts on “social compacts” - perhaps his wife would like to chime in?