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Tag Archive | "Misc"

Blackberry Desktop Software Released for Mac OS X

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Earlier today, RIM released Blackberry Desktop Software for Mac (10.5.5+ required). It lets you sync your iTunes music with your Blackberry, sync your contacts and appointments with “popular Mac applications,” add/remove apps, and transfer data between your Mac and BB. This 26 meg app is nice, but RIM needs to get going on a Mac port [...]

External Links Being Hidden Behind Emoticons/Smilies

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of the spam comments on my blogs contain links concealed behind smilies. This helps you place any URL on a forum or a blog, without raising any red flags, as would happen if you blatantly add links to your posts or signature. It’s not obvious that this paragraph is just [...]

Do You Keep Old Programming Books?

Monday, June 1, 2009

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I knew HTML and learned ActionScript (actually ActionScript wasn’t out yet. Flash only had basic scripting support) , and around 1999 I wanted to learn Javascript. I ended up getting a book on Java, thinking it was Javascript. It didn’t take more than a day to figure out they’re completely different languages, but for some [...]