Best programmers are much better than average?

By akie

This blog post talks about good programmers and bad programmers. Conclusion: you’re better of with 1 good programmer, than with 10 average ones. The same goes for code: good code can make a programmer much more productive.

“More data usually beats better algorithms”

By akie

This is an interesting piece I found: More data usually beats better algorithms.

Simple online storage services

By akie

ADrive, Drop.io and File Dropper are excellent services to put large files online for free. Bookmarked!

Advertising vs reality

By akie

This website compares food as its advertised with food as it really looks after preparation.

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Puzzle Boy

By akie

I really like puzzle games, and Puzzle Boy Flash is my new addiction.

Astronaut tests boomerang in space

By akie

Will your boomerang return to you, as it does on earth? Apparently it does.

Joel on web standards

By akie

Joel, from Joel on Software, has a long but interesting post about web standards. A must-read for every serious (web) developer.

Inappropriate uses of the word ‘Fuck’

By akie

Funny Chinese signs such as these can apparently be partly attributed to errors in translation software. Hilarious pics included.

TinyMCE for Drupal 6

By akie

Hi there,

I’ve managed to port TinyMCE to Drupal 6. You can download it here: TinyMCE for Drupal 6.

Installation

• 1. Place the entire tinymce directory into your the ‘sites/all/modules/tinymce‘ directory.
• 2. Download TinyMCE 2.1 and remember to uncompress the file and make sure the folder is named ‘tinymce‘.
• 3. Place the entire ‘tinymce’ engine folder inside your ‘sites/all/modules/tinymce/‘ directory. So the TinyMCE engine will live in ‘sites/all/modules/tinymce/tinymce/‘
• 4. Copy the folder ‘sites/all/modules/tinymce/plugins/drupalbreak‘ to ‘sites/all/modules/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/drupalbreak‘. This installs a TinyMCE-plugin that can edit Drupal (page)breaks.
• 5. Visit the Drupal ‘modules’ page via Administer > Site building > Modules and enable the TinyMCE-module.
• 6. Visit the Drupal ‘permissions’ page via Administer > User management > Permissions and choose who gets to use TinyMCE
• 7. Visit TinyMCE-settings page, and create a profile. Make sure to expand and fill out the complete form (!!!). The TinyMCE-settings page is found via Administer > Site configuration > TinyMCE
• 8. Done! Now you can edit and create content with the TinyMCE editor.

Ten things you don’t know about the Milky Way Galaxy

By akie

“So you’ve lived here all your life — in fact, everyone has — but what do you really know about the Milky Way galaxy? Sure, you know it’s a spiral, and it’s 100,000 light years across. And of course, you’re smarter, more well-read, and better looking than the average population, but be honest: do you know all ten of these things?

Liar.”

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Wired Science Blog

By akie

Strange I didn’t wander into the Wired Science Blog before. I found it through blogged.com, which appears to be a very useful service to introduce yourself to new and exciting stuff to read.

Classical video games orchestrated

By akie

Ever since I saw Games in Concert at Lowlands last year, I have a thing for stuff like this. The thing I like best about this video is seeing back all those old games though

Why traffic jams exist

By akie

Watch this video. It’s good for you.

Sweet Home Alabama with a twist

By akie

I like this version of the classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Sweet Home Alabama”. It is performed by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir. Nice.

Cool typeface

By akie

Now that’s a cool font Don’t miss the making of.

Wonderful wildlife photos

By akie

I like some of the entries in this photo contest.

Photo by Robert Servranckx

Photo by Cyrinda Hoffman

The prejudice map

By akie

What do you get when you google for “people in _____ (some country) are known for”? The Prejudice Map ofcourse! Wonderful idea. Because I couldn’t get the original site to work, I took the liberty of reproducing it here

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Cool egg cup

By akie

Buy it at boystomengifts.com.