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Beautiful Soup
"You didn't write that awful page. You're just trying to get some data out of it. Right now, you don't really care what HTML is supposed to look like. Neither does this parser. " Continue reading
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The software awards scam
This site did a little investigation into those software awards that are given out by download sites. The obvious explanation is that some download sites give an award to every piece of software submitted to them. In return they hope … Continue reading
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The Story of Sergey Brin
Here’s a thoroughly engaging profile of Google cofounder Sergey Brin. The co-presidents share management duties with Eric Schmidt, a seasoned software executive whom they hired as chief executive officer in 2001 to oversee the day-to-day aspects of Google’s business—in short, … Continue reading
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Ads on Wikipedia?
Ars Technica has a short article on the recent debate about Wikipedia‘s funding model and whether they should resort to advertising on their site. Though Wikimedia has less than ten full-time employees, it has real expenses. Bandwidth in 2007 is … Continue reading
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Firefox – A $50+ Million Cash Cow
A brief article on how profitable the open-source Firefox project has become. You see that little Google search box on the upper right? If you use that box to make a search and click on one of the Google ads … Continue reading
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Google Backdoor
Here’s a hack that may allow you to access sites that let Google in to index them but require regular users to register. Ever experienced this? You ask Google to look something up; the engine returns with a number of … Continue reading
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Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared
Here’s a comparison of which of the most popular BitTorrent sites have the most torrents indexed, and which has the best features. When I first began to use BitTorrent in 2004 there was little question as to which indexing site … Continue reading
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The Firefox Kid
IEEE Spectrum has written a nice article on Blake Ross, one of the co-founders of the Firefox project, and on what he is working on next. But there were others in the cubicle trenches who hadn’t conceded the browser war … Continue reading
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Top Firefox 2 config tweaks
Lifehacker has collected together some of the more useful config tweaks for Firefox 2. The Firefox homepage calls the web browser “fully customizable to your online life,” and that’s not just marketing claptrap. Beyond the extensive options available in its … Continue reading
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Bypass IE7 Windows validation
A workaround has already been found to bypass the IE7 Windows validation check during install. You must have Windows XP Service Pack-2 (SP2) in order to install Internet Explorer 7.0. But still you will face a problem while installing this … Continue reading
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DailyLit – read the classics one day at a time
DailyLit has broken down their collection of classic texts into small portions and will email them to you one at a time. Just select a text and a delivery schedule, and start catching up on your reading. Why read books … Continue reading
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Antiriddle: The New Hardest Riddle on the Internet
A new web-based riddle, similar to Notpron, and the Python Challenge. The goal of the Antiriddle project is to not only entertain those that enjoy intellectual challenges, but also to teach a certain degree of computer literacy and to foster … Continue reading
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Top 10 Worst URL Flops
Some unfortunate choices for web addresses. Link
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eConsultant Lists of Freeware and Open Source Software
eConsultant has many useful lists in different categories. In particular, their freeware and open source software lists are very comprehensive. I want a Freeware Utility to … 450+ common problems solved Open Source Freeware : 400+ free applications and utilities
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Mighty Optical Illusions
This blog has a great collection of optical illusions. Check out this fantastic piece of sidewalk chalk art: Link (via MAKE: Blog)
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11 ways to backup your del.icio.us bookmarks
A useful cheat sheet to make sure you have backup copies of your del.icio.us bookmarks. Del.icio.us remains the grand-daddy of all the Social Bookmarking Services. It was bought out by Yahoo but, it remains slow and has many outages. Here … Continue reading
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101 Free Games: The Best Free Games on the Web from 1UP.com
1UP.com has a nice list of free games you can find on the web, compiled by Computer Gaming World. You don’t care how you get your fix. You just want to play a new game right now and you don’t … Continue reading
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Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman
This is a fantastic and hilarious comic set in the Half-Life universe and rendered using the Half-Life 2 engine along with Garry’s Mod. Concerned is the story of Gordon Frohman, former Black Mesa entry-level employee, survivor of the Portal Storms … Continue reading
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Newsvine Launches
The hotly anticipated community news site Newsvine has just finished their private beta and officially opened their doors yesterday. Not only can you read, share and comment on news stories but, if you are so inclined, you can publish your … Continue reading
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Google Hacking: Ten Simple Security Searches That Work
The Ethical Hacker Network has some tips on using Google queries to check the security of a site. The article is an excerpt from the book Google Hacking for Penetration Testers. Although we see literally hundreds of Google searches throughout … Continue reading
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