Biological Lasers

Slashdot

MancunianMaskMan writes "Sharks in the seas all around the world are interested in this story, though the less scientifically-minded will read the summary on the beeb web site about laser light produced by a living cell. The technique starts by…

13 June 2011

Book Review: The Clean Coder

Slashdot

CoryFoy writes "As someone who has been closely involved in both the 'agile software' movement as well as the 'Software Craftsmanship' movement, I have been following the work of Robert Martin for some time. So I was quite interested when I got my copy of…

13 June 2011

One Year At INRIA

Planet Mozilla

{ No ducks were harmed in the making of this weblog. } I have been working for INRIA for one year now. I am still alive, though extremely busy… and it is high time to give a quick update. timesheets.js: I have been hired to develop a FLOSS, cross-browser…

13 June 2011

NSFileManager defaultManager is not thread safe

Use Your Loaf

Copyright © 2019 - K Harrison Privacy and Cookies Terms of Use, Update 07 April 2013: The threading considerations when using the shared NSFileManager instance changed with the introduction of iOS 5: The methods of the shared NSFileManager object can…

12 June 2011

Bria extends VoIP phone client to iPad

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

If you've been looking around for a solid VoIP/SIP client for the iPad or iPhone, consider CounterPath's Bria. For all the excitement around VoIP on the iPhone and iPod touch (including high profile apps like Skype, Vonage TalkFree for Facebook and…

11 June 2011

How to organise a Test day

Planet Mozilla

After the success of my last test day I thought I would share some how I, and my fellow Mozillians, go about organising an event. For those who don't know what a test day, let me explain. A test day is a day where the Mozilla asks community members to help…

10 June 2011

10.6: Free up system resources using Automator

MacOSXHints.com

Given the popularity of utility programs that let you free up computer resources, it is worth noting that we can get the same effect free of charge using built-in system tools. The simple trick behind utilities that free up computer resources is the purge…

10 June 2011