Geek Links — March 30, 2010
Posted on March 30, 2010 by Chris Nelson
Geek Links for the week of March 30, 2010. We’ve got Linux news, a ton of security issues, programming and gaming tidbits, smartphone news, China concerns, and even Apple and Star Trek connections.
Thanks to Kris and Craig for a good number of the link finds.
Enjoy!
Programming
- Project Euler
- I Can’t Wait for NoSQL to Die – Ted Dziuba
- The Economics of Perfect Software | SIGPWNED
- The Bob Chronicles
- The Curse of the Gifted Programmering
- atomic_rabbit comments on The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR’s email to Torvalds)
- JavaScript Animations at Overfloater
- On The Fear of Reading Code « yield thought
- How To Go Slow
- C++ FAQ LITE
- Thinking Asynchronously in C++
- Duct tape considered harmful ( Stochastic Geometry )
- Kona Earth Coffee – Farm Life
- You Don’t Need Math Skills To Be A Good Developer But You Do Need Them To Be A Great One
- web programmer vs “real programmer” : programming
- 10 Esoteric Programming Languages
Web
- Dinoogle | The Dinosaur Themed Search Engine
- Twitter and Facebook: The New Tools of Productivity or Distraction
- The Man in Blue > “HTML5″ versus Flash: Animation Benchmarking
- Coding Horror: The Opposite of Fitts’ Law
- How to get away from web programming? : programming
Linux
- It no longer does everything: no more Linux on PlayStation 3
- CHM files readers for Linux – Linux * Screw
- Linux Documentation
- Can Ubuntu save online banking? – Computerworld Blogs
Security/Privacy
- Gov’t, certificate authorities conspire to spy on SSL users?
- IE8, Safari 4, Firefox 3, iPhone fall on day 1 of Pwn2Own
- Security Watch: Beware the NSA’s Geek-Spy Complex | Magazine
- NVIDIA’s Fermi: So much potential, so little software support – News – PC Authority
- Russia hints at al Qaeda link to subway blasts – washingtonpost.com
- Revised Facebook policy hints at location tagging | Politics and Law – CNET News
- Schneier on Security: PDF the Most Common Malware Vector
- How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords | One Man’s Blog
- Why I’m quitting Google Reader | ITworld
Computers (General)
China
- Navigating China’s web of censors – Security- msnbc.com
- Google’s withdrawal from China a warning against cyber attacks – The Mainichi Daily News
- We’re staying in China, says Microsoft, as free speech row with Google grows | Technology | The Guardian
- Google Leaves China, Chinese Netizen Reactions | chinaSMACK
- In Changing China, Being ‘Suicided’ Or ‘Harmonized’ : NPR
- China’s instructions on reporting on Google – washingtonpost.com
Smartphones (non-Apple)
- Fan-Made WebOS Commercial Beats Palm’s Efforts | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
- App Watch: Seeing Success on the Palm Pre – Digits – WSJ
- Game Tutorial – Far Out Fowl – Palm Developer Center
- Unreal Engine 3 up and running on webOS, and we’ve got video! — Engadget
- Who should own your smartphones? | Mobilize – InfoWorld
Literature and Sci-Fi
- HotForWords – Philip K. Dick and the Nexus One phone
- The SF Site: Best of 2009 by Greg L. Johnson
- What’s Your Scifi Blind Spot? – Rant – io9
- The Raunchiest Science Fiction Comedies, Ranked In Order Of Nastiness – Animal – io9
- 19 of the Greatest Science Fiction Book Series
- Philip K. Dick, a final look back | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times
Apple and Star Trek
- Apple iPad: We’ve reached Star Trek-nology | Tech Broiler | ZDNet.com
- PADD – Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
- Six PADDs I Would Actually Buy – Padd – Kotaku
- YouTube – Captain Picard unveils the iPad
- Two New IPhones Coming; One May Be Aimed at Verizon – WSJ.com
- Why the iPad Will Change Everything – Newsweek.com
Humor
- 4427285705_4af2aabb05.jpg (When I grow Up)
- Star Wars Lines That Could Be From Porn
- Slashdot Idle Story | RPG Heroes Are Jerks
- Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: GPS & train collide, head’s up!
- GPS routed bus under bridge, company says
Gaming
- Sock Master’s Video Game Controller Family Tree
- The Plot of Larry 8
- Larry Sightings
- New Sonic 4 screens capture sundown in Splash Hill Zone — Joystiq
- 25 More of the Most Badass Boss Fights of All Time from 1UP.com
- The Spoiler Centre (awesome walkthoughs for games not covered by GameFaqs)
Govt
- Watchdog proposes medical parole to cut California prison costs – Sacramento Politics – California Politics | Sacramento Bee
- Gov’t unveils plan to shrink some home loans – Yahoo! Finance
