Looks like Toshiba is throwing in the HD-DVD towel
I really didn’t care who won, as long as the war ended. Seems that is about to happen. Guess I’m suddenly in the market for a Playstation 3 game system Blu-Ray player.
Of course I’ll probably just be getting all of my HD content from iTunes via AppleTV by then anyway.
How is it that a documentary about the race to top the world record Donkey Kong score can be an edge-of-your-seat thriller? Not sure, but that’s exactly what The King of King: A Fistful of Quarters is. Intense rivalry, disappointment, intrigue, redemption: it’s all there.
When Should You Keep Your Ideas to Yourself? – Marshall Goldsmith
Before speaking to your direct reports:
Look into the other person’s eyes. Ask yourself, ‘Will my ‘added value’ make this person more – or less – committed to doing a great job?’ If the answer is ‘less committed’, then ask yourself, ‘Does the value added by my contribution exceed the loss in commitment by this person?’ If the answer is ‘no’ – don’t comment.
Advogato: Blog for apenwarr:
Git was originally not a version control system; it was designed to be the infrastructure so that someone else could build one on top. And they did; nowadays there are more than 100 git-* commands installed along with git. It’s scary and confusing and weird, but what that means is git is a platform. It’s a new set of nouns and verbs that we never had before.
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