10 things to learn on February 4th
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10 things to learn from the almighty WWW today:
Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic Recovery Spending
StimulusWatch.org was built to to help the new administration keep its pledge to invest stimulus money smartly, and to hold public officials to account for the taxpayer money they spend. We do this by allowing you, citizens around the country with local knowledge about the proposed "shovel-ready" projects in your city, to find, discuss and rate those projects. These projects are not part of the stimulus bill. They are candidates for funding by federal grant programs once the bill passes. Learn more by reading the FAQs.
Mastering WordPress Shortcodes | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
Introduced in WordPress 2.5, shortcodes are powerful but still yet quite unknown WordPress functions. Imagine you could just type “adsense” to display an AdSense ad or “post_count” to instantly find out the number of posts on your blog.WordPress shortcodes can do this and more and will definitely make your blogging life easier. In this article, we’ll show you how to create and use shortcodes, as well as provide killer ready-to-use WordPress shortcodes that will enhance your blogging experience.
Top Documentary Films is basically “one man show” (driven by one enthusiast) and the content here is created with a passion for documentary films. The site is in open form and it is allowing readers to add comments about documentary films they like or dislike.
Hack Attack: Burn almost any video file to a playable DVD
Putting any old video file – like the DivX/Xvid-encoded videos you've downloaded with BitTorrent – onto a DVD to play on your TV can be a daunting task. There's plenty of software that tackles this sort of thing for a price, but as a lover of open source software, free's always my first choice.Luckily for all of us, authoring playable DVDs from just about any video file has gotten a lot easier in the open source community. This week I'm going to show you how to burn those downloaded TV shows to a DVD you can play in your living room using the free (as in speech), open source application, DVD Flick.
10 Tools to Make Your Blog Smarter, Faster, Better | Hack Your Life | Fast Company
This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert's views alone.Tech writer and developer Gina Trapani was recently honored on Fast Company's, "The Most Influential Women in Tech: The Bloggers," list. The founding editor of Lifehacker.com, a daily weblog on software and personal productivity, Trapani authored a book based on the web site which is in its second edition: Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better. In this post, Trapani and Barb Dybwad, director of production, Crowd Fusion, producer and editor, Obsessable, and senior editor emeritus, Engadget, share tools that help speed up and streamline blogging.
David Astley's website – Malaysian road rules
Since arriving in Malaysia in 1997, I have tried on many occasions to buy a copy of the Malaysian road rules, but have come to the conclusion that no such publication exists (or if it does, it has been out of print for years). Therefore after carefully observing the driving habits of Malaysian drivers, I believe I have at last worked out the rules of the road in Malaysia. For the benefit of other expatriates living in Malaysia, and the 50% of local drivers who acquired their driving licences without taking a driving test, I am pleased to share my knowledge below:
Security lessons not learned will haunt us in 2009 – at ZDNet.co.uk
2008 will probably be remembered for a very long time for all the wrong reasons — and amid the grim litany of the year's events are ominous developments in malware, which we ignore at our peril, says internet security expert Mary Landesman.In terms of malware, 2008 was a very bad year. But 2009 will be far worse. The most depressing thing is so many IT people still haven't grasped the significance of certain malware developments that occurred in 2008. That failing will mean they will be ill-prepared for the challenges 2009 will surely bring.
Embedded Exploits | BlogInfoSec.com
Two major Y2K security and safety concerns were:- embedded systems (such as control systems in elevators, power plants, automobiles, etc. would fail to operate properly when the date changed from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000, and
- computer applications that had been outsourced, particularly offshore, for remediation would be returned with various forms of malware and “back doors” inserted for future criminal activity by those fixing the applications
Thoughtware.TV – Videos on Human Progress
A lot of negative media has been fed to the public over the years, full of pessimism and paranoia over the future. Thoughtware.Tv, knowing that the future is not something that happens to us, but rather something we create, aims to spread knowledge and positive memes on future technological advancements in order to educate the public on the potential of positively enhancing the human condition.We collect only the best videos and news on Human Progress, ranging from topics such as Transhumanism, Artificial General Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Life Extension, Biotechnology, Genetics, Ethics and many other fields of Social, Scientific and Technological interest.
We advocate all sentient life's freedom for evolutionary self-determination, through the ethical implementation of enhancement technologies powered by scientific discovery.
Credit Scores – What You Need to Know – NYTimes.com
The term credit score usually refers to your FICO score, a number based on a formula developed by the Fair Isaac Corporation. Fair Isaac looks at a summary of all your credit accounts and payment history. If you’ve got a mortgage, a MasterCard or a Macy’s account, it will be included in the report, as will late or missed payments. FICO scores range from 300 to 850, and Fair Isaac calculates them for each of the three big credit-reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. That’s one reason why your FICO score with each may differ slightly. Generally speaking, the higher your score, the more money you can borrow and the less you’ll pay for the loan.Here’s how your score is determined:
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