Tech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git
In case you want to see the Linux creator - an embodiment of common sense, pragmatism, independent thinking, and good judgement.
The topic is very technical. Source code versioning systems (or however you want to call them SCM/software configuration management systems bla bla).
Few people care about that. But, most software is written in teams. For comparison, imagine a book written by many authors. Everyone can edit everything. You sure would like to have a way to restore and get back previous versions. If something stops making sense, you would want to know who changed what when. You can imagine the whole process has lots of social "dynamics". So the software you use to version computer files has quite some impact on the way people work together and how software is build. Now the funny thing is, in most cases the software used is actually an ancient piece and the world hasn't settled yet on a new system. And also, it is actually a difficult problem to understand and also technically quite challenging to address.
So enter Linus Torwalds, as he had the same basic problem (or pleasure) as every other programmer out there. How to work together with other programmers.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Addiction Research
The Economist: Going by the book
A group of Chinese scientists has discovered the main biochemical pathways in drug addiction - and without having to do a single experimentPointer is from This is China! BLOG.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Movie Flow
NY Times: The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 - 2007
Great Presentation!
Pointer is from The Big Picture.
Great Presentation!
Pointer is from The Big Picture.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Bill Gates Leaving
Keynote - Bill Gates' Last Day - January 6, 2008
Can't say I am sorry he left. Surprisingly the latest Windows Vista, despite what I read everywhere about it, and just on first look in the store, looks quite appealing to me. Maybe without his supervision and new people, finally they can build something decent. Or at least do a thorough job copying Apple.
Whatever, the company that matters in the tech field isn't Microsoft anyway nowadays.
Can't say I am sorry he left. Surprisingly the latest Windows Vista, despite what I read everywhere about it, and just on first look in the store, looks quite appealing to me. Maybe without his supervision and new people, finally they can build something decent. Or at least do a thorough job copying Apple.
Whatever, the company that matters in the tech field isn't Microsoft anyway nowadays.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Remove Next Blog Button
The whole navigation bar at the top of a blogger.com blog is bullocks.
The only thing needed is the search form.
Initially I only wanted to get rid of the Next Blog button (guess why). As it turns out that is quite a popular request (oh, surprise), nevertheless Google does not seem to be very interested in making it easy to remove the Next Blog button.
Thought it is easy to remove the top navigation bar. So here I describe briefly how to disable the navbar (as described at many places) and a simple way to add back the search functionality, thought at a different location.
For comparison you can see the result at my other blog, The STOCK BLOCK. This blog you are reading right now should still have the default setup, as I haven't bothered to change it so far.
1. Disable NavBar in Blogger.com:
In blogger.com go to Template, Edit HTML, scroll down to the <body> tag and add beneath it the following code snippet:
<style type='text/css'>
#navbar-iframe {
visibility: hidden;
display: none;
}
</style>
2. Add search form in Blogger.com:
In blogger editing mode, goto Template, Page Elements, Add a Page Element, and select HTML/JavaScript. Now place the element where you like it and edit it and fill in the following HTML code:
<form id="searchthis" action="http://stockblock.info/search" style="display:inline;" method="get"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="middle"><input id="b-query" name="q" type="text"/></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="middle" align="right"><input id="b-searchbtn" alt="Search This Blog" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/navbar/4/btn_search_this.gif" title="Search this blog" type="image"/>
</td></tr></table></form>
BTW, you might want to reverse the order of these two steps and add a new search form first before removing the navigation bar, in case something goes wrong:o).
On another note, here is a cool hack to turn the Navigation Bar on and off by the web site visitor of your blog:
show/hide the blogger navbar
The only thing needed is the search form.
Initially I only wanted to get rid of the Next Blog button (guess why). As it turns out that is quite a popular request (oh, surprise), nevertheless Google does not seem to be very interested in making it easy to remove the Next Blog button.
Thought it is easy to remove the top navigation bar. So here I describe briefly how to disable the navbar (as described at many places) and a simple way to add back the search functionality, thought at a different location.
For comparison you can see the result at my other blog, The STOCK BLOCK. This blog you are reading right now should still have the default setup, as I haven't bothered to change it so far.
1. Disable NavBar in Blogger.com:
In blogger.com go to Template, Edit HTML, scroll down to the <body> tag and add beneath it the following code snippet:
<style type='text/css'>
#navbar-iframe {
visibility: hidden;
display: none;
}
</style>
2. Add search form in Blogger.com:
In blogger editing mode, goto Template, Page Elements, Add a Page Element, and select HTML/JavaScript. Now place the element where you like it and edit it and fill in the following HTML code:
<form id="searchthis" action="http://stockblock.info/search" style="display:inline;" method="get"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="middle"><input id="b-query" name="q" type="text"/></td></tr><tr>
<td valign="middle" align="right"><input id="b-searchbtn" alt="Search This Blog" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/navbar/4/btn_search_this.gif" title="Search this blog" type="image"/>
</td></tr></table></form>
BTW, you might want to reverse the order of these two steps and add a new search form first before removing the navigation bar, in case something goes wrong:o).
On another note, here is a cool hack to turn the Navigation Bar on and off by the web site visitor of your blog:
show/hide the blogger navbar
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Gavrilov's Hiatus
This article gives a hint why Andrei Gavrilov hasn't been very visible lately.
Hope he is fine, and no matter what will follow - already now he is destined to leave a fantastic legacy.
The pianist who fell to earth
Hope he is fine, and no matter what will follow - already now he is destined to leave a fantastic legacy.
The pianist who fell to earth
Sunday, December 02, 2007
New Technologies
New Technologies - the book help desk! (not English - don't ask me what; with German sub titles)
Thanks to Stephan for the (late) Sunday morning tip.
Thanks to Stephan for the (late) Sunday morning tip.
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