Profilactic Mashup - engtech

del.icio.us: [SOFTWARE] Best of the Best: The Hive Five Winners

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:39:02 GMT

List of some of the best free software out there.

//engtech: What Would You Do If You Didn’t Have To Work?

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:39:36 GMT

For the past two months I've gotten to experience what it's like not to work every day.

del.icio.us: [FRIENDFEED] Some Cool Recent Scripts

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:03:06 GMT

Some more friendfeed greasemonkey scripts

//engtech: Creating Random Playlists in iTunes 8

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:32:38 GMT

I'm one of those cogs who uses Apple mp3 players simply because I feel they do really good job. I tried to fight iTunes for the longest time, but I eventually gave into it because, like Microsoft Outlook, it's the default music program that everyone uses and every 3rd party application supports.

del.icio.us: [FREEWARE] Lifehacker Readers' Free Replacements for Paid Tools

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:14:18 GMT

Great list of free software, including a lot of the stuff I use day-to-day like Paint.NET, 7zip,

//engtech: Dude, Your Online Photo Portfolio Sucks

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:05:19 GMT

I’ve been browing through my local photographers looking for family portrait photographers and wedding photographers. As someone who is very familiar with the web, I’m always struck at how poorly some people do their web portfolioes. How Do They Find You? Like anything, the most important thing about a photography site is how it ranks on google [...]

del.icio.us: [HUMOR] Obama is RESTful

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:35:34 GMT

A look at Obama vs McCain from the point of view of web design.

del.icio.us: [HUMOR] Asshole Driven Development

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:19:38 GMT

from: Asshole Driven development (ADD) - Any team where the biggest jerk makes all the big decisions is asshole driven development. All wisdom, logic or process goes out the window when Mr. Asshole is in the room, doing whatever idiotic, selfish thing he thinks is best. There may rules and processes, but Mr. A breaks them and people follow anyway.

del.icio.us: [OPENSOURCE] Open Development and the Flow of Spice

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:15:46 GMT

Interesting look at the closed source world's approach to integrating open source software.

del.icio.us: [CODE] The most important programming language

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:47:15 GMT

quote: "One of the common questions that comes up among students new to Computer Science and Programming is along the lines of “what is the best programming language?”. And the the brief answer to that is simple: You’re doing it wrong."

del.icio.us: [BLOGGING] 1000 things I’ve learned about blogging

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:37:06 GMT

actually only 100. short read, but some good tips.

del.icio.us: [GOOGLE] Create Separate Profiles in Google Chrome for Family Members and Stay Extra Safe

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:29:31 GMT

Hey, there already is a way to do multiple profiles with Google Chrome!

del.icio.us: [WORKHACKS] Shelf Web Pages Instantly (and Get Back to Work) with ReadItLater

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:18:38 GMT

This looks like a great way to bookmark "read it later" articles... you can get the results as RSS, which is pretty sweet.

del.icio.us: [ITUNES] Revenge of the Smart Playlist: 5 tricks for packrats & power users

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:28:35 GMT

Some good tips for getting the most out of iTunes, I especially like the playlists to delete old podcasts and to rate songs that are unrated.

del.icio.us: [GOOGLE] Screenshot Tour: Google Chrome First Look

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:34:12 GMT

Quick overview of the Chrome features

//engtech: Why Google Chrome Isn’t My Default Browser

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:56:03 GMT

Google Chrome has been public for all of about 30 minutes now. I am very impressed with how fast it downloads and installs, with almost no need for user prompts (except to close your web browser so it can import bookmarks/passwords). It's fast as fast can be. I can't get over how fast it is. If you type "about:memory" into the address/search bar you'll see a memory comparison between Chrome and any other web browsers you're currently running. It uses so much less memory than Firefox. But I can't switch to Chrome because of my dependency on multiple profiles and my Firefox extensions.

del.icio.us: [GOOGLE] Live-blogging the Google Chrome announcement

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:10:55 GMT

Live reporting on the new browser unveiling

del.icio.us: [WORKHACKS] Developing With Just-In-Time Information

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:50:54 GMT

quote: "Sadly being this type of multi-environment coder is not very conducive to job interviews, where often people who focus on only a few technologies expect you to have the precise memorization that they have. I'm sorry, I can't remember the home interface of an EJB2.X Entity bean that I haven't touched in years."

del.icio.us: [PIRACY] Digital Cheapskates Explained

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:48:46 GMT

quote: "This is where I get annoyed. Since when did piracy become the “smart” choice, and buying something legitimately, at a reasonable price, become “stupid”? And if I don’t choose iTunes, can anybody really say with a straight face that Netflix - at $10 a month - is too expensive?"

//engtech: Geek Sanity Tip: Make Everyone Run the Same Software

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:41:58 GMT

Much like how doctor's get bombarded with medical questions, being the alpha geek in any family or group of friends means you'll get asked questions about computers. There's only one way to stay sane: get everyone you know to run the same software.