10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Florence Nightingale: The passionate statistician
When Florence Nightingale arrived at a British hospital in Turkey during the Crimean War, she found a nightmare of misery and chaos. Men lay crowded next to each other in endless corridors. The air reeked from the cesspool that lay just beneath the hospital floor. There was little food and fewer basic supplies.
More @ ScienceNews.org
More @ ScienceNews.org
2. Linux for iPhone May Open the Door to Android iPhone
Here you have it. Linux running on the iPhone. Yes, it's only the first port, but it's the iPhone running the Linux OS, controlled with a USB keyboard running off the iPhone multi-purpose port thanks to the reverser engineering of Apple's hardware drivers by iPhone Dev Team member planetbeing.
More @ Gizmodo
3. Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion (£13 billion).
More @ TimesOnline
4. Gamecube controller for the Wii
5. 10 Dirty Little Web Development Tricks
We all have them - little coding tricks and snippets of knowledge that we’ve picked up over years of experimentation and evolution of our processes, that are now part of our regular routine and save us time, gnashing of teeth and allow us to work quickly and efficiently.
More @ YongFook
6. FOSS: Price Is Zero, Value Is Priceless
People usually are only too happy to grab anything labeled "free," but free and open source software (FOSS) was finding it difficult to make much headway against the commercial giants. Ironically, it was the fact that pirated Windows operating systems are cheap and sometimes come free with the hardware that made it difficult for FOSS to have a following.
More @ LinuxInsider
7. Why I Love Twitter
If you care what I think, you know that Twitter is just about the best way to learn what I'm paying attention to. I pass along tidbits of O'Reilly news, interesting reading from mailing lists and blogs I follow, and of course, tidbits from the twitterers I'm following.
More @ OreillyRadar
We all have them - little coding tricks and snippets of knowledge that we’ve picked up over years of experimentation and evolution of our processes, that are now part of our regular routine and save us time, gnashing of teeth and allow us to work quickly and efficiently.
More @ YongFook
6. FOSS: Price Is Zero, Value Is Priceless
People usually are only too happy to grab anything labeled "free," but free and open source software (FOSS) was finding it difficult to make much headway against the commercial giants. Ironically, it was the fact that pirated Windows operating systems are cheap and sometimes come free with the hardware that made it difficult for FOSS to have a following.
More @ LinuxInsider
7. Why I Love Twitter
If you care what I think, you know that Twitter is just about the best way to learn what I'm paying attention to. I pass along tidbits of O'Reilly news, interesting reading from mailing lists and blogs I follow, and of course, tidbits from the twitterers I'm following.
More @ OreillyRadar
8. Artsy Citrus Clock turns lemons into time of day
9. openDesktop.org provides super-portal to free software sites
Since 2007, openDesktop.org has provided a portal for many of these specialized sites. Under the slogan "Let's build the desktop of the future," openDesktop.org provides a quick overview of new software that is independent of desktop or distribution.
More @ Linux.com
10. Top 15 Tips For Saving Thousands On Your Bills
Saving money is the hot word at the moment as the world economy gulps for air. Here I give tips on how you could save thousands by making a few changes to your home and lifestyle.
More @ ListVerse
Since 2007, openDesktop.org has provided a portal for many of these specialized sites. Under the slogan "Let's build the desktop of the future," openDesktop.org provides a quick overview of new software that is independent of desktop or distribution.
More @ Linux.com
10. Top 15 Tips For Saving Thousands On Your Bills
Saving money is the hot word at the moment as the world economy gulps for air. Here I give tips on how you could save thousands by making a few changes to your home and lifestyle.
More @ ListVerse
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