Unlike the cryptically mysterious origin(s) of Wife Appreciation Day (which some people are alleging doesn’t actually exist (seemingly mostly from menfolk, as far as we can tell)), Talk Like a Pirate Day not only has a more definitive history but an “official” site dedicated to it. Quite a festive, yet seemingly-but-not-quite-random-kind-of-holiday, Talk Like a Pirate [...]
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At sunset tonight (September 18, 2009), the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah begins, indicating the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the Jewish high holidays and ends at sunset on September 20, 2009. The rest of the Ten Days of Repentance continue until Yom Kippur, its last day. This may affect some of [...]
“Is it true? Can I finally use Skype on my [iPhone|iPod touch]?” After several months, the answer is finally: yes. The official Skype app for iPhone and iPod touch is now available at the iTunes App Store. That’s the good news… … But if the comments for the app are to be believed, the bad [...]
As several of you know, we were following the Starbucks [SBUX] iTunes Pick of the Week hiccup over Dido’s “Quiet Times” song. It seems that now even the Sony [SNE] Music Dido site has picked up on the story, announcing that the Pick of the Week for the “Quiet Times” song is available. Which is [...]
Yes, that’s correct: Pi Day. Some folks call it “π Approximation Day”, but close enough, right– although there actually is another day that is considered Pi Approximation Day as well. This day is set for March 14, 2009, according to a US Congressional resolution to that effect. N.B. For more reading: Pi Day (Wikipedia)
The excitement for Xbox 360 gamers that has been building about the expected Mythic Map Pack for Halo 3 culminated with an announcement seen on Xbox LIVE that the map pack will be released shortly: first, as a bonus for the people buying Bungie’s Halo Wars Limited Edition on March 3, 2009, and then a [...]
Remember when you last saw mention of Python as a supported language in NetBeans 6.5? At that time, it was available as a separate NetBeans installation, much in the same way that PHP was initially available. Now, you can get the early access Python support as a downloadable plugin module for your current NetBeans installation. [...]
As I fired up my NetBeans 6.5 IDE today, I noticed something curious in the dashboard: a how-to wiki entry on how to start using Python in NetBeans. Now, like many other architects, I’m keen on ensuring that developers have all of the tools that they need in a unified manner. And in selecting NetBeans [...]
A Little Bit: Mentioned on Mashable yesterday, Six Apart bought up Pownce, but announced yesterday that the service is being shut down and the staff sucked into the rest of Six Apart to work on other projects. If you’ve been using Pownce, you may be considering Twitter more than ever… In their company blog post [...]
