Tag Archives: Computers

meebo is hiring

I mentioned this a while ago… but meebo is hiring. We’re especially looking for JavaScript developers. If you know JavaScript insanely well, and you’re friendly, and you either live in the San Francisco Bay area or you’re willing to move … Continue reading

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Google Android

It’s always bugged me that I can’t write applications for my cell phone. I mean, it supports Java ME (a mini version of Java designed for small devices), and I know Java, why shouldn’t I be able to write programs … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Updates Available

I love it when my operating system tells me that there are updates available by displaying a little explosion in the taskbar.

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RSS feed icon… with guitar!

Remember about two years ago when some guy made a blog post saying that we needed to have a standard icon for RSS feeds, and he packaged Mozilla’s feed icon for people to download? I’m pretty impressed at how well … Continue reading

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meebo-vv

In the middle of last week a few meebo employees made an afternoon run to the local Fry’s to buy about 10 USB web cams. Why? Because we added voice and video chatting to meebo (with the help of a … Continue reading

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Open Source Shout Outs!

FileZilla (for Windows and Linux). This is the best FTP/SFTP program I’ve ever used. It reminds me a lot of CuteFTP from when I used it in the late 90s. PuTTY (for Windows). A fantastic Telnet and SSH client for … Continue reading

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Stress is what causes earthquakes!

For the record, I am strongly in favor of schools teaching C in introductory programming courses rather than Java. I think c teaches the basics way better. Generally if you know c you should be able to pick up Java, … Continue reading

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Linux Power Consumption

Soooo, computer programs occasionally set timers when they need to do stuff. For example, “call this function every 30 seconds to check if I have new email.” Now, the CPU inside your computer isn’t constantly processing shit and crunching numbers. … Continue reading

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