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December 2013 Blog Posts (6)
If Programming Languages Were Religions...
Excellent, and funny too
http://blog.aegisub.org/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html?m=1
Added by Michael Levin on December 10, 2013 at 12:00pm — No Comments
JEE8 Survey
Added by Michael Levin on December 10, 2013 at 10:52am — No Comments
Swampcast is a Podcast from the Swamp
Did you know Swampcast has interviews with Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems, Brion Vibber, former CTO of Wikipedia, Pandora's CEO and CTO and more? Here's the story of Swampcast:…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on December 10, 2013 at 10:08am — No Comments
What is node.js?
Engine Yard created an infographic that will help you learn about node.js:
"Node.js is a server-side framework for JavaScript that has…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on December 8, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments
Magnolia - Dave Booth wants to know...
Many of you probably know Dave - he wants some feedback on Magnolia and so do I. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/product/features/overview.html It's open and full featured and I like it. WHat do you know about it?…
Added by Michael Levin on December 7, 2013 at 9:28pm — No Comments
Robotics? Cockroach provides organic mechanism to support robotics.
Added by Michael Levin on December 6, 2013 at 11:42am — No Comments
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