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Entries from April 2008

PSP And Real Playlists?

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

http://movingparts.net/2008/04/19/psp-and-real-playlists/ asks Hoosgot,
Dearest Lazyweb, I’m seriously confused. It would seem that this incredibly awesome little multimedia gadget called the PSP can’t actually pull off having more than one playlist for a single directory of songs??? Let me get this straight… you seriously want me to copy the same song to 10 different directories […]

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Google Charts e Php

April 17th, 2008 · 26 Comments

http://blog.html.it/archivi/2008/04/18/google-charts-e-php.php asks Hoosgot,
Google Charts e Php Venerdì 18 Aprile 2008 - 08:27di Giuseppe Caruso Google Charts è una grande risorsa a disposizione di chiunque. Ma alcune soluzioni che ci vengono offerte sono veramente comode per poter utilizzare in modo semplice e intuitivo le API che la grande G ci mette a disposizione. Tra le tante […]

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Portmanteau alert

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

http://jessica.balsam.cc/blog/?p=119 asks Hoosgot,
Portmanteau alert April 17th, 2008 This is new to me: Bleg A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers, such as for information or contributions. A portmanteau of “blog” and “beg”. Also called “Lazyweb.” It is also a verb, as evidenced […]

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Google App Engine and the Joy of WebArch …

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2008/04/google_app_engine_and_the_joy_.php asks Hoosgot,
Responses to the announcement of the Google App Engine have been mixed, from Tim Bray’s somewhat negative Sharecropping, to an awful lot of “very cool“s, with Niall Kennedy’s tech description providing a reasonably neutral common ground. I’ve been meaning to post about it, but I’ve a couple of pressing deadlines and haven’t […]

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Twitter interviews on ReadWriteWeb

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

http://strange.corante.com/archives/2008/04/17/twitter_interviews_on_readwriteweb.php asks Hoosgot,
I already added the post Real People Don’t Have Time for Social Media on ReadWriteWeb to del.icio.us because it talks about participation inequalities and relative time spent by people on various social media sites and services. The post has kicked off an interesting discussion in the comments as well as at the […]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-04-16

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

http://www.chrisainsworth.com/2008/04/16/twitter-updates-for-2008-04-16/ asks Hoosgot,
I’ve decided to laugh at everything George Takei-style. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! # Lazyweb SEO experts: how does Google Analytics handle bounce rate if visitor clicks ad (banner etc) from the entrance page? Is it a bounce? # @jamieharrop Great question. Almost like asking is business too MS Word-centric? Probably, but I […]

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Virtualization: VMWare, Xen, or VirtualB …

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/010184.html asks Hoosgot,
Dear Lazyweb, I wish to virtualize my computer life. However, I face an abundance of choices from which you will help me select the right one. I have a Windows XP Pro machine on which I’d occasionally like to run a virtual Windows XP machine and maybe a lightweight Linux server (probably […]

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emacs javascript mode

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2008-04-15/emacs-javascript-mode/ asks Hoosgot,
Dear lazyweb, I would really really love a JavaScript mode for emacs which indented “for each” correctly: for each(let o in a) { // single indent process(o); } I’d love it enough to buy a 6-pack for the person who made it happen.
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How We Manage Our Finances

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

http://kennsarah.net/2008/04/14/how-we-manage-our-finances/ asks Hoosgot,
The Budget Problem I’ve been trying to figure out how to manage a budget for almost a decade. When I was working through college, I purchased a copy of Microsoft Money 99 to categorize my income and expenses. I used it religiously, keying in receipts and importing downloaded transaction files.  It worked […]

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Google App Engine and the Joy of WebArch …

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2008/04/google_app_engine_and_the_joy.php asks Hoosgot,
Responses to the announcement of the Google App Engine have been mixed, from Tim Bray’s somewhat negative Sharecropping, to an awful lot of “very cool”s, with Niall Kennedy’s tech description providing a reasonably neutral common ground. I’ve been meaning to post about it, but I’ve a couple of pressing deadlines and haven’t […]

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