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Can you see where I’m going with this, or no?

XMLHttpRequest and AJAX for PHP programmers

Jeremy31337: The point is that you want a web application that runs like a native one without actually being one
Jeremy31337: And you want to have it be integrated into the website and not look separate, like Java has to be.
Jeremy31337: Because of the virtual machine.
Jeremy31337: It can’t interact with the actual webpage for most things, without severe restrictions.

Linux…. Unix… what’s the difference? Well, until now one of the percieved differences was that Linux was free and open source, and versions of Unix were not. A major version of Unix, Solaris 10, was open sourced just yesterday, and as of earlier this year has been free and, has been available for x86 platforms. What does this mean? Well… all you Linux lovers have almost no excuse not to try it out. And, people looking for a very stable server have a good free solution. With this kind of competition, how will Microsoft stay in the server and possibly desktop market? Well… one way might be to hire the founder of Gentoo Linux.

This link is here for two reasons. One, because I like Software Engineering. Two, because I like Wikipedia. Simple as that.

Software engineering – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Call a number, give a one minute speach over the phone, and get it broadcasted over a loud speaker. That’s what One Free Minute is all about. Hmm… what shall I say. BTW, its completely annonymous.

Travel Downunder – Mulka’s Cave, Western Australia

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Michael Jackson cleared of abuse

I don’t want to encourage mass poker playing, especially if you can’t afford it, but check this out:

High-stakes start-ups | CNET News.com

For anyone who may be following my thoughts on creating an away message aggregator as it may be called, here’s an article to support the thought.

For those that don’t care to read it, it basically says people in hollywood that work, or hire for short time gigs use iChat because of its feature to display all away messages together. So, a quick browse through the list would indicate if someone was in need of work or just finishing up a gig.

“‘Ninety percent of my work is given to me through a pop-up (chat window) on my desktop,’ said Simon Foster, 32, a freelance production coordinator living in Santa Monica, California.”

So, maybe my idea of creating an easier way to view away messages would have some use after all.

Wired News: Never IM in This Town Again!

MulkaMich: have you ever played the one game that you sing to and it recognises the pitch? its a little like ddr
MulkaMich: except with voice
Jeremy31337: No.
Jeremy31337: That’s weird.
MulkaMich: well, anyway, I whooped it singing Cher’s Believe in falsetto
MulkaMich: it was hot
Jeremy31337: Wow.
Jeremy31337: So you have to sing correctly?
Jeremy31337: And you get points for that?
MulkaMich: more or less, yes
Jeremy31337: Wow.
Jeremy31337: That’s awesome!!!
MulkaMich: you have to get the right pitches
Jeremy31337: I would totally pwn that game!
Jeremy31337: I have perfect pitch
MulkaMich: and by perfect pitch, do you mean you can sing any given note without a reference?
Jeremy31337: Correct