[aotsukisho]

http://pubs.acs.org/.../8842notw1.html
protein folding!

http://www.stevestre...09/04/work-2-0/
article about programmers requiring themselves to be 'in the zone' and how this is a learned behavior

http://blog.webicity...e-irc-protocol/
IRC protocol basics.

http://www.hpcdan.or...d-timer-if.html
nostalgia for some older folks

http://blog.interviewstreet.com/?p=603
how to be productive in your free time

http://www.smashingm...ials-and-tools/
lots of CSS resources

http://www.npr.org/t...oryId=130451369
zombie wifi networks, and what caused them

http://www.smashingm...wn-memory-lane/
a list of cool retro games

http://mashable.com/...e-typing-speed/
more things to do in your free time: improve your typing skills

http://blogs.msdn.co...tic-advice.aspx
how well does the public know or follow security advice?

http://blog.jbrains....f-simple-design
tips for a simple design!

[aotsukisho]

http://www.technolog...ng/26575/?p1=A1
printing electronics on paper! they're disposable too

http://www.itpro.co....cyber-criminals
Kaspersky being trolled lol

http://www.zeldman.c...-the-new-flash/
ipad = flash, in probably not the way you're thinking of

http://blogs.techrep...ive-tips/?p=345
crapware removal tips

http://www.marcvonbr...php-programmer/
some more PHP stuff

http://www.electrict...-concatenation/
even more PHP stuff: I didn't know echo() was an overloaded function

http://www.overclock...oard-guide.html
something interesting I found from overclock.net: a guide to mechanical switch type keyboards, and why they're superior.

http://www.fernstrat...the-end-of-x86/
transition from Intel's x86 platform to something not-so-new?

http://blogs.msdn.co...-microsoft.aspx
the effectiveness of a work week with only 40 hours

http://mashable.com/...-for-beginners/
even more PHP tips, aimed towards those who are learning the language

http://blog.interviewstreet.com/?p=507
how to have less bugs

http://writing.bryan...poor-poor-child
advice that the author wishes he'd given himself back when he started learning how to program

[aotsukisho]

http://www.smartplan...-of-code/12006/
Chevrolet Volt electric powered car has about 10 million lines of software

http://www.theregist...formance_tests/
HTML5 preliminary conformity to standard tests show that the winner is...IE. LOL

http://www.pcworld.c...article/209419/
Android OS is exploitable

http://skife.org/int...w-question.html
an interview question

http://ryanwaggoner....amming-journey/
bio of a PHP programmer

[aotsukisho]

http://redmondmag.co...s-turns-25.aspx
Happy Birthday Windows!

http://badassjs.com/...ia-html5-canvas
wtf, face detection using JavaScript

http://www.smashingm...when-to-use-it/
the !importance of CSS

[aotsukisho]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-11722255
the designer of the very first laptop computer is awarded the Duke of Edinburgh prize

http://blog.architex...ways-that-work/
some visual ways of understanding programming

http://blogs.techrep...lopment/?p=3308
another article on the best way of learning how to program

http://heideri.ch/jso/
a security cheat sheet for HTML5

http://www.zephoria....n-facebook.html
some rather extreme (or are they?) methods of privacy protection on facebook

http://www.retroleum...0-based-laptop/
a brand new laptop built on an 8 bit processor

http://duartes.org/g...-while-you-wait
very informative, visual post on what goes on in your computer with relation to clock cycles

http://statswithcats...-data-analysis/
data 'analysis'

http://web.appstorm....-toolkit-guide/
do you guys use DropBox?

http://www.nytimes.c...iracy.html?_r=1
microsoft vs. piracy

http://www.impressiv...ms-definitions/
clarifying some things in CSS

http://blog.ezyang.c...-and-computers/
medieval medicine and computers

[aotsukisho]

http://technologizer...-wi-fi-hackers/
how easy it is to hack social networking site passwords using cookies

http://blogs.msdn.co...0/10088566.aspx
debugging exploits

[aotsukisho]

http://fishbowl.past...er_programming/
the 'two things' about programming

http://www.codinghor...cookie-jar.html
Firesheep brings to light the ease of exploiting the HTTP standards

http://www.queness.c...tricks-and-tips
more .htaccess file tips

http://blog.nahurst....cruiter-tactics
'black hat' job recruiter tactics

http://www.cs.utexas...3xx/EWD340.html
a transcript by Dijkstra

http://blog.mathglad...ou-need-to.html
the three types of languages you need to know

http://www.visualnew...ogram-yourself/
hahah, a gaming blast from the past

http://devgrow.com/w...l-applications/
webdev apps for Windows 7

http://www.salon.com..._uber_messaging
Facebook is becoming an alarming monopoly for peoples' online identities

http://www.flowtown....ek?display=wide
evolution of the 'geek', lol

http://ma.tt/2010/11/one-point-oh/
macfag writing about the touchy subject of great v1.0 versus taking too long and stagnating the hype.

http://www.engadget....d-how-nokia-ca/
the microSD issues with Windows 7 Phones

http://mashable.com/...stom-short-url/
how to make a short url with bit.ly

http://www.engadget....lets-you-rever/
hacking the Xbox Kinect

http://norman.walsh..../deprecatingXML
XML dying? JSON living? wut?

https://computing.ll.../parallel_comp/
document about parallel computing

[aotsukisho]

http://www.codinghor...rs-license.html
remember the push a couple of years back to have a dedicated online ID that you only need to sign in once? it's back with a vengeance, and it makes more and more sense these days. how many websites have facebook 'like' buttons now?
ps. University of Hawaii can really benefit. When on campus, I usually have to log in three times all with the same credentials (UH system student account): wireless access, laulima, mail (and also MyUH Portal).

http://www.electroni...kill-intel.html
now that the raw power stage of microprocessing is over, we now focus on efficiency...can ARM really bring down the Intel giant?

http://www.tbray.org...What-Android-Is
Android FAQ

http://online.wsj.co...1094784516.html
opt-in deep packet inspection..?

http://blogs.sitepoi...php-developers/
common MySQL mistakes made (I'm guilty of several, especially SELECT *)

http://blog.jclark.c...-vs-web_24.html
a followup on the depreciation of XML on the web article posted earlier

http://www.newscient...the-kinect.html
an interesting timeline of the events from the launch of the Kinect to it being fully crossplatform

http://www.wired.com...-border-search/
hackers having their electronics searched at the border during travel

http://wpcentral.com...evice-usb-drive
for those of you with Win7 phones, how to use it as a USB drive with some host machine registry edits

http://devlicio.us/b...ndie-games.aspx
somewhat related to the computer field, Xbox Live doesn't seem to want indie games anymore...

http://infographicla...ution-of-email/
visual history of email

http://dondodge.type...guage-wdyt.html
how the hell do we understand ourselves anymore?

http://www.guardian....omen-scientists
a tribute to the women scientists not really remembered by society

http://www.disruptiv...6-visitors.html
webdevs who would like to kill IE6

http://technologizer...-failed-rivals/
an interesting article on other OS's that competed with Windows at the beginning

http://www.zdnet.com...-chrome-os/8046
so...where's Chrome OS?

http://www.patrick-w.../static/nudejs/
JavaScript nude filter, lol.

http://www.techflash...acked-left.html
lol Microsoft. 'kinect wasn't hacked, we left it open on purpose'

http://www.scientifi...ng-live-the-web
the web needs to catch some winds of change

http://cplusplus-sou...11/21/c-hating/
lol why do people hate C++ so much

http://stevenbenner....lease-stand-up/
'real' programmers

[aotsukisho]

http://techland.com/...besides-gaming/
lol Microsoft has invented something truly wonderful, it's their mistake that they believed it would be best suited for gaming

http://www.guardian....-world-wide-web
real internet heroes!

http://www.neowin.ne...iruses-on-linux
lol, all of the viruses to affect Linux

http://blogs.techrep...m/hiner/?p=6020
the death of IT and the beginning of software taking over hardware needs

http://blogs.kent.ac...ughter-to-code/
http://blogs.kent.ac...o-code-part-ii/
http://blogs.kent.ac...-code-part-iii/
http://blogs.kent.ac...o-code-part-iv/
very touching and cool article about a programmer teaching his 9 (and then 10) year old daughter how to program a Dr. Who game in Java using Greenfoot.

http://blogs.msdn.co...rogramming.aspx
article on the difficulty of programming AI for games that we haven't mastered ourselves

http://superprofundo...rce-the-basics/
the basics of open source

http://www.wired.com...10/11/1129pong/
the birthday of Pong was not too long ago.

http://www.starling-...ncy-matrix.html
for shits and giggles, a programmer competency rubric

http://www.techradar...er-makes-909424
10 mistakes every programmer makes: how many are you guilty of?

[aotsukisho]

http://www.slate.com...59/pagenum/all/
'breaking up' with Hotmail

http://ui-patterns.c...er-at-UI-design
improving your interface design

http://cam.ly/blog/2...ode-fearlessly/
fearless coding?

http://sixrevisions....-of-css-resets/
priming the slate with CSS

http://redmondmag.co...id-in-2010.aspx
ten things that Microsoft did right in 2010 lol.

http://blogs.msdn.co...b-browsers.aspx
different ways of blocking web content

[Joshua Pack]

good stuff!!!

[aotsukisho]

haha thanks Vejida. Hope you found at least some of these articles interesting. (:

http://blogs.msdn.co...rogramming.aspx
four main concepts used in all computer programs

http://docs.sun.com/...g_goldberg.html
a paper on floating point numbers in computing

http://blog.developw...tter-programmer
how to become a better programmer

http://rebuildingthe...5-shortcomings/
why HTML5 isn't all that we think it will be

http://devlicio.us/b...-few-hours.aspx
humorous story about quickly developing an Android application, and publishing it.

http://www.audreywat...-open-internet/
how the whole WikiLeaks situation has opened eyes about the internet and what it really is

http://www.memfill.c...ws-floppy-love/
someone raging about floppy drives. the comment shitstorm is funnier than the actual post, I think.

http://infoworld.com...takes-avoid-292
another 'top xx list' of programming mistakes to avoid

[aotsukisho]

http://blog.louisgra...ubscribing.html
advantages to unfriending people

http://www.time.com/...2037183,00.html
lol wow.

http://simplestcodin...t-sniffer-in-c/
program your own packet sniffer. tehe.

http://gigaom.com/co...cure-passwords/
how to set more secure passwords

http://phpadvent.org...stoyan-stefanov
my kind of article: Javascript with applications in PHP.

http://teaching.idal...mprovecode.html
written for improving C code, but can be applied to any similar programming language.

http://journal.stuff...of-sloppy-code/
sloppy code?

http://www.edutopia....rest-suzie-boss
getting girls into CS

[aotsukisho]

http://blog.mobilesp...he-new-windows/
is Android the new Windows?

http://royal.pingdom...ternet-in-2010/
haha, a recap of the major incidents on the internet in 2010

http://javascriptweb...-in-javascript/
no ifs?

http://blogs.msdn.co...rogramming.aspx
how not to teach programming, lol

http://progfu.com/be...or-better-code/
another top 11 list for programming better

http://www.americans...rint/issue.aspx
a long and interesting article about different programming languages

http://www.conceivab...hreat-to-flash/
a browser-based game, constructed just using HTML5. amazing.

http://www.zdnet.com...ge-program/2798
lol, Office Genuine Advantage is gone.

http://elegantcode.c...ows-7-task-bar/
how to add thumbnails to the task bar in Win7

http://blogs.techrep...acenter/?p=3562
not for me (or probably Vejida) but interesting nonetheless...how to remotely reboot a Windows server.

[aotsukisho]

http://www.fastcompa...steps-to-avatar
using the Kinect to control a robot...and next, the world! or an Avatar, maybe?

http://www.xbox.com/...metheController
and for those interested, how the Kinect actually works.

http://blogs.techrep...ecurity/?p=4866
computer CSI! true story!

http://www.securityf.../columnists/385
security related tips for using unsecured wireless internet

http://www.newsweek....-geeks-too.html
women in technology

http://gizmodo.com/5719284/
lol, AOL CD's. remember those?

http://finance.yahoo...4229922732.html
lol this dood makes a living by suing spammers

http://symbo1ics.com/blog/?p=711
why programming sucks, lol.

https://www.eff.org/...hat-traitorware
this is a term I like. Traitorware.

http://www.johndcook...g-speed-matter/
does being a slow typer really mean you're bad at programming?

http://writings.with...-for-geeks-or-m
kind of late, but a geek Christmas wishlist, I suppose.

http://www.theopeninter.net/
the open internet

http://www.unorganiz...learn-next-year
ten things to learn in 2011!

http://www.electroni...ata.in.bacteria
put your data in your germs

[aotsukisho]

first set of links for 2011!

http://arstechnica.c...on-gsm-call.ars
how cheap and easy it is to break GSM mobile phone encryption

http://www.glassdoor...questions-2010/
unusual interview questions

http://patrickthomso...-ive-ever-heard
interesting (and old) debugging story

http://www.impressiv...ml5-validation/
the difference with 'validating' HTML5, compared to its predecessors

[aotsukisho]

http://www.zdnet.com...know-about/2848
a security tool for windows you should know about

http://blog.okcupid....tics-of-beauty/
lol analyzing beauty with some graphs

http://www.asymco.co...microprocessor/
some backstory on the growing Intel vs. ARM fight

http://progfu.com/po...elf-documenting
importance of documentation, lol

http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/
some JS libraries to make believe IE doesn't suck at standards implementation

http://deeringdavis....on-with-anyone/
if you're in the computer field, chances are you're not likely to have great conversational skills.

http://web.mit.edu/n...logic-0103.html
an extremely interesting and cool article about the importance of 'nearly correct' calculations, and its benefits/implementations

http://republicofmat...-prime-numbers/
2011 is actually a very (mathematically) special year. (:

http://royal.pingdom...010-in-numbers/
looking back at 2010 on the internet, by the numbers

http://search.cpan.o...d_Happen_To_You
funny story about localizing (translating) a program output.

http://wpmu.org/why-...-anywhere-else/
story about wordpress themes downloaded from a google search. malware galore.

http://www.smashingm...ing-input-data/
once again, the importance of sanitizing input data

http://www.electroni...le-electronics/
e-waste recycling information!

http://visualstudiom...to-comment.aspx
to comment or not to comment?

http://www.hpfriedri...om/pr-punch.htm
amazing article about a guy who did a hugely innovative custom project back in the day of programming punch cards.

http://praegnanz.de/...video/index.php
HTML5 video plugin compare and contrast

http://axisofeval.bl...pl-anxiety.html
the different types of programming languages...for you

http://nedbatchelder...t/hexwords.html
cool article about making words with hex digits.

http://nicolasgallag...nd-image-hacks/
using CSS to make stuff work with older web browsers

http://java.dzone.co...developers-hate
lol, java vs. javascript

http://encosia.com/2...ngle-character/
proper CDN URL referencing technique

http://scottlocklin....with-computers/
lol someone bitching about technology, I kind of agree with the viewpoint taken but it's worth reading just for his iphone euphamism. roffle

http://kswizz.com/po...acking-mac-apps
macfag cracking mac executables

http://venturebeat.c...-the-app-store/
amazing 8th grader's game is #1 on the free apps

http://arstechnica.c...martphone.ars/2
encrypt your smartphone?

http://math-blog.com...cost-of-matlab/
Openoffice is to MS Office as Octave is to Matlab

http://www.workingso..._for_mediocrity
a good semi-inspirational article that delivers its punchline at the very end.

http://www.designzzz...mats-usability/
how to use image formats (jpg, bmp, png)

http://sixrevisions....-php-developer/
some tips to becoming a better PHP programmer

http://deeringdavis....on-with-anyone/
tips to making small talk IRL

[aotsukisho]

I figured the last post was long enough...here's more stuff I found (:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-12215921
a great idea spoiled by people wanting to make money. this would've been revolutionary if it was free, but instead it's a subscription based service. lame.

http://torrentfreak....reaming-110119/
the next torrent protocol?

http://www.technolog...ions/27111/?a=f
smartphone malware on the rise...

http://sourcesofinsi...rom-bill-gates/
what we learned from Bill Gates!

http://metaleks.net/...thon-programmer
lol some more programming humor

http://blog.garlicsi...grammer-paradox
a miserable programming paradox

[aotsukisho]

http://adamcecc.blog...javascript.html
some extremely badass javascript.

http://geekosaur.com...s-is-mandatory/
interesting cryptography basics

http://www.zdnet.com...in-android/2162
oops, Engaget posted something untruthful.

http://www.hackingha...g-like-its-1995
a reflection on OOP

http://jacquesmatthe...on-programmers+
programmers think differently than non-programmers

http://xiaoji-chen.c...nkage-computer/
amazing mechanical computer.

http://www.kadavy.ne...ate-comic-sans/
lol, Comic Sans.

http://aws.typepad.c...il-service.html
Amazon's email?

http://blog.whiletru...d-achievements/
lol, Visual Studio achievements.

http://javascript.in..._in_Ten_Minutes
learn JS in ten minutes

http://www.dcs-media...ing-rockstar-PG
showing off that you're a 'programming rockstar', hahah

http://project-voldemort.com/
lol wut?

http://www.nytimes.c...ibson.html?_r=1
25 years of vandalism!

[aotsukisho]

http://blog.cfelde.c...ternet-is-full/
the internet is full! moving to IPv6

http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-12253228
neat article, using an Android smartphone to control a satellite

[aotsukisho]

http://howto.wired.c...f_Your_Internet
in response to the calamity in Egypt, how to communicate if your government shuts off the internet.

http://falkenblog.bl...o-your-job.html
can a computer replace you at work?

http://www.asymco.co...bile-computers/
an interesting thought that new innovations in the computer industry is a direct result of user input methods.

http://redmondmag.co...erent-OSes.aspx
another top ten list, this time it's features in different OSes.

http://archives.igda...nson_crunch.php
why it's not good to 'crunch' instead of work slower and more progressively

http://www.cnn.com/2...erican.cubicle/
work spaces are shrinking!

http://infoworld.com...ous-hackers-636
the seven types of malicious hackers

http://www.joeydevil...ion-flowcharts/
lol, procrastination flowchart

http://blogs.msdn.co...-languages.aspx
are programming languages really 'languages' compared to the ones we speak?

http://www.networkwo...time?page=0%2C0
and for V-day, the geekiest marriage proposals (:

[aotsukisho]

http://www.freedom-t...roid-smartphone
interesting information about some sites and how they handle traffic security.

http://www.technolog...ting/32429/?a=f
your face!?

http://www.r-blogger...ends-over-time/
interesting graphs of cpu and gpu power as technology progressed.

http://johntopley.co...stem-1973-2011/
the filesystem ends its useful life?

http://www.cyberciti...e-mistakes.html
you can almost feel the pain.

http://www.kushan.biz/?p=24
discussion about multi-threading and some history about gaming consoles.

http://c0de517e.blog...urviving-c.html
surviving C++

http://msdn.microsof...junkie/gg655487
unit testing Javascript

http://paidcontent.o...telltale-signs/
hmm...are we in another dotcom bubble? something to think about.

http://www.codelord....-be-old-school/
why it's cool to be old school

http://john.freml.in...der-fixed-point
why sometimes it's better to use ints rather than floats...

http://tirania.org/b...011/Feb-17.html
now for some IRL social tech advice.

http://www.journalde...t-are-funny-too
a list of funny programming quotes

[aotsukisho]

http://blog.makezine...innovators.html
pretty much sums up why I dislike Sony

http://www.schneier....ng_data_fr.html
the security of erasing flash-based memory

http://www.retroprog...-128-bytes.html
programming in less than 128 bytes

http://www.winrumors...ndows-versions/
heartwarming Windows history

http://www.itworld.c...ubles-a-pc-case
Asus being a badass, it enables its shipping box to be used as a temporary PC case

http://www.abc.net.a...shed/44652.html
it's pi's birthday!

http://hsivonen.iki.fi/about-blank/
about:blank - surprisingly complicated

[aotsukisho]

http://www.pcworld.c...74/article.html
bucket list for cool people

http://ie6countdown.com/
the movement to abolish IE6, a countdown to 1% usage

http://news.techworl...searchers-find/
CSI will run into problems here...lol

[aotsukisho]

http://www.geekwire....ks-guide-to-ie9
all the stuff that's been redone for IE9, with explanations from one of the developers.

http://www.crunchgea...zune-2006-2011/
bye bye zune

http://www.businessi...hem-2011-3?op=1
a history on Microsoft's 15 largest acquisitions and the fate that befell them

http://www.pcpro.co....nternet-bunkers
badass hosting?

http://www.itworld.c...ontrol-your-car
hacking cars with audio files

http://www.reuters.c...E72668V20110308
Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man, simply because he donates more than what most people make in their lifetime to charity.

http://probablyinter....com/url-hunter
an extremely simple, fun and unorthodox game.

http://jacquesmatthe...es+for+a+living
what programmers do, an example by IRL program

http://www.pcworld.c...r_security.html
this year's pwn2own competition

http://www.vanityfai...04/4chan-201104
an article on Chris Poole, aka moot

[aotsukisho]

http://saveie6.com/
Save IE6 lul

http://www.winrumors...0-to-9-0-video/
to go along with the windows-installs history video, here's the IE version

http://www.engadget....rs-young-today/
40th birthday of the first computer virus!

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-12772319
Microsoft helps defeat the Rustock spam net

http://spectrum.ieee...upercomputers/0
some of the ramifications of future supercomputers

http://lunatractor.c...best-computers/
the best computers are human

http://www.zdnet.com...mark/11890?pg=6
new browser benchmarking

http://mashable.com/...mputer-viruses/
an illustrated history of viruses

http://www.johndcook...pi-calculation/
calculating pi

[aotsukisho]

http://www.theregist...eath_explained/
using the network algorithms to take cell phones offline with just one text message

http://encosia.com/2...ers-an-example/
JavaScript { }

http://blog.freelanc...-for-developers
Fifteen free IDEs

http://andrewhoyer.b...-app-worth.html
the economics of an app

[aotsukisho]

http://patrickavella...vascript-stinks
funny article about the proper use of JavaScript

http://igoro.com/arc...igate-to-a-url/
roadmap of HTTP requests that explains what happens when you click a link

http://igoro.com/arc...hows-wait-what/
lol wut

http://aprilfools.pen.io/
some of the April Fool's Day pranks going on today

http://boredzo.org/helloworld/
the 'right' way to Hello World

http://asserttrue.bl...-fast-code.html
thinking about what code optimization really means

http://www.cringely....ing-yeah-right/
a compelling argument on why IPv6 may never 'catch on'.

http://www.npr.org/b...on-and-betrayal
a biography of the MP3 file format

http://design.canoni...m/2011/03/quit/
quitting?

[aotsukisho]

http://msdn.microsof...e/gg189187.aspx
writing Asteroids in HTML5

http://net.tutsplus....rs-perspective/
the cool new stuff in Firefox 4

http://www.wildbunny...es-for-dummies/
write your own physics engine

[Joshua Pack]

all good stuff. I need to get my stuff finished. been working hard on it, but never finish anything.