John Kary

Color temperature and why I don’t yet own an iPad

Like some of you, I have not yet caved and bought an iPad. Or any other tablet device, for that matter. But given that “the new” third-generation iPad was officially made available at 8:00AM this morning, that might change soon.

But even with its revolutionary display panel, I’m still reluctant to buy for one small, but very significant feature that’s still lacking: color temperature control.

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git 1.7.8 changes for the everyday developer

git 1.7.8 was released a little over a week ago. You can view the 1.7.8 release notes for a full list of changes.

Most changes will probably not affect your every day use of git, but a few new features should be useful.

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I didn’t know it couldn’t be done, so I did it

Steve Jobs visited Xerox in 1979 to see the Xerox Star: a computer promoting a revolutionary graphical user interface.

Jobs loved what he saw. Xerox had developed one of the first GUI’s, one that would ultimately lay the foundation for the concept of “windows” (small W) and the “desktop” we know in modern operating systems.

When he tasked Bill Atkinson, Atkinson created something even more revolutionary…

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