1. Z-410: How ZFS is slowly making its way to Mac OS X

    A commercial ZFS solution is (still) coming to Mac OS X, thanks to former Apple filesystem and OS engineer Don Brady (who previously worked on the abandoned internal Apple project to port ZFS). Brady and his company, Ten’s Complement, just launched a limited private beta in hopes to have the software polished and ready for a summer launch this year.

    Ars spoke with Brady, who has a long history engineering filesystems for Mac OS and Mac OS X, to find out a little about his previous work with ZFS at Apple, and what Mac users can expect to gain from Ten’s Complement’s port of ZFS.
  2. jesseddy: I love this feature in Gmail.

    jesseddy:

    I love this feature in Gmail.

  3. Don't Distract New Programmers with OOP

    When I get asked “What’s a good first programming language to teach my [son / daughter / other-person-with-no-programming-experience]” my answer has been the same for the last 5+ years: Python.

    That may be unexpected, coming from someone who often talks about non-mainstream languages, but I stand by it.
  4. Frenzy - The Dropbox powered social network File based Frenzy uses Dropbox to store your feed items and keep everything in sync. You don’t need another account and there’s no other server involved. Simple and minimal Frenzy is designed to get out of your way and let you get right back to work. Use the key combo to share what you’re looking at, type your message and then Frenzy will immediately return focus back to the application you were using. Works offline Because Frenzy uses Dropbox, your feed items sync whenever you’re next online. No more connection problems or fail whales. Completely private Frenzy is designed from the ground up to be for just you and a bunch of your close friends. All the Frenzy data is kept inside your Dropbox folders.

    Frenzy - The Dropbox powered social network

    File based

    Frenzy uses Dropbox to store your feed items and keep everything in sync.
    You don’t need another account and there’s no other server involved.

    Simple and minimal

    Frenzy is designed to get out of your way and let you get right back to work.
    Use the key combo to share what you’re looking at, type your message and then Frenzy will immediately return focus back to the application you were using.

    Works offline

    Because Frenzy uses Dropbox, your feed items sync whenever you’re next online.
    No more connection problems or fail whales.

    Completely private

    Frenzy is designed from the ground up to be for just you and a bunch of your close friends.
    All the Frenzy data is kept inside your Dropbox folders.

  5. Music theory for beginners

  6. Apple's Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake

    That is why I am a fanboy. Ack! Sorry, that wasn’t brief at all!
  7. “Software documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.”
    Anonymous
  8. “Discovered a little animation company that needed a vision.”
    Steve Jobs

  9. Salary negotiations for techies

  10. Designing your sign up page? Read this!

    Designing your sign up page? Read this!