Author: John Walker
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Lectures
Someone needs to sit you down and give you a good lecture: No extra credit, but if you’re a believer in lifelong learning, here’s some study material. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View has posted a treasure chest of videos from its lectures and events on YouTube. Here’s your chance to get Eric Schmidt’s…
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24 ways: The Neverending (Background Image) Story
24 ways: The Neverending (Background Image) Story The Neverending (Background Image) Story by Elliot Jay Stocks Everyone likes candy for Christmas, and there’s none better than eye candy. Well, that, and just more of the stuff. Today we’re going to combine both of those good points and look at how to create a beautiful background…
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First vehicle on the information superhighway was a rundown van
First vehicle on the information superhighway was a rundown van: “A lot of people think the Internet just happened,” says Vint Cerf, one of its proud papas. “But it was a lot of hard work.” That’s why we need events like the one Wednesday at the Computer History Museum to mark the 30th anniversary of…
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20+ Customer Management Tools
20+ Customer Management Tools 20 Customer Management Tools November 7, 2007 — 12:48 AM PST — by Sean P. Aune After all the ways we’ve shown you how to set up a web business, now it’s time to actually manage all of your customers and clients. This list comprises 20 customer relations systems to help…
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Words that don’t exist in English
A sampling from a new collection of words and phrases from around the world for which English has no direct counterpart (e.g. Pesamenteiro — Portuguese: one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person, apparently to offer condolences but in reality is just there for the refreshments, and Poronkusema — Finnish:…