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I haven’t posted a link-a-palooza in a while. This is for various reasons. But now it’s back! So here we go:
Everyone who was into technology back then remembers Windows 98’s famous crash. But “live crashes” are not just a Microsoft thing. Macs have those too, and they’re pretty funny.
ZDNet Australia posted 10 funny “classic” clueless-user stories. Some of them are really hilarious.
Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next version of Windows, is currently in its beta stage. Apparently, a new feature of Vista is to tell the user which programs cause it to start slowly. Gizmodo reports that sometimes Vista identifies itself as the problem (with a very funny screenshot).
The Tech Zone published a step by step guide on how to clean your keyboard. Having that my keyboard is very cheap, I think I won’t follow this extensive cleaning method (which includes pulling the keys out) and just buy myself a new one.
Mashups (Wikipedia definition) are a new kind of web applications, which combine multiple services into a new one by using existing APIs. Here are a few examples:
You can always look in Mashup Feed to find other popular and new mashups.
If you’re interested in mashups as a developer, then MashupCamp is running these days. Another good place to look is Dion Hinchcliffe’s Enterprise Web 2.0 blog. But you can just look for “mashup” in Google.
Can your mobile phone prevent crime? Sprint’s phone can.
This is one cool ad.
Here’s a nice-to-look-at collection of unusual buildings around the world. Enjoy.
EDIT: Looks like the linked web page suffers from a “Digg effect” and is no longer available. You can try again later.
Hardware Secrets has a short article on recovering scratched CDs with toothpaste. Good to know.