CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-24 21:20:35 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

For those who have been following the Kitchen Nightmares/Amy's Bakehouse trainwreck - seems like proof of her lies about the things she makes.

2013-05-24 10:28:01 (14 comments, 9 reshares, 62 +1s)

Just found this online - the only way it could be made better is if it was made of clear perspex!
Should you want to view this one, its in Vöcklabruck, Austria. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/04/sunken-observation-platform-in-middle_7.html

2013-05-24 06:18:48 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

For those in Australia http://www.govhack.org/

2013-05-24 05:31:57 (6 comments, 25 reshares, 50 +1s)

You can even get this one on a shirt apparently http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soft-Wookie-Warm-Wookie-TShirt-Shirt-Star-Wars-Big-Bang-Theory-Penny-Sheldon-/110953818551?pt=US_Mens_Tshirts&var=&hash=item19d55ce9b7

2013-05-24 04:36:15 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

And i thought my binary watch was cool - this is totally awesome :D

2013-05-24 04:18:39 (10 comments, 6 reshares, 20 +1s)

TGIF

2013-05-24 04:18:06 (18 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

when somebody said that girls that use/wear boy things turn into butch lesbians, i replied with 
Oh, so females who don't like pink and like "boy things"or colors are Butch lesbians? Do tell me all about that ... my husband and kids are keen to hear all about it

I went out/away and came back to this winner private message from my husband .... :D:D

2013-05-24 04:12:18 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

These results are pretty amazing:

- 41 women applied for 6 Linux kernel internships.
- In 13 days, 374 patches were submitted, and 137 patches were accepted.
- Diff stat for accepted patches:
105 files changed, 3889 insertions(+), 4872 deletions(-)

I'm really, really proud of our FOSS Outreach Program for Women (OPW) applicants! More details in my blog post.

2013-05-23 20:40:28 (23 comments, 4 reshares, 18 +1s)

Meet the mother who hides pink toys from her daughter and uses blue 'boy' diapers  http://soa.li/Gpn38CX - If I ever have a girl I think I'd do the same thing! 

2013-05-23 10:11:21 (41 comments, 1 reshares, 98 +1s)

Tried on this dress for mum :) I love it!!!!

2013-05-23 01:52:44 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Has anyone here used the Sainsmart SSRs  ? Any reviews or feedback?

http://www.sainsmart.com/8-channel-5v-solid-state-relay-module-board-omron-ssr-4-pic-arm-avr-dsp-arduino.html

2013-05-23 00:21:06 (15 comments, 7 reshares, 16 +1s)

Full Raspberry Pi Voice Command demo and source code finally released

2013-05-23 00:13:30 (7 comments, 16 reshares, 70 +1s)

2013-05-22 21:40:04 (10 comments, 9 reshares, 37 +1s)

How To Learn Anything

I saw +Liz Krane  share this nugget of pure awesomeness about learning. [http://goo.gl/HePQ1]

Learning is a skill. It's easy to master. For example, I start differently when I'd want to learn something new in web development. Yes, I do break it down, and I start with deployment. Not the Hello World; deployment! That works for me. Just figure out what works for you.

To demonstrate learning faster, I also use this method to remember what I'm picking up. Deconstructed the video from the share into this visual. It's much easier to remember. #HowToLearnAnything  

2013-05-22 10:17:36 (0 comments, 11 reshares, 27 +1s)

How to make an inductive Ring - this goes above and beyond!

2013-05-22 04:00:11 (24 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Kinda felt bad for Amys Baking Co for a wee while there, however it seems now even their PR firm quit after 5 days

2013-05-22 03:19:04 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

2013-05-22 03:13:16 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

Linux System Programming, 2nd Edition

I'm pleased to announce the release of the second edition of Linux System Programming, my guide to system programming on Linux.

I updated the entire book to reflect new interfaces and behavior in the latest versions of the Linux kernel, glibc, and gcc—3.9, 2.17, and 4.8, respectively—as well as giving the text a universal overhaul with even more examples and interesting anecdotes.

What I am most excited about, however, is an all-new chapter on threading. I cover the basics of Pthreads, of course, but the meat of the chapter is a discussion on threading design and patterns in Linux. Should you use event-driven or thread-per-connection as your threading model? How does Linux's threading solutions scale? What are the costs of and alternatives to threading? How can you mitigate the risk of races? And other such funtop... more »

2013-05-21 23:02:35 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

That is a decent amount of RPis - gives me an idea on solving a problem i was asked to solve the other day for the local school though :D

2013-05-21 22:29:58 (34 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

Pronounced with a soft G - as in Jif (bugger, i have had that one wrong for years!)

2013-05-21 20:17:57 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

We have tons of parcels this morning!

2013-05-21 07:20:03 (79 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

If you could choose one OS for everything in the world, what would it be and why?
( OS = Operating system - as in on a computer :)

2013-05-20 20:51:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

One demon sneaker working, one to go.
https://vine.co/v/b2Mz2l7dxEv

Check out One demon sneaker working, one to go. by Phillip Burgess a short 6 second film for the Adafruit #adafruit6secs electronic film festival (http://adafruit.com/6secs).

#showandtell   #adafruit6secs  +Adafruit Industries 

2013-05-20 07:26:24 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 51 +1s)

And he's finished, that was faster than the robotic arm!

2013-05-20 01:24:45 (15 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

Who is up for a work out? - Anyone notice the oddity in the background?
http://youtu.be/DPNYVOWudKg

2013-05-19 21:33:15 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 20 +1s)

How to introduce your kids to star wars (or other programs)

Parenting done right by +Scott Hanselman . We have done similar things, only with TV series , and other things, and as a family end up talking about it, making jokes, and the like.

2013-05-19 20:54:31 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 34 +1s)

What race are you?

Coming back from the robotics comp the other day in the car, there was another kid talking to my son about game play, people, etc.

The other child was overheard asking my son 'What race was he?'

To which my son replied with the best answer ever

'Human'

The other kid looked confused for a second before shutting up :)

2013-05-19 20:23:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

All the videos from our Women Techmakers session -- 7 Techmakers and a Microphone are posted! Definitely check them out, it was an amazing lineup of speakers. 
https://developers.google.com/women-techmakers/

2013-05-19 20:14:05 (7 comments, 26 reshares, 75 +1s)

Best filing system ever!

2013-05-19 09:48:21 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 49 +1s)

+Quantum Quilty finished it finally (sounds like a motor needs looking at though)
http://youtu.be/vWkiyA0EA38

2013-05-19 09:05:35 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 25 +1s)

I love it when people go above and beyond and make really freaking cool things.
Bonus points to Valve for being good buggers about it (last para)

2013-05-19 04:26:08 (21 comments, 1 reshares, 45 +1s)

Son is having a sick day, making a robotic arm

2013-05-19 00:07:35 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 23 +1s)

Now this looks like a good idea - combined Arduino and Linux!

2013-05-18 02:12:52 (40 comments, 4 reshares, 52 +1s)

#ingress

2013-05-17 22:59:34 (16 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)

At a robotics comp, readjusting the robots

2013-05-17 11:21:55 (23 comments, 49 reshares, 150 +1s)

2013-05-16 21:55:24 (22 comments, 14 reshares, 40 +1s)

This video is amazing.

2013-05-16 21:51:51 (9 comments, 13 reshares, 71 +1s)

Happy Friday from NZ :)

2013-05-16 19:46:50 (29 comments, 23 reshares, 84 +1s)

In case you had servers with users, and need them to be secure :)

2013-05-15 22:39:47 (22 comments, 3 reshares, 30 +1s)

Changing my gender to male on Google+ improved my What's Hot experience Google+ has updated how they distribute content to users through Explore

Earlier today, +Kimberly Chapman told me about a little experiment she'd done. She'd opened a tab on her browser and directed it to plus.google.com/explore, a stream that enables you to see the hottest content on Google+. In another tab, Chapman changed her gender on her Google+ profile from female to male, and then loaded the Explore page into another tab.

The difference was astonishing. "As a girl, I get stupid warm-fuzzy meaningless shit," Chapman writes on a post (http://goo.gl/ZDBxT). "As a guy, I get nerdy stuff. This is not okay. I get that [What's Hot] algorithms are based on what people click, like, share, comment on, etc. Fine. But I challenge anyone to give me one good reason why there should... more »

2013-05-15 21:05:04 (43 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

I have the new layout on google+ - I LIKE IT!

Bit confusing with so many things to look at, but a lot easier to see interesting posts. 

Initially i thought i may not like it , since i never liked facebook 2 column profile pages (confused me looking left/right for each post), but im actually really loving it! Very slick!

2013-05-15 10:13:01 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Here's a video of me explaining #diabetes and showing the equipment that keeps me alive.

2013-05-15 00:02:05 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

With 5 days left to reach my campaign goal - I thought this story about the international collaboration that is happening online to help get my message out was worth sharing....Thanks to +Remco Timmermans of +World Space Week for helping to crowdsource tweets for me in Italian, French, Spanish and soon German too! How cool is this?

Please stop over to my SoyuzAdventure +RocketHub campaign page and check out all the great rewards..now is your chance to join my crew and experience the adventure as it unfolds...also supporting my dreams of #MARS and changing the world through #STEM  outreach! 

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/22119

2013-05-14 23:34:51 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

That awkward moment when you realize somebody just still cant spell Debian and doesn't want to know (this is a tweet from last year)

https://twitter.com/rimuhosting/status/266390969828667392

2013-05-14 22:57:55 (8 comments, 7 reshares, 43 +1s)

Body Building - The NEW improved Higgs Boson system

2013-05-14 22:12:12 (21 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

Secretary Personality Quiz from 1959

My how we have changed - i would totally fail this!

2013-05-14 02:57:42 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

Damn you google images, why do i get an addictive game when i search atari breakout !!

Work day completed! #ExcellentEggs  

2013-05-13 20:40:54 (19 comments, 11 reshares, 24 +1s)

2013-05-13 19:46:54 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Anyone who would like to speak about "Linux and Web" via hangout?

Audience is composed up of Computer Science graduates with basic user level experience to working in Linux.

Please reply to me here or mail me at vikram@technophile.in

For more details please visit: google i o 2013 extended allahabad | gdgallahabad

2013-05-12 23:01:45 (11 comments, 10 reshares, 30 +1s)

What would happen if humans were born and raised in space?
The science and problems associated with being raised and even short term stays in space are really interesting #science   #sciencesunday