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April 2009

Bookmarks for April 22nd through April 26th

by Ron Bieber on Sunday, April 26, 2009

  • What Is The Purpose of McHenry County 1981 and Why Should We Care? | McHenry County 1981 – "Paul Scharff, the eldest son of Ron Scharff, who was murdered in Lakemoor, Illinois in June of 1981 along with his employee Patricia Freeman, gives his thoughts on why the public should care about this case and what the purpose of the efforts are around the McHenry County 1981 group and web site."
  • SourceForge.net: pyExcelerator – Python library to write excel files.
  • The Happiness Myth | Fast Draw – CBS News – "We often imagine that we’ll be happy as soon as we get a job/make partner/get tenure/get married/get that promotion/have a baby/move. (But) usually by the time you’ve arrived at your destination, you’re expecting to reach it, so it has already been incorporated into your happiness. You quickly become adjusted to the new state of affairs."

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Bookmarks for April 15th through April 16th

by Ron Bieber on Saturday, April 18, 2009

  • Nambu native Twitter client for Mac – "In the most recent Ask TUAW, we addressed a question about Twitter (follow TUAW!), and asked readers for their favorite clients. Several users suggested Nambu, and having just put it through its paces, I can see why it's so popular."
  • DreamHost Blog » Democracy at DreamHost, part 2 – "we’re going to let a few of our workers tell you in their own words what it means to be democratic. These comments come from all parts of our organization from recent hires as well as from people who have literally helped us build the company."
  • Top 13 Twitter Don'ts – Features by PC Magazine – "The number of new Twitter users has soared over the past few months, as the microblogging service has taken the media by storm. If you're one of those new users, you may be baffled by Twitter's peculiar culture, or nervous that you'll commit some kind of microblogging faux pas. Don't worry, we're here to help."

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Musings On The Ron Scharff and Patricia Freeman Murders in 1981

by Ron Bieber April 16, 2009 McHenry County 1981

There is a new site dedicated to the almost 28 year old case of the murder of Ron Scharff and Patricia Freeman in Lakemoor, Illinois in 1981. I’ve noticed that this site gets way higher rank than the new site in regards to this case – so I want to try to take [...]

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Bookmarks for March 27th through April 11th

by Ron Bieber April 15, 2009 Bookmarks

Matt Legend Gemmell – MGTwitterEngine – Twitter from Cocoa – Cocoa source for interfacing with Twitter API
Emergent Design: Leveraging Agile Retrospectives to Evolve Your Architecture – "Technological debt is mistakenly thought of as a technical problem, but when system design cannot change according to the needs of the business, it becomes a business problem. [...]

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