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The network is reliable
Latency is zero
Bandwidth is infinite
The network is secure
Topology doesn’t change
There is one administrator
Transport cost is zero
The network is homogeneous

Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the above eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences. (Peter Deutsch)

http://www.coderage-software.com/zooom
Saving you time, mouse clicks, and your sanity…  I wish I had that two years ago!
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/84556/whats-your-favorite-programmer-cartoon
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_are_so_many_android_owners_male.php
http://vocaro.com/trevor/blog/2009/10/12/resize-a-uiimage-the-right-way/
http://www.fscklog.com/2010/02/deutscher-thesaurus-für-lexikonapp-in-snow-leopard-angepasst.html
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group/
Because I forget it everytime
http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2005/1/28/32622/4244
“Remember that managers are essentially secretaries who can fire you.” Best stuff this week!

T-Mobile austria rewrites urls when in edge! That’s absolutely outrageous!
Urls get rewritten to  http://1.2.3.10/bmi/<original-url>
And you can’t do anything except working around it. hmpf.

Kickin’ off a new tiny little project with macruby…

because it’s fuckin’ true!