Google, in their infinite wisdom, pulled the plug on Google Reader as well as Google Notebook.

That had significant consequences, for sure.

The sky is the limit for satnavs competition.

It must be hard for Westerners to wisely choose from the yummy thingammies in their favorite Chinese restaurants.

Sometime I for one am driven crazy by all those deets in information technology.

It seems that many phrases with "Irish" in them have got some negative connotation.

Examples include "Irish bull", "Irish confetti", and "Irish coffee".

It's "Little Red Riding Hood." Not "Little Red Hood."

Let's parse the function "parseInt", which appears in both Java and JavaScript.

>
> parseInt(12.5);
12
>

In the above little example, 12.5 is not an Int, but is a float. On the other hand, the return value 12 is an Int.

So, a more accurate name for the function would be "parseToInt."

The raging torrent of new technologies has successfully kept many people perpetually burning the midnight oil.

And that's not advantageous for their health.

If you are going to learn software development, learn the English language as well, for good measure.

Otherwise you're probably gonna wanna cry down the road, sooner or later.

When I want to take a look at what is contained in each of the files in a given directory, I just type "more *" on the Linux command line.

And presto, they appear all in front of my eyes.

Linux is anything but simple.

However, it provides creature comforts for me. :-)

"K9" stands for "canine."

It's police dogs.

It is to one's benefit to acquire proficiency in the langague(s) of his or her parents.

In Canada, many people would rather drench themselves in pouring rain than hold an umbrella above their heads.

That's not good for their bone joints as well as their overall health.

Nowadays Smurfs are everywhere.

Those lovely blue creatures are rebooting in people's memory.

I try to make a virtue of necessity and acquire true proficiency of the English language.

The vernal city was pleasant to look at in the rain.

Light precipitation was good for the air.

If adult teeth could regenerate themselves ...

In this day and age, it sometimes feels that academic knowledge goes down the drain.

And many, if not most, PhD degree holders are no longer regarded as the intelligentsia. Instead, they are viewed as just some losers who have wasted many precious potential money-earning years on some useless pursuits.

Isn't that so?

On the other hand, maybe the old notion of "the intelligentsia" was just a myth.

I for one dislike that nonrobust software programs get released to the public and how they blurt out error messages carelessly.