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  1. Why Java (and almost every other programming language) sucks.

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  2. hiptechblog: Use Google As A Free Proxy! That's handy. Though, doesn't do images like The Cloak.

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  3. SPIEGEL Interview with African Economics Expert: "For God's Sake, Please Stop the Aid!"

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"Flat lists" in CSS

Some handy CSS for doing "flat lists":

.flat-list{
    list-style-type: none;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-left: 1em;
    text-indent: -1em;
}

Now I won't have to look it up ever again. The text-indent combined with padding-left has the effect of indenting wrapped lines of the list, so that even though the list doesn't have "markers" (i.e. bullets or numbers) it's still clear where one list item begins and ends.

The Jewish Christmas

Scott Adams on The Jewish Christmas:

The other day I was at a party hosted by some friends who were explaining how they celebrate Christmas. “We go to a Chinese restaurant and then watch a movie.”

“That’s it??” I asked, enviously.

Apparently being Jewish is this incredible loophole. You burn some candles, pretend to know something about an Irish family named the MacAbees, and you’re all set.

... On one hand, being Jewish means that entire countries put all of their effort into killing you. On the other hand, you don’t have to celebrate Christmas. That seems like a good tradeoff to me.

  1. The Dilbert Blog: Winning by Knockout.

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