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MPAA Kills More Innovation; Zediva Shut Down Permanently

Keith alerts us to the unfortunate and premature death of Zediva, an innovative startup that sought to make it easier for people to rent movies and make money for Hollywood. But in true Hollywood fashion, they killed it — just like they wanted to kil… Continue reading

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A Call for ::nth-everything

We already have ::first-letter and ::first-line which are useful. Why not expand those out into a full set of selectors that follow the same pattern of the ::nth-child family? I attempt to make the case here.

A Call for ::nth-everything is a post from CSS-Tricks

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Righthaven Asks Court To Speed Up Ruling Against It So It Doesn’t Have To Pay For A Trial

The Righthaven situation keeps getting more amusing. Apparently one of the cases is actually scheduled to go to trial next week… but Righthaven doesn’t want it to go forward because it can’t afford to actually go to trial. However, the company seem… Continue reading

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Immutable Collections, Guava-Style

My general preference is to use immutable classes and collections as often as possible. I have often used the Collections methods for returning unmodifiable collections. One drawback of the “unmodifiable” methods is that they only create “views” of the… Continue reading

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Why Creative Commons Licenses Help Rather Than Hinder Struggling Artists

Creative Commons (CC) has been with us for nearly a decade, so you would have thought people might understand it by now. Apparently not, judging by the title of this blog post: “How Creative Commons Can Stifle Artistic Output.”

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Why Creative Commons Licenses Help Rather Than Hinder Struggling Artists

Creative Commons (CC) has been with us for nearly a decade, so you would have thought people might understand it by now. Apparently not, judging by the title of this blog post: “How Creative Commons Can Stifle Artistic Output.”

The author, George How… Continue reading

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ABC Affiliates Blocked From Interviewing Johnny Depp Because He Is Promoting A Film Not Produced By Disney

Disney recently released the fourth entry of the Pirates of the Caribbean on DVD. With this, the full force of Disney’s marketing muscle is on the loose. This includes enforcement of a clause in Depp’s contract that prevents any ABC affiliate from inte… Continue reading

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Another week done, another bunch of great comments. Topping the insightful list this week was an awesome comment from Richard providing some great historical perspective on how the retail industry learned how making life more convenient for customers … Continue reading

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Dennis Ritchie Day

In the post Dennis Ritchie Day, Tim O’Reilly “declares this Sunday, October 30 to be Dennis Ritchie Day!” O’Reilly acknowledges that “I don’t have the convening power of a Governor Brown” (who declared Sunday, October 16, as Steve Jobs Day), but call… Continue reading

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WPF 4: Style ListBox Items using ItemContainer Style

Recently I was asked a question about the default styles for WPF ListBoxItems and how to change the Style for the a Selected ListBox Item. This article has the solution to both the queries.

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