LINKBLOG for July 10, 2007

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• *** Repost: The NewCo Business Idea - raganwald
  'Well, we can produce code that requires less QA, but we will need to allocate time for that unit testing framework and continuous integration sever you turned down'


• The Case of the Unexpected PsList Error - Mark's Blog
  Being into security yesterday, now Mark Russinovich has a new story. It's a pity his blog is so quiet since he joined Microsoft
  


• 69 Tech Blogs That Don’t Suck - Micahville
  That's a whole Sixty Nine of them speaking of information overload, must admit that I unsubscribed from several of them some time ago
  


• In defense of hacking - Sijin Joseph
  'No amount of planning is going to prepare you for change, you need to practice for change day in and day out'
  


• That Shakespeare Loved His Code - secretGeek
  "Striving to better oft we mar what's well" --King Lea
  Going back in time with Leon Bambrick
  


• How I'm, sigh, going to become a better developer - Jeremy D. Miller
  Jeremy is also trying to become better but has to take some flak
  


• Turing test challenges spam filters - The Register
  We're loosing the war on spam... for the i-th time
  


• The Graphical Keyboard User Interface - Mozilla Labs Blog
  Mozilla (at least one of it's developers) is thinking about Going Commandline because of it's efficiency. Btw did you know some people call a GUI 'WIMPy'. Read the article, it's quite long but interesting.
  


• Going Pro as a Blogger - Turning Blogging From a Hobby to a Career - Darren Rowse
  Going professional on your hobby always has that special thrill around it. Brings back memories on how I started Software Development some time ago...
  


• Silently Installing .NET
  small tip that can be helpful if you need it
  


• When three ex-MSFTies partner: They’re Beautiful! - istartedsomething
  Then they start a company giving out virtual flowers. You can send them for free, unfortunately the anti-spam robot didn't correctly validate my CAPTCHA so couldn't give it a try
  


• xkcd - Embedding NP-complete problems in restaurant orders (humor)