Digest for December 2006

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From the I’m a Grumpy Old Man department

• The Internet is for Trolls
  Why commenters can be your worst nightmare.
• On Wikipedia, Blogging and the Anti-blog Bias
  Wikipedia is out to get us
• Cory Doctorow on Building an Audience
  Getting them to buy the cow even though the milk is free.

From the Tech News deptartment

• How to fix the Firefox memory leak (Firefox hack)
  Memory problems in Firefox? Change these settings.
• It’s official: StumbleUpon Video rocks
  Try it at video.stumbleupon.com
• How Google does web-based code reviews with Mondrian
  Nice use of Python to build a web-based code review architecture.

From the It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Blogging department

• You Can Be a Good Example or a Horrible Warning – How NOT to be a Successful Blogger
  featured on problogger.net
• Hey Bloggers, PayPerPost is Illegal
  You have to disclose paid advertisements.
• Switching back to real full feeds
  Because partial feels make you feel icky (like walking home in a prom dress at noon).

From the I am a Big Geek department

• Hacking for Hollywood – Programming in the movies
  Object oriented programming doesn’t look like playing with Legos?
• Bill Gates for President
  He’s the best man for the job.
• Bringing Xbox Back music video spoof
  Mildly amusing.

From the It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas department

• The Small White Envelope by Nancy Gavin
  Christmas email forward reprint.
• Is Santa Claus Real? – A Look at the Physics
  Christmas email forward reprint.

From the I am a Consumer Whore department

• Shopping Online – How to Shop Online in Canada
• Gift Guide for Geeks concludes
• 107 t-shirts for geeks that do not suck
  hit front page of digg and del.icio.us
• 81 movies for geeks that do not suck (GGG7)
  hit front page of digg and del.icio.us
• Boxing Day is coming – some recommended deals in Canada

From the Meme department

• Five Things You Don’t Know About Me meme
• Ottawa’s Sexiest Blogger
• The Sticky Meme
• The Work Manifesto
• New tech meme: How to become a Venture Capitalist

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