Finally an explanation of those funny little messages showing up on my screen when I turn the computer on. Read more »

In part four of this series of interviews with Bjarne Stroustup (C++ fame) he discusses his methodology for coding which unsurprisingly he mentions that he is not over concerned with huge planning methodologies. A true hacker. Read more »

Almost a year old, but gives some good ideas about how you would go about building your own media box. Linux never stops. Read more »

I really need to set something like this up at home. So much important information that I lay in the hands of the computer gods to do with it what they will. Read more »

I guess today is COBOL day. This wonderful university has been kind enough to publish some useful resources and exercises to help us all better ourselves at COBOL. Read more »

Because you never know when that OOP knowledge willcome in handy while you slaving away on code made in the 70′s on a mainframe from 1982. If you want to make some good money in the near future learn some COBOL. Read more »

OSNews has posted a review of theKompany’s new Python IDE, BlackAdder. Personally, I am waiting till they re-implement Ruby support. Read more »

Milbertus discusses his adventures with the new Subversion and surprisingly finds that it works well with Windows. I once tried to get a CVS server started. I will miss that poor box. Read more »

An interesting discussion concerning what are 5 must read books for every student. Warning though, after reading the thread I found that I had a lot of reading to catch up on. Read more »

IT Conversations has now added transcripts to some of their conversations. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this great resource for anyone interested in technology. Read more »