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Programming Best Practices

"In programming, the only standard is its syntax." There's no standard on how a programmer write his program. It's always a matter of how a programmer should know how he will solve the problem in his own style. The only thing that matters is that the program should behave the way it must be. Eventhough, there are things that a good programmer should practice. Let me show you this list. ...

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4 Geeky Wedding Gadgets

Nowadays weddings are more than just having to dress to impress and make your son proud on his wedding day with stylish mother of the groom outfits from Gray & Osbourn nor having a grand wedding cake or a famous singer sing your wedding song. It is being innovative, creative and making every attendant remember it for the rest of their lives, especially the bride and groom. Here are some of the best geeky wedding gadgets and accessories  where technology and tradition are infused. (Not an official list as there are a hundreds more.) Super Mario wedding invitations Well, You can have your favorite video game character or your husband to be's most adored Star Trek Captain on your ...

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Tamagotchi turns half my age ^_^

Long before Pet Society, Happy Pets, Petville and Zooworld came to existence, there was already a virtual pet that took storm back in its inception,Tamagotchi. Yesterday was the Japanese digital pet's 15th year in existence. Handheld, mini-egg shaped, some buttons - make for the perfect kids' pets that they can carry around. Owners will have to feed, raise, discipline and clean up their pets starting from it being hatched - hence, the name. Tama is egg in Japanese and uocchi is watch, the two words resulted to the portmanteau "Tamagotch." Every time the pet needs something, it will beep to remind the owner of his chores, not taking attention will result to the pet getting unhappy, sick, ...

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Daguerreotype

Google honored Louis Daguerre last Friday with a doodle depicting a daguerreotype image for his supposedly 224th year. I had to look at my uploads to see if what I had once taken a photo of is a Daguerreotype...it is! And two of them. Only I didn't know which year these two are from. Daguerreotype images are a direct positive made in the camera on a silvered copper plate. No negatives - making it impossible to recopy...And since it uses slow lenses, one needs longer exposure and it also means no moving, no smiling, no blinking for the subject whose portrait is being taken. This reminds me of the laser engraved photo on crystal glass we had during our trip to Disneyland Paris. We had to stay ...

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