brianmed - Slashdot User

Submission + - Where do you look for (full-time) jobs?

Submitted by on Sunday December 30, 2007 @03:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: I find myself thinking about finding a new job but not seeing too many opportunities. The last time I did this, I mostly used craigslist, though I also browsed 37signals, 43folders, CrunchBoard, GigaOM, Joel On Software, Slashdot and The Daily WTF. I am also aware of CareerBuilder, Dice and monster but have found that they offer very few interesting opportunities and most positions tend to be contract. I used to have more than a hundred jobs to skim through each day but now I'm frequently seeing ten or fewer. It's possible there are just fewer jobs available but I suspect a lot of companies have just found new listing sites. What resources are you using when searching for full-time jobs (not contract)?

Submission + - Emulated Mac OS X (csgraf.de)

Submitted by

Alexander Graf

on Saturday December 29, 2007 @01:26PM

Alexander Graf writes: "Have you ever been in the position of running Linux as main Operating System on your Intel Mac and you were in dire need of an OSX only program? This is no longer a problem, as I modified Qemu and KVM to run Mac OS X, so you can just boot Mac OS X in a virtual machine, just like you did with Windows anyway.
If you don't have a Mac though, don't despair. This works for non-Macs too.

@staff I don't think this is enough of a description. Please ask me something I can answer directly your readers would like to know and visit the project site, especially the FAQ section.
http://alex.csgraf.de/self/?qemu/"

Submission + - U.S. tech workers' group ends H-1B fight (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

cweditor

on Monday December 24, 2007 @06:51PM

cweditor writes: "Five years ago, some unemployed IT workers in Connecticut formed an advocacy group to fight against the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. The Organization for the Rights of American Workers (TORAW) succeeded in getting visa-overhaul legislation introduced in Congress; they also held protests (including one at an outsourcing conference where one member held a "will code for food" sign). But now TORAW is disbanding, president John Bauman told Computerworld.

"People lost interest in the fight," Bauman said. Many members just gave up and moved on, taking jobs in other industries. For instance, one of the organizers is driving an 18-wheeler, while another is doing home repair work."

Submission + - Nanowires boost laptop battery life to 20 hours

Submitted by brianmed on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:16AM

brianmed writes: Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and other portable devices. The new version, developed through research led by Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, produces up to 10 times the amount of electricity of existing lithium-ion batteries.

Submission + - Brain grown in jar pilots F-22 sim (pantherhouse.com) 5

Submitted by NJ Hewitt on Saturday December 15, 2007 @08:40AM

NJ Hewitt writes: "Florida scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to pilot an F-22 jet simulator." The brain, with neurons connected to 60 electrodes, at first had no ability to pilot the fighter jet, but slowly learned and can now reliably navigate through even hurricane-force winds in the simulator.

Submission + - Best programming chair

Submitted by

Caffeinebot

on Monday December 03, 2007 @01:49PM

Caffeinebot writes: "As a programmer I have a tendency to get engrossed in the current bug/feature/solution, for hours at a time. Even when Gnome imposes a typing break every hour, by the end of the day my back gets sore and my overall body is unhappy- so I ask slashdotters what is your favorite chair that gives you maximum upper and lower lumbar support for maximum ergonomic comfort?"

Submission + - Is there an installable alternative to Outlook?

Submitted by Komaji on Monday October 08, 2007 @01:27AM

Komaji writes: I work in IT and want to recommend an Outlook alternative to steer clear of the MS empire. For email and web I recommend Thunderbird and Firefox. I am very confident to do this because I believe these are equal or better solutions to standard MS software. But, I am totally stuck when it comes to a collaborative email, notes, tasks, and calendar application. I have tried various web solutions including; gmail, yahoo, and backpackit which I think are good solutions. It seems though many people want an something that can be installed on their machines and also sync PIM's. Is there anything out there that meets this need?

Submission + - I produced a large turd

Submitted by

LA VERDAD

on Sunday September 30, 2007 @03:36PM

LA VERDAD writes: "I just expelled a large-ish turd. It was of medium-hard consistency and sank to the bottom of the bowl. The odor was faintly sweet and it was flecked with little seeds from my healthy multigrain bread.

FURTHER UPDATES AS EVENTS WARRANT ... STAY TUNED"

Submission + - Salt water as fuel? (post-gazette.com)

Submitted by er20 on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @11:34AM

er20 writes: David Templeton of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports "John Kanzius, a Washington County native, tried to desalinate seawater with a generator he developed to treat cancer, and it caused a flash in the test tube. Within days, he had the salt water in the test tube burning like a candle, as long as it was exposed to radio frequencies. His discovery has spawned scientific interest in using the world's most abundant substance as clean fuel, among other uses."

Submission + - The $100 personal gym?

Submitted by

Corson

on Monday August 13, 2007 @11:24AM

Corson writes: "CBC reports that the 21st century diabetes epidemic affects almost 7.5% of the world population, almost 250 million people. Diabetes, or complications from the disease, now kills 3.8 million people a year or about the same number as HIV/AIDS. Nine out of 10 Canadians with diabetes have Type 2 and the percentage is probably similar in other developed countries. There is no cure for this condition; diet and exercise are recommended to keep Type 2 diabets and its complications in check. While there is hope that new drug therapies will become available in the near future (see also /. article Bone Hormone Linked to Obesity and Diabetes), one of the experts cited indicates that "There is no doubt that this is linked to the epidemics of overweight and obesity, and there is no doubt that this increase in overweight and obesity is linked to the profound way in which the life of those children and adolescents has changed over the past 10 to 20 years." But exercising is more easy said than done — for reasons that have to do mainly with mood, fatigue, time, and money. I wonder if the time has come to consider building an affordable, "$100 Personal Gym" that everyone could have in their bedroom to exercise on a regular basis with minimal time and financial constraints. Also, given that "...as long as developing countries continue to embrace the bad health habits associated with affluence, the diabetes epidemic will continue to grow.", they might benefit more from such a device than from the $100 Laptop."

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