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What Do You Call People Who "Do HTML"? 586

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @10:53AM from the onion-belters dept.

gilgongo writes "It's more than 10 years since people started making a living writing web page markup, yet the job title (and role) has yet to settle down. Not only that, but there are different types of people who write markup: those that approach the craft as essentially an integration task, and those that see it as part of UI design overall. The situation is further complicated by the existence of other roles in the workplace such as graphic designer and information architect. This is making recruitment for this role a real headache. So, how do you describe people who 'do HTML' (and CSS and maybe a bit of JavaScript and graphics manipulation)? Some job titles I've seen include: Design Technologist, Web Developer, Front-end Developer, HTML/CSS Developer, Client-side Developer and UI Engineer. Do you have any favourite job titles for this role?"

Comment Re:It seems ironic... (Score 4, Informative) 1147

by M4N14C on Saturday March 21, 2009 @04:48PM (#27281931) Attached to: Ballmer Scorns Apple As a $500 Logo

and no retarded one-button mouse (touchpad/trackpointer)

The trackpad is a multitouch device. If you place two fingers down and click its a right click. If you place two fingers down and drag its a scroll. Take a look at your notebooks buttons after two years. There's probably a hole worn in to the left button while the others look brand spankin new. I hated the one button crap until I figured that out. Now I have a macbook. I guess I'm tarded now.

Comment How will I regex? (Score 1) 264

by M4N14C on Wednesday February 18, 2009 @11:43AM (#26902367) Attached to: Apple's Mac OS X Update Breaks Perl

Real men regex in VIM!

Vim 7.2 Released 106

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @04:39PM from the vigor-too dept.

sanguisdex writes "After fifteen months of work: a brand new Vim release! This is a stable version. There are many bug fixes and updated runtime files. The only new feature worth mentioning is support for floating point. Upgrading from a previous version is highly recommended: a few crashing bugs and several security issues were fixed. For the details see the announcement or go directly to the download page."

Windows 7 To Come In Multiple Versions 821

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @10:38PM from the win-7-ready dept.

Crazy Taco writes "Tom's Hardware reports on newly discovered screenshots that reveal Microsoft is planning to release their newest version of Windows in multiple confusing versions ... again. The information comes from the latest version of the Windows 7 beta, build 7025 (the public beta is build 7000), and shows a screen during installation that asks the user which version of the OS he or she would like to install. Who's up for guessing what the difference is between Windows 7 'Starter' and Windows 7 'Home Basic?'"

100 Years Ago, No Free Broadband Pneumatic Tubes 293

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @03:38PM from the when-brooklyn-was-a-considerable-city dept.

TheSync writes "The Division of Labour blog spotlights a report written 100 years ago by a commission appointed by the Postmaster General, that came to the conclusion: 'That it is not feasible and desirable at the present time for the Government to purchase, to install, or to operate pneumatic tubes.' Here is a scan of the original NYTimes article. If only we had gotten the free government Intertubes in 1908!"

Comment So you want to play guitar (Score 1) 220

by M4N14C on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @03:26PM (#21742252) Attached to: Zen and the Art of Guitar Hero

1. Sell your copy of Guitar Hero and PlayStation. 2. Buy a Guitar. 3. Buy a bottle of Jack Daniels. 4. Practice. 5. Repeat steps 3-5 until you drink yourself to death. While using this program mock players of GH because you are better than them.

Missing Potential Earth-Busting Asteroid Found 80

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 05, 2007 @02:02PM from the that's-a-froo dept.

Billosaur writes "A potentially disastrous 40-year-old mystery has been solved: Where is asteroid 6344 P-L? Back in 1960, asteroid 6344 P-L was identified and classified as a 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid,' meaning that its orbit brings it perilously close to Earth's orbit (on the cosmic scale). Unfortunately, it then disappeared, or more precisely, was lost from view. Flash forward to 2007 and scientists believe that 6344 P-L has been rediscovered as 2007 RR9. Further, they are not sure it is an actual asteroid, but actually a comet fragment, which won't hit the Earth anytime soon but bears watching."

Suppressed Report Shows Cancer Link to GM Potatoes 325

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 18, 2007 @01:38AM from the politics-and-potatoes-and-science-mix-poorly dept.

Doc Ruby writes "After an 8-year-long court battle, Welsh activists have finally been allowed to released a Russian study showing an increased cancer risk linked to eating genetically modified potatoes. While the victory of the Welsh Greenpeace members in the courtroom would seem to vindicate the work of the Russian scientists that did the original research, there are still serious questions to be answered. The trials involved rats being fed several types of potatoes as feed. The rats who were fed GM potatoes suffered much more extensive damage to their organs than with any other type; just the same, serious questions remain about the validity of the findings. The Welsh group wants to use this information to stop the testing of GM crops in the UK, tests currently slated for the spring of this year."

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