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Ubuntu 9.10 offers a packaged version of Eclipse. Unfortunately, getting plugins to work is not straightforward.

How to convert documents to PDF and other formats from the command line.

How to move your Flip videos to a different folder or drive and still get the FlipShare software to find them.

Pastebins are sites specialized for posting formatted code. A look at a few of the more popular ones.

Found this week: 'fail' is the new schadenfreude, malwebowent trolls, avoiding burnout, enjoying the silence, the paradox of cancer in whales.

WolframAlpha is suprisingly useful...at displaying infant growth charts.

'Managing Humans' by Rands and 'Rainbows End' by Vernor Vinge.

Some links of interest to startup junkies, developers, and introverts.