Author: Ryan Neudorf
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Nerd Nostalgia: Computer Chronicles
Computer Chronicles was very influential in my early development as a nerd. I had almost entirely forgotten about the show until a recent series of posts on reddit. The show covered the rise of the personal computer revolution in typical PBS news magazine type format. According to Wikipedia, the series ran from 1981 – 2002.…
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How To: Watch Comedy Central Videos From Canada
UPDATE 05/2012: If this isn’t working for you anymore, you might want to try this new method. UPDATE: Some visitors are reporting that this works for Hulu as well. The relationship between Comedy Central and Canada’s Comedy Network is the worst example of what can happen when rights owners assert copyright on the internet, based…
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How To: Exclude Words Like “An, A, The” From Alphabetized MySQL ORDER
When ordering lists of names or titles it’s sometimes desirable to exclude articles or other words from the order clause (eg. you want “The Burning Hell” to show up before “Great Lake Swimmers” in a list ordered by name). Early on in my career I must have assumed it was not possible and never bothered…