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  • The men who really invented the GUI


    The IBM PC is not alone in having a significant anniversary this year. It is 25 years since Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac started flogging Apple 1 circuit boards from a Palo Alto garage. But it was not until 1984 that the first Apple Mac made its appearance, with its revolutionary mouse-driven graphical user โ€ฆ

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    • posted 22 December, 2011
  • Idea: mobile app that uses camera and shifts colour-balances to make colours "visible"



    I'm not colourblind, and I'm not really a mobile developer, so maybe there's something I've missed, but I've got an idea for an app and I thought I'd run it by you guys to see if there's something I've missed.
    Mobile processing power is getting better and better, and we're probably getting โ€ฆ

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    • posted 20 December, 2011
  • Image representing post: I'm banned from Facebook for having an unusual name. Any suggestions welcome!

    I'm banned from Facebook for having an unusual name. Any suggestions welcome!



    I have an unusual name: I'm pretty sure I'm the only person with my name in the world. It's not the quirkiest name in the world - I have two names, the first one is pretty common, the second one is unusual but isn't a swearword or "Elephanthead" or something, it's all in โ€ฆ

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    • posted 14 December, 2011
  • Google Analytics tab, truncated to Google Anal

    Every time I see this at work my heart skips a beat.

    AltGoogle Analytics tab, truncated to Google Anal

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    • posted 9 December, 2011
  • Image representing post: TIL that Samwell (of "What What! In The Butt!" fame) did a far less-well-known song promoting condom use

    TIL that Samwell (of "What What! In The Butt!" fame) did a far less-well-known song promoting condom use

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    • posted 19 November, 2011
  • Live countdown to Minecraft 1.0

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    • posted 18 November, 2011
  • Cold-call scam attempts to trick users into thinking their PC has a fault, sells them a "solution". Here's a recording.


    More and more people are facing calls from companies claiming falsely that their computer is infected by a virus.
    Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones had one such call and outlines how the scam works and how to avoid it.

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    • posted 12 November, 2011
  • HilaryJC's "Guide to Reddit" - is this for real?

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    • posted 10 November, 2011
  • Image representing post: "Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said."

    "Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said."


    Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said.
    The accident happened in March on a Flybe flight from Exeter to Newcastle.
    The captain returned to Exeter and used the emergency brake and "significant amounts of right rudder" โ€ฆ

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    • posted 10 November, 2011
  • I have multiple GMail accounts. I'd like to see a different notification icon for each. Any suggestions?



    The first of the two apps mentioned in this article - "Gmail Notifier" - sounds perfect, but doesn't seem to exist any more.
    GMail Notifier + Widgets looks like it might do it (it's designed to do different icons depending on labels). Does anybody have any experience with this?
    Or any โ€ฆ

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    • posted 30 October, 2011
  • Last year I bought a ton of Left 4 Dead 2 copies...



    ...for several of my friends. They all got redeemed, apart from one. I keep reminding the guy, but he never gets around to redeeming it, so I reckon he doesn't want it.
    So: if you want it, it's yours. Just PM me your Steam username.
    Gone! To Swiisha.

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    • posted 29 October, 2011
  • My favourite supplier of reasonably-priced board game design components (Europe)

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    • posted 16 October, 2011
  • Homer Simpson Explains Minecraft in 10 Seconds

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    • posted 4 October, 2011
  • The Trustworthiness of Bears

    jQueryIsBestQuery compares the relative trustworthyness of beards versus bears



    How old were you when you could grow a bear (properly)?


    Relevant:
    AltThe Trustworthiness of Beards
    AltThe Trustworthiness of Bears

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    • posted 2 September, 2011
  • r/oxford meetup - Thursday 25th August 2011 from 17:00 'til late in The Turf [link is to original discussion]



    Summer is almost over, so before it goes what about a Reddit meetup?


    Thoughts? Suggestions? Date? Time? Place?
    I guess once is more or less planed by majority we could make a final submission with all the info/reminders.

    UPDATES
    Edit 1: So far 8-10 people that โ€ฆ

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    • posted 24 August, 2011

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