Monthly Archives: July 2008

Links for July 31st

Posted on 7/31/2008 by Ben

Jack Nicholson’s 1978 hydrogen car

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Links for July 30th

Posted on 7/30/2008 by Ben

Rand Corporation: military force doesn’t work against terrorism Yahoo Music to issue refunds for defunct DRM Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins

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Dr. Horrible

Posted on 7/19/2008 by Ben

I really enjoyed Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s super-villain musical starring Neil Patrick Harris. Penny Arcade points out that it all goes away tomorrow ahead of the DVD release, so make sure you watch it now.

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Dependency Injection and Unit Testing

Posted on 7/12/2008 by Ben

The Google Testing Blog has one of the clearest explanations I’ve seen of why dependency injection is useful. This got me thinking about how people handle this stuff in dynamic language land and I found Dependency Injection in Ruby and … Continue reading →

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Rhapsody MP3 Store

Posted on 7/1/2008 by Ben

Rhapsody has launched a DRM-free MP3 store. This is a big improvement. Previously, their MP3s were locked in a ghetto in the Windows desktop software. Prices seem to be $1 per album higher than Amazon, even for Rhapsody subscribers.

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