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How do you count your cash?

Check out the video to see the different way people in different countries count cash.

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40 signs you really are a lousy PHP programmer

Some of these are common pitfalls for other programming languages as well.

This is something I prefer to call my “programming list of shame”. Although having a formal university education with courses on software engineering, enterprise software architecture & database design I have been guilty of every single one of those things at one time or another. This is completely subjective & Eclipse oriented

You are a lousy PHP programmer if you

1. don’t comment your code properly with something like phpDoc

2. don’t see the need and/or benefits of a good programming IDE like Zend Studio or Eclipse PDT

3. have never used some form of version control like Subclipse

Ten golden rules of online gaming

7 to 9 are dumb, but the rest is good.

For these people, Destructoid has the answer. If your copy of Halo just hit your mailbox, or even more urgently, if you started playing online years ago and have never even been through basic training, this is the guide for you. Hit the jump to finally learn how to be an online gamer with these crucial rules. A doorway into a world of elite playing pleasure is yours for the opening.

How to prevent Malware

A simple guide on how to prevent malware. Not sure what malware is?

Never install more than one Antivirus and Firewall! Rather than giving you extra protection, it will decrease the reliability of it seriously! The reason for this is that if both products have their automatic (Real-Time) protection switched on, your system may lock up due to both software products attempting to access the same file at the same time. Also because more than one Antivirus and Firewall installed are not compatible with eachother, it can cause system performance problems and a serious system slowdown.

The Reg Tech Panel: The Buzz results are in

 Results are in! Check it out, interesting stuff.

We’re pleased to announce that the results of, ‘Who’s got the buzz?’ the IT industry winners and losers report, as voted by you, is available to download free right here.

Thanks again to those of you that took part. It certainly sheds some light on the perceptions and realities of vendors out there.

Boy, 10, engineers private backyard ski slope

 Talk about inventive!

Talk about ingenuity - a 10-year-old boy built his own snow machine and filled his backyard with enough snow to make it look like a blizzard had blown through.

Do’s and don’ts with babies

Pics here!

The world’s most controversial boardgames

Interesting…

how different would christmas day be if, after dinner, your dad gathered the family around the table and opened a game like ‘war on terror’ or ’serial killer: the board game’?

amazingly, this may have happened for some as all of the board games below have been / are still available to buy and each one has caused some degree of controversy, the reasons for which will quickly become apparent. some of them are pretty horrible and their inclusion in this list does not in any way condone their creation.

2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards

Go vote!

 Voting for the 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards is now open.  The Members Choice Awards allow the Linux community to select their favorite products in a variety of categories.  Awards will be given out in 27 categories this year, including Server Distribution of the Year, Desktop Distribution of the Year, Browser of the Year, Office Suite of the Year, Desktop Environment of the Year and Database of the Year.  The polls will close on February 21st.  This is the seventh annual LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.   Visit http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2007-linuxquestions.org-members-choice-awards-79/ to vote.  Make sure your voice is heard.

The distance and time to get from “Here” to “There” is 683 km or about 7 hours 51 mins

I kid you not!