• The iPad is not a larger iPhone, it’s much more than that. It’s a computer for the non-technically inclined. Chuck Hollis brought one home, and wrote What iPads Did to My Family. This is exactly what I anticipate will happen all over the world. It’s not a computer as much for geeks and techies like myself, it’s for the rest of the world.

• The opposite of that, for the geeks and technically inclined, Will Urbina created his own storage appliance capable of holding 16TB of data! He calls his device the Black Dwarf, and in this post he explains how to build it.

• Like Chess, computer programming is easy to learn but hard to master. This is especially true when it comes to building systems that will be used and maintained over time. Anyone can slap together something that will work, but very few people can build systems that can thrive over many versions. Because of this, Donnie Garvich wrote 10 Ways to Suck at Programming to help you learn how not to suck at programming.

• Recently Greece has been having some financial problems, to put it mildly. The following piece Greek Debt Crisis Offers Preview of What Awaits US is really eye opening. Although the US isn’t as yet as financially troubled as Greece, it’s still not a giant leap.

• If you’re a Facebook user, apparently its possible to have apps being installed on your account without your knowledge. The following post explains it: New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Your Profile. And if that wasn’t enough with all the heat Facebook has been receiving this week, the following article by Ryan Singel of Wired magazine just adds to the fire: Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative.

• If you’re having problems coming up with a company or product name, look no further than Andy Brice’s recent post called How to Find a Great Software Product Name.

• On the StackOverFlow site the question New programming jargon you coined was asked which lead to some very interesting replies. This in turn eventually lead to the post New Programming Jargon by Joey Devilla which summarizes the answers and adds some additional humour.

• There was a vulnerability exposed on Twitter this week which let anyone add anyone as their follower.  Of course within an hour they had resolved it and were in the process of rolling back all abuses.

• Sales conversions are a tricky thing. It’s not always obvious. In the post Increase Conversion Rate by Making Your Site Ugly, Zack shows that the best looking site is, as the title suggests, not always the best selling site.

• As if Apple, er Steve Jobs, didn’t have enough excitement with a prototype next generation iPhone turning up on Gizmodo last week, this week the second missing iPhone turned up in Vietnam.

• If you really want to appreciate the scale of the oil spill mess going on right now, Paul Rademacher created a good mashup website where you can overlay the oil spill over any location in the world. For example, you can see how far it would be spread if it was centered on your home city.

• Ever wonder what your best profile picture is? Instead of trying to guess, you may want to check out MyBestFace. For more details on the how it works and the story behind it, check out the post by Christian called What is Your Best Profile Picture.

• If you think the housing market is starting to get better, you may want to check out this post from Dr. Housing Bubble. His argument is that we’re just entering the second wave of problems, and based on his data, I tend to agree. It’s gonna get worse before it gets better.

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