Resolving DNS Issues in Ubuntu 12.04

If you start having DNS resolution issues after upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04, you can disable dnsmasq in Network Manager by commenting out the line “dns=dnsmasq” in “/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf”.

Linus rants about commit messages on Github. Entertaining read

Cubby looks interesting, but I can't see its video because its Flash

Simple Comic Reader for Mac

Supports one or two page display, automatic bookmarking and most importantly, free and open source :) (via lifehacker)

The Real Genius of Steve Jobs

Great piece by Malcolm Gladwell talking about Steve Jobs and how he works.

The Long-Term Failure of Web APIs

Gmail’s blog telling me I need a “modern browser” on my iPad (4.3). SERIOUSLY?

Gmail’s blog telling me I need a “modern browser” on my iPad (4.3). SERIOUSLY?

CouchPotato, an automatic torrent downloader

CouchPotato is an automatic NZB and torrent downloader. You can keep a “movies I want”-list and it will search for NZBs/torrents of these movies every X hours. Once a movie is found, it will send it to SABnzbd or download the .nzb or .torrent to a specified directory.

swackett, a weather app that's both different and usable

Enable git autocomplete on Mac OS X