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Microsoft recruits recruits

"You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

Yeah, everyone knows they should only be spying on cell phones (and browsers, and ...)

Because nothing screams expert like, "Some guy with a webcam"

"No colors anymore I want them to turn black"

Sometimes the free drink coolers are out of Moët & Chandon, and we're forced to drink domestic

50 Million lines of code in VS2012?!

My well-being depends on having drag and drop on my cell phone!

"Only about 54% of all defects can be resolved by the engineers"

"Life? Don't talk to me about life." (video)

var feature = from f in CS.features where f.supports(query) && f.contains("Anders' coolness") select f

How many different operating systems are you currently working with?

Yes

Got a hankering to learn a bit of JavaScript, but don't feel like reading a book? How about by doing a bit of pewpew? Code Combat teaches you a (very little bit as far as I went) bit of JavaScript syntax in a format you won't want the boss to see.

ASP.NET 4.5 added a new way of authenticating users for your websites: ASP.NET Identity. It adds funnage like OAuth and more pluggability via OWIN. So, you might want to move your site from the old Membership model to Identity, right?

SEO is the step after, "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics". Still, *logically* there must be rules to do it correctly, or Google et al wouldn't find anything. And these suggestions seem to be about as accurate as any lying around.

Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be a lot of confusion over CSS units: px, pt, em, %, etc. This is a nice, short summary of when to use each.

JavaScript, like cockroaches and left socks, accumulate on a website. But when do you know that you need to clean up or replace something *before* it bites you?

Dino Esposito looks at LESS and how it can help you clean up your CSS.

It's like Ruby on Rails, but with an 'S' (and for node.js). So, warm up your Arrrrghs and get ready to keep mizzin' your masts. Or whatever. Sails? Get it?

From 0 to 60 in 24 months

"Thank you sir, may I have another?"

"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

Knock, knock. Who's there? Internet access before malaria. No, it must be a different joke.