Extending the bash 'cd' command in Linux

In a market dominated by the Amazon Kindle, it's easy to forget that Sony, not Amazon, made the first commercially-successful e-book reader.

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How a non-existent English village ended up on maps, and the implications this has for how we handle information.

A military-surplus steel ammunition box makes a great housing for a high-current, outdoor 12V power supply. This article gives some ideas about how to build one.

Java's strict adherence to Unicode standards for text representation ought to make life easier for developers, and usually it does. But not always.