Web Browser Games

Sep 7, 2010 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I consider myself an extreme casual gamer (which is why I spent this weekend at home playing Web games instead of rubbing shoulders with stinky geeks at PAX across town). Not sure if you’d heard of these two in particular, but [...]

Stop the Facebook Chain Message Madness!

Jan 29, 2010 | 5 Comments

If you’re on Facebook, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Recently, we’ve seen more than our fair share of chain messages making their way around, but not in our Inbox. These lovely little pieces of garbage are being sported right in the status boxes of thousands of profiles! One message claimed that if you [...]

Boca Java Coupons

Oct 1, 2009 | No Comments

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Compiz Fusion in Ubuntu Inside a Virtual Machine

May 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Do you Ubuntu? If not, what’s your excuse? You don’t have to run it as your primary operating system, but all the cool kids are using it! Linux is sorta like ice cream – there are a ton of different flavors! [...]

What Advice do you Give to Young Programmers?

Mar 22, 2008 | 33 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Programming is an excellent field to go into, and good Programmers are a hot commodity. That reminds me… if anyone out there is above excellent at working with Drupal, shoot me an email to chris@pirillo.com. Thanks to Grant for sending in [...]

How to Learn

Feb 14, 2008 | 26 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Brian writes: “I’ve been watching your videos on YouTube for a few month now. I’ve been learning Java for a year now, and I’ve got some tips for learning computer programming. Hopefully, these will apply to other things, as well.” Learn [...]

How to Get Started With Computer Programming

Jan 5, 2008 | 41 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Programming is NOT as scary of a task as you might imagine. I know some people who shudder at the thought of learning any programming language. However, take a read through these tips, and find out for yourself how to get [...]

Aptana Studio Web Development IDE

Nov 15, 2007 | 19 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A community member who uses the name of Fatal email me today. He said he was looking for an alternative to Dreamweaver, and came across Aptana. This is a free, open-source application, and wanted me to try it out. Aptana Studio [...]

Java Security Video

Aug 26, 2007 | No Comments

Chris K. just watched the podcast on Java security, and was (thankfully) able to put a finer point on it. Not to mention, clarifying a misspoken URL: The way Java runs is that it has a JVM (Java Virtual Machine), and commands in Java are sent to these VM. The VM, which is coded for [...]

Installing Java for Security Updates

Aug 25, 2007 | No Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – How much of a security risk is it to not update your Java Runtime Environment? Well, it’s definitely a good idea to always update. Usually, an update addresses a security issue. A Java Runtime Environment is an application you install to [...]

A Peet’s Story

Feb 13, 2007 | 2 Comments

From a Gnomie named Theo… You keep mentioning Peet’s Coffee Tea and Spices, so here is a story. Back before the ‘seven day war’ in the Mideast, I shopped at Peet’s in Berkeley, CA. He always had good stuff, and the prices were affordable. I recall my like for his mocha java [presumably a blend [...]