UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is basically the same thing as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). It is the zero-offset time zone. As the world gets global, it gets confusing to use all the different timezones. It would be good to have a uniform system to name the time — and UTC is the best candidate. UTC [...]
Among the first things I’ve been imprinted with at Google, is that Google is a very secretive company. I’m not allowed to tell almost anything about [the inside of] Google. I don’t even know how I could ever post anything mentioning the word Google on my public blog, but given that I’ve read public blogs [...]
US Metric 1 mile 1.6 km 1 foot (feet, ‘) 0.3 m, ~1/3 m 1 inch (”) 2.5 cm 1 gallon 2.5 liter Temperature Celsius Fahrenheit -10 14 0 32 10 50 20 68 30 86 40 104 Fahrenheit Celsius 25 -4 50 10 75 24 100 38
I am an european, and I’m travelling in the United States right now. Many things are different: the power voltage is 120V instead of 220V-240V in Europe. The frequency is 60Hz instead of 50Hz in Europe. The power plug is different, having two thin blades instead of two round pins in europe. This is un-convenient, [...]
The Sun WTK is finally available for Linux again, you may now download the WTK v 2.5.1. The last WTK version which was available for Linux was 2.2, after that WTK was windows-only, and now by popular demand the Linux version is back. The WTK is the primary tool for JavaME (MIDP) development, i.e. for [...]