Stuff Addict

From cbc.ca:

“A strong June featuring new titles and new controllers helped spur strong sales this year of video game hardware and software in both Canada and the United States, according to market researcher NPD.

The video game industry generated $783 million in sales in Canada during the first six months of 2008, according to NPD Canada, a 56 per cent increase from the same time frame the previous year. U.S. sales rose at a similar pace, jumping 53 per cent to $8.3 billion US.”

Read more…

From promotionalcodes.org.uk:

“It’s definitely true that it’s difficult to be a tech fiend without spending a lot of money. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to be on the fringes of the tech world just because you don’t want to waste your hard-earned cash. It is actually possible to be a tech-savvy individual without spending a fortune on the latest gadgets.

Read more…

From carlitoscontraptions.blogspot.com:

“This is a nice keychain I’ve been using for more than a year now. Since it broke, I had to rebuild it so I took this chance to share it with the rest or the world.”

Read more…

From notesfromatooluser.com:

““Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” - Antoine de Saint  Exupéry. If you’ve ever invited me do some pair programming with you, you probably have a good idea what this quote is all about. I often wind up asking questions like:

    * Why do you need this boolean named retVal? Could it be eliminated the use of early return statements?
    * Is the else clause in this if statement necessary? Could it be avoided with a return statement? Or break/continue in a loop?
    * I noticed that this method has parts that are nested five levels of braces deep. Is there anything we can do to reduce that?”

Read more…