links - tech

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Free Online Dictionary of Computing http://foldoc.org/ An online, searchable encyclopedic dictionary of computing subjects. It was founded in 1985 by Denis Howe and is hosted by Imperial College, London. Denis Howe : 2006-05-24
The Jargon File http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/go01.html Very famous and wonderful dictionary of techie geeky words, by the eric raymond Eric S Raymond : 2008
Wikipedia IT portal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Computing Entry point to many useful articles about IT. wikipedia : 2009

BBC World Click http://www.bbcworld.com/click/ News and comment about IT in the world today BBC : 2007

The People's Archive http://www.peoplesarchive.com/ "Dedicated to collecting for posterity the stories of the great thinkers, creators, and achievers of our time. The people whose stories you see on this site are leaders of their field, whose work has influenced and changed our world. People\'s Archive : 2008
The Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/ Internet archive of websites, images, music, audio, texts, ... Internet Archive : 2008

$#?%*! What To Do When You Mess Up http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/06/13/what-to-do-when-you-mess-up/ "It’s not the mistakes that define you; it’s how you handle them. " Alyssa Gregory : June 2009
5 Reasons Why Mistakes Make Me Happy http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/09/26/why-mistakes-are-good/ "Some of the best lessons I’ve learned in business and in life have been precipitated by a mistake." Alyssa Gregory : September 2009