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Henrietta Lacks' famous cells

August 10, 2013
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For those who do not know Henrietta Lacks was a tobacco farmer from Virginia who found she had cervical cancer at the ...

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Programming for Kid’s

August 09, 2013
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I have been looking for appropriate opportunities to share my passion for programming with my nieces and nephews ...

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Using Explicit Interfaces

August 08, 2013
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If a class implements two interfaces that have members with the same signature it is possible to end up calling the ...

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Own Your Data!

August 07, 2013
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I have been officially blogging for over seven years! In reality I have been blogging for much longer, however, most of ...

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Where does Windows RT fit?

August 06, 2013
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Windows RT represents Microsoft’s attempt to get the Windows OS on low power ARM devices that align more closely to the ...

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Employee Satisfaction and Tenure

August 05, 2013
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While working in a relatively large company the question of how to secure employee loyalty always pushes to the front ...

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Lumia 1020 the Photographers Phone!

August 04, 2013
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The 1020 is the new Nokia flagship phone which sports a a *41MP* camera, yep you read that right. For folks who take ...

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UX in Sci-Fi

August 03, 2013
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I watched about three straight Sci-Fi films recently, each of which had some non-trivial interpretations of a human ...

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About Internet Explorer 11

August 02, 2013
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Part of the allure of Chrome was its wonderful debugging tools, they looked and felt as modern as the browser, and I ...

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