F-Script: Command-line Cocoa shell goes beta (Ars Technica)

Fun Script, also known as F-Script, is a command-line based interactive Cocoa shell. The open source system offers a new way to create and interact with Cocoa objects using a simple scripting language and a Smalltalk-like development environment. Recently, the F-Script shell went beta, providing a new way to interactively build Cocoa. Ars Technica takes a look.

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Slideshow: 11 Geek Archetypes in Film and Television (Baseline)

Geeks have had a central role in popular culture since Homer rapped about Odysseus. Modern media is not always so kind. Who are these people, and what does it mean? Baseline explores.

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Thompson top choice for commerce secretary: sources (Reuters)

Software company president John W. Thompson is President Barack Obama's top choice for commerce secretary, senior Democratic sources said on Tuesday.

Hope someone has made him a BDPA member.

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'Flying Car' Goes to Market (Discovery News)

A Boston-area company plans to begin flight tests this year of a two-seater airplane that moonlights as a car.

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Stanford iPhone class ends, projects and resources posted (Ars Technica - Infinite Loop)

The first semester of the controversial iPhone programming class at Stanford University has come to an end. Students of the class have put together a website to show off their final projects.

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LinkedIn Clamps Down on Super-Connected Users (CIO.com)

LinkedIn has imposed new restrictions on the number of connections any one person can have, say members of the LinkedIn open networkers, a controversial group that accepts almost all LinkedIn connection requests. The group appears to be walking an increasingly fine line with the social network.

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