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UserScripts in 20 Minutes: (Coffee Break Series)
You use probably use the web-browser more than any other app - surfing for all sorts of information from the latest news, and shopping offers, to what's on at the cinema or how to fix your car if it starts to make a strange noise! Userscripts are magicial little programs you can run on web pages to...
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Quote of the Day
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code.
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Joke of the Day
How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None, that's a hardware problem.
Brain Food
5 things to do each day for your brain:
- Learn something new
- Solve a puzzle
- Read for 30 minutes
- Practice mindfulness
- Exercise for 20 minutes
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