mjuhl24

I agree that Eclipse isn't the ideal IDE for PHP (or anything that's not java), but I don't mind it too much. Maybe it's just because I've gotten used to forcing it to do what I want.

There is no evidence of mass abuse, but that doesn't mean there wasn't the potential for it. If a security hole affected one fan page, it seems likely that it affected every fan page.

It's interesting that he downplayed the idea that Google is competing with Apple and Facebook. Does this show that most of the Google/Apple competition is fabricated by the respective fanboys?

"...an API "bug" that allowed unauthorized persons to post not only on his page but those of an undisclosed number of other users." [read: a lot of other users]

Any suggestions on an alternative IDE?

I'm finding that they are less relevant than they used to be. We are beginning to have more consistency across browsers, fortunately. I've been working on projects lately that don't employ them with very minimal issues.

These are two instruments that you can do a lot with on your own.

I learned to play guitar [mostly] on my own, with information I found on the internet. I would recommend that you pick up a decent acoustic guitar and google 'beginning guitar' and start from there. It's really helpful once you've piddled with it some to have someone else who plays decently listen to you. Guitar lessons are usually rather cheap, too, if you want to go that route. Even just a few lessons could really get you started.

Piano is a little more complicated. You can do a lot with a piano if you have a good ear and good coordination. For me, personally, piano is a struggle and has taken a lot more work/patience/practice. Most likely, if you want to play piano you'll definitely need lessons.

The good thing is that there are always a lot of people who play these two instruments, and a lot of them give lessons for reasonable prices.

It really depends on the instrument. While there are many instruments that are fairly easy to "teach" yourself, in almost all cases it is good to have someone guide you in the learning process. There is so much information available on the internet for free, and with instruments like guitar it is easy to get started on your own - but even then you should seek advice from someone who plays. Most professional or even intermediate musicians will be able to give you some good tips just by watching and listening to you for a few minutes.

If you're looking to learn something like viola or trombone, you will almost definitely want to take lessons.

One great resource is undergraduate music students. They are generally desperate for income (I know from experience) and would probably be willing to take a few minutes to help you out.

You can do a lot more than that with twitter:

1. Read Tweets 2. Write Tweets 3. Read direct messages 4. Write direct messages 5. Follow someone 6. Unfollow someone 7. Create a list 8. Add to a list 9. Remove from list 10. Delete List 11. Edit profile information/avatar ..etc...

This is cool, but no one should ever use this. I've used the google translator frequently, and while it's good, it always requires me to use my knowledge of the language I'm translating to in order to create a more correct and meaningful translation. If you really want a site or app that is multilingual, you need a human with good knowledge of the language to do your translations.

Not good for whom? Potential investors or Facebook (the company)?

In any case, I think it will be quite interesting to see just how much revenue facebook is generating from it's various sources.

This is not a new technology, but new for me this year was working with MVC frameworks for web development. My workflow has vastly improved because of it. Specifically, the Play Framework (java/scala) and Rails 3.0 (ruby) have been great new additions to the many available.