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Ibrahim Diallo

October 2014

More concerned to keep your job than to do your job

More concerned to keep your job than to do your job

There are those jobs where you are constantly worried about getting fired. Your co-workers warn you every time the Boss is on the premises. It's stressful. You have no freedom. You owe your employer a Job. It's like they did you a favor and hired you. This Great Depression mentality somehow managed to survive the test of time.

How to buy a computer in 2014

How to buy a computer in 2014

The world of computing is changing. Bill Gates dream of every home being equipped with a PC have come true so long ago that it is now going away.

MegaPixel

MegaPixel

If you are like me and don't know the first thing about cameras then you are probably falling for the same marketing scheme. Well not scheme really but, well I used to fall for it too. Megapixels.

How your files are deleted and recovered

How your files are deleted and recovered

Have you ever wondered what happened when you delete a file? Yes it goes to the recycle bin. But what happens when you delete it from the recycle bin? It gets deleted from your computer. Sometimes you delete a file by mistake and you scour the web for file recovery applications to bring it back. And they do a good job in recovering your file. So what really happened when you deleted it?

The start menu and the curious case of Windows 10

The start menu and the curious case of Windows 10

I use 3 versions of Windows today. I have Windows XP that runs on a VM on my Ubuntu desktop machine. I also use Dual Booting on this machine, so in parallel I have Windows 7. On the latest laptop I purchased, I use Windows 8. These are all major versions of the operating system and on each I perform specific tasks with ease.

JS Tip of the day

How to create DOM elements efficiently with JavaScript

At some point, every web application needs an overlay. A sort of pop-up that obscures the background and asks the user to perform an action. Here is how you do …

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