Posted by Chris DiBona, Open Source Programs Manager

You'll often hear members of our open source team say, “Every time you use Google, you’re using Linux.” It’s absolutely true. Check a Google engineer’s workstation, and you’ll probably find it's running Linux. Do a search on Google.com, and a Linux server will return your results. Ever since Google got its start, Linux has given us the power and flexibility we need to serve millions of users around the world.

In turn, we feel a strong responsibility to the Linux community, and we’re always looking for creative ways to put our resources in the hands of Linux developers. That’s why today we became a licensee of the Open Invention Network (OIN), an innovative patent-sharing organization founded to create a legally protected environment for anyone who works with Linux.

The concept behind OIN is simple. All OIN licensees, including participants such as IBM, Oracle, NEC and Sony, agree to cross-license their Linux-related patents to the others free of charge. Patent issues therefore become a much smaller concern inside the community, and OIN members can focus their energy on writing and releasing software rather than vetting their code for intellectual property issues. It's the legal equivalent of taking a long, deep breath.

For us, today’s announcement marks the latest development in a long, fruitful relationship with the open source community. The Google Summer of Code program has trained over 2,000 students as open source developers, many on Linux-related projects. We continue to fund external projects and host events like the Ubuntu Developer Summit and the Linux Foundation Innovation Summit. Hundreds of Googlers are submitting patches to Linux, and we’ve open-sourced over a million lines of code.

We believe Linux innovation moves fastest when developers can share their knowledge with full peace of mind. We’re proud to participate in an organization that’s making that possible, and we look forward to seeing OIN grow and thrive.

With the availability of the third Release Candidate for Movable Type 4.0, it’s time to get prepared for the launch of the new version of the platform. To help in the preparation, we’re putting out a call to all of our partners who are developers, designers, consultants, strategists and systems...

Core77 One Hour Design Challenge! 又开始了，这次主题是卫生间的节水设计，参与一下应该挺有意思的 :D

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Water-saving designs for the bathroom.

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从水槽到浴缸到抽水马桶……怎么设计才能节水呢？这周当你洗澡的时候，不妨头脑风暴一下啦 :D （要有创意的哦）

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刚过去这个周末最有意思的事情当属 scifoo 2007 了。参看去年我对 scifoo 的介绍。

今年的变化是，参加者可以自由地报道 scifoo 上的所见所闻了，所以可以从blog 圈里了解到许多信息。

太赞了，什么时候我们中文世界也能组织这样的活动啊。

Zhangqi Yin 在他的 blog 上推荐《溯源探幽 熵的世界》：

“时间之矢构成熵永恒的主题。人文知识分子不懂热力学第二定律，就好象科学家未读过莎士比亚一样令人遗憾。”《溯源探幽 熵的世界》这本书的封面上写着这样一段话。这并不是什么大话，如果你读完这本书，就会知道，熵其实是宇宙这部华丽大戏的剧本。

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书的作者是冯端和冯少彤。

Google's strengths may also be its weaknesses, according to the Forbes article "How To Beat Google To Tech Talent." Google is seen by many as the ultimate employer, and Google has developed a lengthy hiring process to make sure it gets the "best of the best" talent.

A recruiter shares with Forbes some ways that Google's high standards and lengthy hiring process can actually be seen as vulnerabilities to be exploited by other companies trying to hire the limited talent available:

• Google's consensus-driven hiring process is slow. Act quickly and give limited-time job offers.
• Google has high academic standards. Target students outside the top tier or those from non-elite schools.
• Google's consensus-driven approach introduces the potential for one person to sink a candidate. Target socially awkward but brilliant engineers.
• Google stockholders reacted negatively to its recent hiring binge. Expect their pace to slow.
• Google stock shot high since its IPO, but may be leveling out. Give new hires an opportunity to share in your potential growth.

各位虾友，晚上好  ：） 经过工程师们的努力，找朋友上线啦。从此大家不用为在抓虾找不到原来的好友而担心了，只要有关于昵称或者博客信息的蛛丝马迹，就很方便在抓虾找到并加为好友啦 目前，有两个地方，大家可以用来找到好友。 一个就是个人页面，在“我的好友”上方添加了找朋友的搜索框。 另一个就是在右上的搜索中增加了找朋友。 大家只要键入昵称、博客或者个人描述的关键词，就可以方便找到好友啦。 P.S. 有同学反映分享到饭否会出现标题乱码的情况，经抓虾大工程师排查，已找出施工漏洞，目前已检修完毕，大家可以更爽的把抓虾看到的好文章分享给饭否好友啦 抓虾最近动作频频，难免有考虑不周的地方，大家有什么意见和建议希望随时跟我们保持联系。目前除了我们一直提到的四种联系方法（抓虾日记留言，email，小组讨论，写博客）以外，还可以直接给小小虾留言，小小虾会不断清点留言，给大家回复的。:)