Kindle for Android

After a short talk with my wife about reading books on mobile, I decided to take a look on the Android version of the Kindle app. After a quick browse through the Android Market I found the application, and reading the reviews I came up with the following thought: Kindle for Android is that kind of app that is a love it or hate it. For what I could gather, the app won't uninstall and will update itself even after explicitly selecting the option NOT to. Because of this I got really wary of installing it on my mobile. Therefore I'll be looking for another e-book reader.

Rant on StackOverflow

OK, there's no place to post this on S.O. so I'm placing here.

For starters this is a rant.

I've been using StackOverflow ever since Joel told about it on his late blog. And I'm a huge fan of the site, and have been a strong supporter, and advocate.

However, even though I'm thrilled with the success that is S.O., I've been noticing of late a crescent amount of silly question posted by first time users.

I want to make crystal clear that I don't mind helping newbies, and people who is learning, but c'mon, ask a question that Google can have it for you in less time that it takes for you to write and post the question?

A recent example, someone asked how to fill out a SELECT tag using PHP reading the information from a table. The reputation of the user: 1.

The problem with this kind of posts is that serious, sometimes job-treatening, questions are missed by people willing to answer because the barrage of siliness that pushes the just posted serious question to the page 2 or even 3.

/rant